Wyoming Mountain Escape by Laura Scott

Author:Laura Scott
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2021-01-08T18:15:04+00:00

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Chelsey was glad to be able to contribute something to the investigation. As she made lunch for the group, she tried to remember if she’d noticed anyone else meeting over dinner at the hotel restaurant.

The faces were all a blur.

How many other deals had been struck under her clueless nose?

“Something smells good, Chelsey,” Slade said with a smile. He was a nice guy, jet black hair cut short beneath his cowboy hat, which he’d taken off while inside.

“Almost ready,” she promised.

Colt’s hair was as light as Slade’s was dark. Colt was slender and tall while Slade was broader across the shoulders. The two men seemed intent on seeing to her safety, and as much as she appreciated their efforts, she wished she could go back to her life as she knew it.

Which was a useless thought.

When two grilled ham and cheese sandwiches were ready, she slid them onto a plate and set it in the center of the table, then prepared to make more.

By the time they’d all finished eating the hour was early afternoon. She was in the process of cleaning the kitchen when a shrieking alarm went off with enough force to pierce eardrums.

“What is that?” she asked, trying to be heard above the noise.

“Car alarm.” Colt pulled his weapon and opened the front door of the cabin just enough to see outside. “It’s equipped to go off when anyone touches the vehicle.”

Chelsey frowned. That seemed a little overkill considering anyone could brush up against a car.

“Let’s check it out,” Slade said, joining Colt at the door. The two men eased outside.

Duncan locked the door behind them, then crossed over to stand beside her. They didn’t try to talk—it was impossible to carry on a conversation over the screaming alarm.

The sound stopped as abruptly as it started. Chelsey let out a breath she hadn’t realized she’d been holding and rubbed her ears. “That hurt.”

“Yeah.” Duncan’s expression was serious. “But it’s nice to have.”

“I would think it gives off false alarms more often than helping,” she argued. “I mean, come on, who’s to say a dog didn’t run past the vehicle and thump it with his tail?”

“And who’s to say it wasn’t someone with malicious intent?” Duncan retorted. “I’d rather have a half-dozen false alarms if it scares away one bad guy.”

Maybe he was right. This wasn’t the world she normally lived in. Worrying about bad guys and hiding from murderers had never so much as blipped on her radar screen.

Until now.

After what seemed like forever, the two US marshals came back inside the cabin, twin grim expressions marring their features.

Colt held up a small circular device. “Someone tried to put a tracker on the SUV.”

A tracker? She stared at the thing in horror.

“We need to get out of here.” Duncan’s tone held a hint of anger.

“We agreed to wait until dark,” Slade countered. “And waiting will only make it more difficult to track us by sight.”

“I’ve reengaged the car alarm,” Colt added. “They won’t make the mistake of trying to put a GPS device on again.

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