Undone by Moonlight. Wendy Etherington
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Название: Undone by Moonlight
Автор: Wendy Etherington
Издательство: HarperCollins
Жанр: Современные любовные романы
isbn: 9781408969472
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“So we start with career guys,” she said, scribbling on her notepad. “Those with long memories and a score to settle.”
“No.” Devin rose. He was wobbly, which he hated, but he was still a cop. It was time he started acting like one. “We start with the scene of the crime.”
CALLA WASN’T SURE how she wound up in a Midtown alley, peeking around a Dumpster, kicking her way around bits of trash and discarded food containers. The owner of the Chinese take-out joint they were lurking behind was destined to open his back door eventually, then they’d have some awkward explaining to do.
The fact that she and Devin found themselves on the opposite side of his coworkers was a development she’d never anticipated.
Since she’d known him, Devin had used his position to help people and serve the cause of justice. He found himself parted from the law now, and she honestly thought she and her friends might be his only hope. She was going to help him whether he wanted her to or not.
She owed him.
So regardless of what he wanted, she wasn’t going to give up on him. Once he got his badge back, she’d decide if anything personal was worth pursuing.
Seriously, did the man always run from women who kissed him?
Not a reaction she’d expected from Detective Badass, to say the least.
Said detective seemed to have forgotten she was there, though she found it hard to be insulted. He was no doubt reliving the assault from the night before.
She imagined him running into the alley, expecting to see the retreating back of his thief. Instead, he’d gotten clocked.
Had his cell phone flown free in the attack? Had he crawled toward it when he regained consciousness? Had he been afraid?
She looked toward him as he knelt on the pavement, running his fingertips across the ground. “Anything?” she asked as she approached.
Not looking up, he shook his head. “I remember chasing him here, then … nothing.”
“So he was the one who hit you?”
“No.” Slowly, he straightened. “He was running away from me when I got hit.”
“The accomplice, lying in wait. He clobbered you.”
“We’d figured that already, but it’s good to have confirmation.” Laying his hand on the back of his head, he winced. “Though I swear I can feel the blow all over again.”
“Meds haven’t kicked in?”
“I see two of you, so I think they have.” Though he turned away, she heard him mutter, “Not that double vision of you is a bad thing.”
She ignored the compliment. Given their unsteady relationship, she thought she’d be wiser to focus on the assault. “And you never got a sense of anybody behind you? A movement? A shadow? A smell even?”
“Nothing.”
“Do you remember what hit you? The guy didn’t strike you with his bare hand. He had to be holding something.”
“A bat, I guess.”
She planted her hands on her hips. “Some guy wandered down Ninth Avenue with a bat, then darted into an alley and nobody questioned him?”
“It was dark and chilly,” Devin said, narrowing his eyes. “Maybe the guy wore a coat.”
“Did he?” she shot back.
“How should I—” He paused, cocking his head. “Maybe I passed somebody as I was walking.”
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