Under Fire (Southern Heat Book 7) by Jamie Garrett

Author:Jamie Garrett [Garrett, Jamie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Wild Owl Press
Published: 2017-12-27T18:30:00+00:00

15

Scarlett

Thankfully, the two pain killers she’d dry-swallowed as they left Connor’s apartment were starting to kick in by the time they got to the station. She’d let Connor drive, taking the time to make some sense of the order of papers in the folder on her lap. She’d snagged a hoodie from the back of one of Connor’s chairs on the way out, hiding the injury from her boss.

Connor trailed after Scarlett as she walked to the station entrance. Was he keeping an eye on the surroundings, or just not sure if he should be there? She couldn’t tell, but it was clear he was watching carefully as they crossed the parking lot. She could have parked out front; probably no one would have minded that morning, but it would also give them one more reason to bench her. If her captain got wind of any requirement for special treatment . . . no, she’d park where she always did and walk in the back like anyone else. It didn’t matter that just twelve hours prior someone had been taking pot shots at her from that exact place. She would face this. There was no way in hell she was letting some asshole chase her away ever again. That part of her life was done.

Even with the thought, a shiver went through her. Scarlett pushed it away, forcing her body to relax. Her hands clenching a little harder than they needed to on the folder was all she allowed as an outlet. She held her head up high, shoulders back and relaxed, nodding and smiling at colleagues as she maneuvered through the hall. A few of them looked a little strangely at Connor behind her, but Scarlett figured most of the station knew about her temporary reassignment to the task force at the firehouse. She was just switching it up today, needing access to the local network in the station to look up a few reports.

She sat at her desk and logged in, nodding at a chair sitting nearby for Connor. He took the cue and placed it next to hers, and by the time the lab report was opening, he was reading over her shoulder. What she had thought were air tanks had turned out to be something else entirely—portable cooling tanks. Insulated, and possibly custom made from the shape, the tanks were designed to hold something inside, something that had to be kept very cold. A latch system was built in, one she hadn’t even noticed. The surface of the polished metal was smooth, the seam only noticeable if you got right up close, and then maybe poked at it a little.

Being in the same room as they were in had given her the heebie-jeebies at the scene, and so thankfully the lab guys had been willing to fully investigate what the hell they’d found. Scarlett snorted. Having a bomb tech in the special suit on hand probably helped with their willingness. She would have been happy to

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