Night Prey by Susan Sleeman

Author:Susan Sleeman [Sleeman, Susan]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Edge of Your Seat Books, Inc.

Malone was stunned into silence and could only stare out her window at the house.

“We’re going to fall back.” Aiden revved the engine. “This vehicle might be reinforced, but it can’t withstand a bomb.”

“Make it, at least, a hundred feet,” Ian said, moving closer to her. “I’ll call it in while you guys go door to door and warn the neighbors.”

Aiden floored the gas, and the SUV catapulted out of the drive and onto the street. He kicked it into drive, and they roared up the road.

Malone’s heart rate ratcheted up even more, and she clenched her hands, wishing she could do something besides just stay put and remain calm. And if she couldn’t maintain her calm, fake it so she didn’t distract the guys from doing what they’d obviously been trained to do.

“We’ll evacuate your neighbors.” Aiden and Brendan bolted from the vehicle.

Ian spoke into his phone. “This is Detective Ian Blair.” He gave his badge number. “A suspicious package was left at the home of a person we’re protecting in a murder investigation. I need MEDU to check it out.”

Metro Explosives Disposal Unit. She’d worked with them when she’d had to report a husband who’d sent a suspicious package to his estranged wife.

Ian listened, his gaze focused outside, glancing around to take in the neighborhood. He suddenly launched into recounting the situation to dispatch and sharing Malone’s name and address.

Her address. Really? Being said in conjunction with a potential bomb. Unbelievable.

“Thank you,” Ian said. “I won’t be holding while you make the arrangements. I need to notify my department.”

He glanced at Malone. “Squad will be on the way as soon as they can muster.”

“Good,” she said, the one word holding all of her stress. She didn’t want to give Ian more to worry about, so she blew out a breath. “Thank you for remaining so calm and managing the situation.”

Ian gave a sharp nod and looked over the neighborhood with the eyes of a professional law enforcement officer. She was seeing people she was just getting to know exit their homes. On one side of her home, the Toulanes’s Jeep sat in their driveway. On the other side, Sandy and Mike’s minivan was parked on the street, as usual, so their preschoolers could ride their trikes in the driveway. Across the street, it looked like Beatrice and Hank weren’t home.

Brendan and Aiden were approaching the front doors while Ian phoned his lieutenant. She watched the brothers talk to the people she was causing to fear and panic. Maybe needlessly.

When Ian ended his call, she looked at him.

“What if this is nothing?” she asked. “We’ll have scared everyone for no reason.”

“Not no reason.” He shoved his phone into his pocket. “The package has to be checked out.”

“Do you really think someone sent me a bomb?”

He lifted one shoulder and let it drop. “We always have to look at worst-case scenarios.”

“So the squad will come out for nothing.”

“They all understand that’s a possibility, and even if they don’t find anything, it’ll be a good training exercise for them.

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