Betrayal of the Dove - By Capri Montgomery Page 0,70
saved my life.” He traced his finger over her lip and she flinched.
“I’ll tell you about it later,” she said softly.
“That’s some woman you have there, Shane.” Leo’s admiration was audible in his tone. “Don’t suppose you have another one like her around here.”
“Leo, seriously. Are you really on the hunt for a bride or are you just yanking all of our chains?”
He shrugged. “I want to get married. I want the family, maybe not the kids, but definitely family. I keep meeting all these Mainland women I just want to take home with me—and what happens? They already have husbands. Or in your case, an almost husband. You two are probably going to be married before the week is out.”
Shane laughed and shook his head. “I thought your dad would be pressuring you for a grandson by now.”
He laughed. “I think he’s expecting Valencia to do that. Of course I’m sure he’d like for me to have some too. It’s just not what I want. Of course he keeps sending all these women my way who I don’t even want to know and telling me they look fertile. Real subtle that man is,” he tried punching in a number on his cell again. “There’s no signal out here.”
“We’re surrounded by mountains, of course there’s no cell coverage out here. We’re going to have to walk back closer to the house before we’ll pick up anything on the cell.” He scrambled to his feet before pulling Alyssa up and embracing her. “He told me he had you, and that he had killed Leo.”
“I figured you wouldn’t have left your home without a fight. Leo thought he might have told you he had me. Next time, kick butt and then torture until they talk. You’re military. You must know how to torture people.”
“That was not in my job description,” he said, but barely got the words out without laughing. He knew a lot of techniques; he just wasn’t the kind of guy to use them—unless he had to. He doubted it would have worked on Nevin. Breaking would have gone against the image the man was desperate to convey. He would have taken her location to the grave with him, had he actually had her in the first place.
While he waited for the cops to arrive Shane got the full story on the split lip Alyssa had. He wished he had been there, not just to keep her safe, but to see her in action. Valencia had told him she had an Irish temper, but she couldn’t have prepared him for how capable the woman was at taking care of herself. He should have known she would know how to shoot. Two brothers who were Marines and he would have been surprised if they hadn’t taught her something about firearms.
“Thanks,” he whispered in her ear as the police pretty much took over his property for their investigation. He knew she was going to have a lot of questions to answer, they all would, but she had actually killed the man and he knew she would have to spend a lot more time making statements than he wished she would have. He had already put in a call to his former commanding officer, and he knew, if need be, strings would be pulled. “Leo’s leaving for Vegas in a couple days.”
“Oh, I’m sorry he spent most of his time here working. I wish he could have gone up to Sedona and seen the red rock, or up to Lake Havasu. He would have enjoyed that.”
He nodded. “The man rarely gets a vacation. When I met him he was supposed to be going on vacation but they said he was the best so we asked for his help and sure enough, he’s the best. Maybe he’ll have better luck with a vacation in Vegas,” Shane smiled at her. “What do you say we join him?”
“Seriously? I can’t take a vacation. I have a store to run.”
“We can go get married; have Leo stand up for us as our witness.”
Her eyes widened. “Did you just ask me to marry you? We haven’t known each other long enough.”
“Sure we have. I understand Gavin asked London within less than a few months of knowing her…oh no, she asked him in a roundabout way;” he chuckled. “And Eve…”
“Was engaged for six months before she got married,” she stressed.
“So you want to be engaged for six months? Or is it that you don’t want to marry me?”
She smiled