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Being intimately bald was a curiously disconcerting feeling, Crista thought as she rode beside Dawg several hours later toward the surprise he had promised her.
In the backseat, a covered wicker basket emitted the succulent scent of fresh fried chicken from beneath the large checkered tablecloth secured over the top of the lid.
There was also a new addition to the back of the truck. On the rack hanging on the window stretched a rifle. It hadn’t been there when she had gone into the spa, but it was there now.
And Dawg was testy. He kept checking the rearview mirror, taking turns, and using back roads she hadn’t known existed.
“Are we being followed?” Not for the first time, she turned and looked behind them.
“Yep. ” Taciturn and too soft for comfort, his tone did little for the nerves beginning to build in her stomach.
“I don’t see anyone. ”
“They’re staying far enough back to stay out of sight,” he said as he took another turn. “I’m just getting far enough ahead of them to pull over and trash their tracker. ” A grin stretched his lips. A dangerous grin. “I want to get them good and lost first. ”
“There’s a tracker on the truck?” Her voice shook, but hell, it wasn’t every day she realized she was being tracked. Being followed would be bad enough.
“Hang on,” he warned. And not a moment too soon. The truck came to a rocking stop.
Jumping out, Dawg strode quickly behind the truck, bent from sight, and seconds later straightened and ran back to the driver’s side. Jumping in, he threw the truck in gear, flashed her a smile that was less dangerous and more filled with fun, before tossing an electronic disc out the window and speeding away.
Crista stared around the area they were in. They were deep in the mountains, and evening was coming on. Even she couldn’t find her way back to town from here.
“You’re going to let someone get trapped in these mountains in the dark?” she asked carefully.
“Who is it?”
“A friend. ” He chuckled.
“You’re going to get a friend lost in these mountains?” she asked in disbelief. “Dawg, your friends don’t get lost that easily,” she pointed out.
“Most don’t. ” He nodded on another low laugh. The playful grin on his face reminded her of a little boy into mischief. “This friend is city, though. Don’t worry, Natches is riding close to her ass, and he
’ll take care of her. ”
“Natches?” She wouldn’t trust Natches in a well-lit room filled with saints, let alone on a dark mountain. “You’re leaving some poor, unsuspecting woman stuck here with Natches? What did she do to make you angry?”
That canceled out any bad-guy types.
“She’s spying on me. ” The flash of his teeth against his sun darkened skin was playful and sexy.
“For some reason, the special agent in charge of the arrests last week has a tail on you, sweetheart.
Usually, I wouldn’t care, but I have plans today. Plans that don’t include watching eyes. ”
His brows waggled over the top of his dark sunglasses.
Plans that didn’t include watching eyes? Crista felt her heart race further than it was already after he mentioned that she was being followed rather than him.
“Why is she interested in me?” She could feel the fear clogging her throat.
“I don’t know yet. ” He shook his head briefly before turning back onto one of the wider country roads and accelerating along the blacktop. “I tried to call her boss, but he’s not taking his calls right now.
He’ll let me know eventually. ”
“He knows I was there,” she whispered. “Are they going to arrest me?”
“No one is going to arrest you, Crista,” he growled. “I have another call out to Alex. A contact number I doubt you had. He should be calling us soon. Until then, we’re just waiting to see what’s happening and playing with the fools sent to watch you. ”
