The Heart Of A Renegade
Luke Stone hunched over his shopping cart, black wool hat pulled low over his brow, eyes trained on the woman.
A blast of steam roiled from a vent in the sidewalk, disappearing with a white hiss into the frigid February night, but not for one instant did his focus stray from the woman standing alone outside the phone booth.
She was underdressed for these temperatures, shivering as she rubbed bare hands and checked her watch. He noted the heavy camera bag slung over her shoulder.
It was definitely Jessica Chan, ex-BBC foreign correspondent, Shanghai bureau. Here in Gastown at the appointed booth, at the allotted hour. His principal.
Luke no longer accepted close protection gigs. Not since he'd failed to protect the most important people in his life— his wife and unborn child. It was written right into his contract with the Force du Sablé, and he'd refused this job point-blank. But they'd told him he was the only person who could reach Jessica in time. Without Luke's help, she would die.
Tonight.
Luke hoped to be rid of her in a matter of hours. Then he could get back to life the way he liked it. Alone.
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