by Mary Stone
“Honestly? Either one’s preferable to professional football. I like college ball, but when you get to the professional league, they just suck all the fun out of it.”
Bree leveled an appreciative finger at him. “Couldn’t have said it better myself.”
“I don’t mind professional football,” Winter put in with a hapless shrug, glad for the distraction from her baby brother. “They’re playing the game at the absolute highest level. It’s impressive.”
“I’ve got to back Winter on this one,” Autumn added, her green eyes fixed on the nearest television as she flicked through channels. “It’s not something I go out of my way to watch, but it is impressive.”
“Whoa, Autumn, go back.” Bree leaned forward to get a better view of the flickering screen mounted above the bar. “One more. There.”
“CNN?” Autumn arched an eyebrow.
Beside the news anchor, the mugshot of a twenty-some-year-old man switched over to a photo of the same man taken from social media. Though Noah couldn’t place him, he knew the face was familiar.
“Oh my god,” Bree managed. Her dark eyes flicked over to him and then to Winter. “You remember the two guys who held a bunch of people hostage the night we found Kilroy?”
Even before she went on, he realized where he’d seen the man’s face.
“That’s one of them.” She raised an arm to gesture to the television. “He’s dead, murdered.”
When Noah’s phone buzzed in his pocket, he wondered if the word “murder” held an ancient power to summon a call from someone at the FBI. “Shit,” he spat, “it’s Osbourne.”
Three sets of eyes were trained intently on him as he raised the device to his ear.
“Agent Dalton,” he answered.
“Dalton,” Max started. “One of the suspects we had in custody for the mass shooting earlier in the year was just killed. The guy was in federal custody, so it’s federal jurisdiction.”
Noah bit back a derogatory comment about expending valuable federal budget to investigate the killing of a mass murderer. “He had to have been surrounded by cops. Do they have someone in custody?”
“No.” Max hesitated. “They’ve got no leads, no nothing.”
“How?”
“Because whoever killed him was a sniper.”
The End
To be continued…
What Happened to Winter in High School?
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Winter’s Mourn (Winter Black Series: Book One)
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Acknowledgments
How does one properly thank everyone involved in taking a dream and making it a reality? Let me try.
In addition to my family, whose unending support provided the foundation for me to find the time and energy to put these thoughts on paper, I want to thank the editors who polished my words and made them shine.
Many thanks to my publisher for risking taking on a newbie and giving me the confidence to become a bona fide author.
More than anyone, I want to thank you, my reader, for clicking on a nobody and sharing your most important asset, your time, with this book. I hope with all my heart I made it worthwhile.
Much love,
Mary
About the Author
Mary Stone lives among the majestic Blue Ridge Mountains of East Tennessee with her two dogs, four cats, a couple of energetic boys, and a very patient husband.
As a young girl, she would go to bed every night, wondering what type of creature might be lurking underneath. It wasn’t until she was older that she learned that the creatures she needed to most fear were human.
Today, she creates vivid stories with courageous, strong heroines and dastardly villains. She invites you to enter her world of serial killers, FBI agents but never damsels in distress. Her female characters can handle themselves, going toe-to-toe with any male character, protagonist or antagonist.
Discover more about Mary Stone on her website.
www.authormarystone.com
