Dangerous Justice

By Terri Reed

A K-9 novella of danger and intrigue set in the nation’s capital from the award-winning author of Alaskan Rescue and Duty Bound Guardian.

Someone is after Capitol K-9 Unit tech guru Fiona Fargo, and they’ll stop at nothing to keep her from decoding the secrets of Washington, D.C.’s elite. She knows Officer Christopher Torrance and his canine partner Dutch will keep her safe, but he’s the last colleague she wants dogging her heels. Spending time with him might reveal her secret crush on him. But with killers determined to silence her forever, she’ll have to put aside her fears and accept his help. Chris has secrets of his own, and a failed engagement makes him leery of moving forward with any woman, even the beautiful Fiona. As they hunt for the killer, they’ll find that love can break any barrier.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Open Road Integrated Media
• Release date: Apr 27, 2020
• ISBN: 9780369700414

Terri Reed

At an early age Terri Reed discovered the wonderful world of fiction and declared she would one day write a book. Now she is fulfilling that dream and enjoys writing for Steeple Hill. She is an active member of both Romance Writers of America and American Christian Fiction Writers. She resides in the Pacific Northwest with her college-sweetheart husband, two wonderful children and an array of critters. When not writing, she enjoys spending time with her family and friends, gardening and playing with her dogs.You can write to Terri at P.O. Box 19555 Portland, OR 97280; e-mail her at [e-mail] or visit her online.

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A K-9 novella of danger and intrigue set in the nation’s capitol

Someone is after Capitol K-9 Unit tech guru Fiona Fargo, and they’ll stop at nothing to keep her from decoding the secrets of Washington, D.C.’s elite. She knows Officer Christopher Torrance and his canine partner Dutch will keep her safe, but he’s the last colleague she wants dogging her heels. Spending time with him might reveal her secret crush on him. But with killers determined to silence her forever, she’ll have to put aside her fears and accept his help. Chris has secrets of his own, and a failed engagement makes him leery of moving forward with any woman, even the beautiful Fiona. As they hunt for the killer, they’ll find that love can break any barrier.

Dangerous Justice

Terri Reed

CONTENTS

Intro

Chapter 1

Chapter 2

Chapter 3

Chapter 4

Chapter 5

Chapter 6

Chapter 7

Chapter 8

INTRO

Someone is after Capitol K-9 Unit tech guru Fiona Fargo, and they’ll stop at nothing to keep her from decoding the secrets of Washington, D.C.’s elite. She knows Officer Christopher Torrance and his canine partner Dutch will keep her safe, but he’s the last colleague she wants dogging her heels. Spending time with him might reveal her secret crush on him. But with killers determined to silence her forever, she’ll have to put aside her fears and accept his help. Chris has secrets of his own, and a failed engagement makes him leery of moving forward with any woman, even the beautiful Fiona. As they hunt for the killer, they’ll find that love can break any barrier.

CHAPTER 1

Someone was following her.

The fine hairs at the nape of Fiona Fargo’s neck prickled. She glanced over her shoulder. No one was there. She pushed her green-framed glasses up on her nose, unable to shake the sensation of being watched.

Tugging her coat tighter against the frigid night air, she picked up her pace down the darkened sidewalk toward her apartment building located in Foggy Bottom, a Washington, D.C., neighborhood. She’d chosen the location because it was a short walk to the Capitol K-9 Unit’s headquarters where she worked as tech support for the elite team of officers and their canine partners.

Normally, she had no problem with the ten-minute jaunt. But on this February night, with snow swirling in the air and pockets of ice making the sidewalk slick, she wished she’d taken Chris up on his offer of a ride home.

But she’d said no to the handsome man because she didn’t want to be a bother. She was an independent woman and wanted everyone at the Capitol K-9 Unit to see her as such.

Especially Christopher Torrance, the officer who starred too often in her daydreams.

The front entrance of her building was shrouded in darkness. The entryway light must have burnt out. She would let the building superintendent know right away. With quick steps, she vaulted up the stairs to the building’s main door.

Glass crunched beneath her feet.

The light hadn’t burned out, it had been smashed.

Fear churned in her stomach and made her hands tremble as she dug into the hobo bag slung over her shoulder in search of her keys. Her fingers curled around the cold metal canister of pepper spray attached to her key fob, giving her a measure of comfort.

The scuff of a shoe on the stair behind her sent her heart rate skyrocketing. She wasn’t alone.

Lord, please help me!

Before she could turn, a large hand clamped over her mouth while a strong arm wrapped around her middle and lifted her off her feet.

Panic revved through her blood. Her self-defense training kicked in. She slammed the heels of her boots into the assailant’s shins while yanking the key fob out of the bag. She squeezed her eyes tightly closed, lifted the canister of pepper spray and directed a stream over her shoulder at her attacker. He yelped with rage, but didn’t release her. The tainted air burned her nose and throat.

Blinking back tears from the stinging pepper spray she used her keys as a weapon to scratch at the arm around her waist but to no avail. She