Catching a Coyote
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“I owe you.” Ace had protected Darice’s lover, Chloe, a while back from a threat and helped Darice give the woman incentive not to bother Chloe again.
“I’m not collecting,” Ace told her tiredly. “I’m hiring you, which means you get the same protections any other operative does. If this goes south, we’ll make sure you vanish or get the best legal representation money can buy.”
“So far there’s nothing to go wrong.”
“She’s going to sue, but she doesn’t think she’ll win. She wants the chief of police dead, along with the mayor and sheriff if they’re aware of the chief’s proclivities.”
“Not a problem,” Darice said. “Do you have a time limit on this?”
“Can you get to him at the event? That’s in three days.”
“Hence the risk factor,” Darice said dryly.
“Exactly.”
“I’ve aged, not changed,” she murmured with a hint of a smile playing on her lips.
“With eyes on you?” Ace asked skeptically. She couldn’t pull it off if she had to be in the same room behind a camera. Her forte was stealth.
“Don’t worry. I’ll get the job done.”
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