by TJ Hamilton
He holds his hand out to me. “Come on, kid, let’s go live our life now.”
I can’t breathe. All I see is the pavement rushing very quickly at my face as my legs give out underneath me. He’s alive!
EPILOGUE
Dear Agent Mia,
Thank you for sparing my life, although I sometimes wish you hadn’t. They have me here locked away where the sun doesn’t even shine. I only see the guards twice a day and they monitor me 24/7. That bastard Denza is better off dead after attempting to shoot me in the back, but he still lives in protective custody somewhere, too. He’s the one who murdered your friend. I thought you should know that. He told her everything about our trafficking operation then panicked and strangled her before I could find out what he had said. I saw it as an opportunity to send a warning to Stephanie. She wanted to take control of the operation, but I had to show her who was really running the show. I was always sorry that the girl was your friend.
Toni is recovering nicely, too. They only let us speak for five minutes a week while he’s in hospital. He laughs about you shooting him. He thinks you missed all his vitals on purpose because you actually like him, deep down.
It was in Russia that I knew the rumours about you being an agent were true. I found a bug in the bedroom. I put it in Dmitri’s car so that you would hear that it he wanted you dead. Luka warned me about Dima’s plans, so I put the bug with him. Despite knowing who you were, I still wanted to protect you. I wanted to see if we could get past it and have a life that we deserved together. I’m not a bad guy, Mia, I just don’t know any different. I hoped you would see that eventually.
To me, you will always be my gorgeous Miranda.
Joe Tench
I gently push the letter down into the ocean-water and watch the words slowly dissolve away. A wave rolls down and takes the final words from Tench out into its depths where it belongs.
I sit on our secluded beach for a bit longer and draw the last of my Piña Colada through the straw, while the sun quickly slips down into the Mediterranean Ocean. We’re the only ones on this part of the island, and the beach is all ours.
I hold my nose into the air and catch a whiff of Nick’s cooking back at the house. I still can’t believe he’s alive. Nick tells me that they gave him a drug called tetrodotoxin. It lowered his vital organs to a point where a person appears dead. That along with the little blue pill from the medic, which Nick now tells me never trust medics from the agency. That was some strong hallucinogenic. But all I really care about is that he’s alive, and I’m back with my one true love. I never want to be anywhere else. I just want to be with Nick, for the rest of my days.
I look towards the rustling in the saltbush behind me, and hear a tiny meow. I creep closer and squint to try and see what it is. A matted little black kitten staggers out from the shrub and shakes itself off.
“Hello, little one. Where have you come from?” I bend down and scoop it into my arms.
I look up and down the beach, but there’s nothing and no one around. The kitten’s bright blue eyes look up at me and he rubs himself against my chest. His purr is strong and I giggle.
“Dinner’s ready, beautiful.” Nick calls out. “I’ve almost perfected this paella now.”
I look up and see him, shirtless and standing at the edge of our patio, and I can’t help but grin wildly.
“Nick! Look what I just found. We have a new friend.”
I race up to the house and look down at my little baby within my arms. “What are we going to call you little one?”
THE END
COMING SOON
DEATH’S SHADOW
My name is Tatiana Pavlenko. I am the Russian Ballet’s Prima Ballerina. It’s been a tough journey to reach the pinnacle of my career, and it has come at a great cost … my soul.
I have been known by many names throughout my young life, but no one knows the true identity of who I really am.
War is about to break out around Russia, and it is the perfect opportunity for me to kill every man who has hurt; who has his way with me.
The evil that’s about to strike down on Russia’s powerful men isn’t from their neighbouring countries. It’s from me, the one they call Ten' smerti … Death’s Shadow.
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TJ Hamilton is a former cop turned writer. TJ uses her experiences over the years of working the city streets of Sydney, to now write sexy stories of mystery and intrigue. Her first love, the city of Sydney, is a perfect base for her stories and she loves using actual locations to add a little realism to her stories. TJ now lives a quiet life in the tropics with her handsome husband and kids. She spends her days re-living the action packed life she may have once had through her strong characters.
THYME TRILOGY
BOOK 1: Buying Thyme
- April 2013
BOOK 2: Making Thyme
- October 2013
BOOK 3: Keeping Thyme
- May 2014
NOVELLA: You Can Call Me Miranda
- January 2014