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have given a damn. Nothing would have induced him to tel the sheriff anything personal.
    Zeke turned his head, looked up at the window, then back at Alex, and let out a soundless whistle.
    â€œDamn, Alex. Natches is as protective over that little girl as he is his new wife and that skinny kid he had brought out of Iraq. Are you sure about
    this?â€
    â€œNo.†He was damned sure he was going to end up fucking her, no matter what he told Zeke.
    â€œYou’re fourteen years older than she is, Alex. That’s a lot of years. If you don’t have more in mind than a few hot nights, then you better
    watch your ass. Or your head. Because Natches is damned good with a sniper rifle himself.â€
    Actual y, Natches was better at it than Alex.
    â€œYeah. I better be careful.†But not because of Natches. Fighting Natches wasn’t what worried him. Hurting Janey. The thought of that bit at
    him.
    Zeke sat silently then, staring up at the window with Alex.
    â€œShe tel you about the notes?†Zeke asked then.
    Alex lifted his head slowly. He and Zeke were more than just friends. Before Zeke got out of the military, they’d fought together a time or two. They
    had more of a connection than Zeke had with the Mackay boys. Alex knew when Zeke was tel ing him something sensitive.
    â€œWhat notes?†he asked careful y.
    â€œYeah, I was afraid she was keeping it to herself, especial y after she made it a point to make me swear to investigate it myself. Hel . Damned
    Mackays. Every one of them is trouble in one way or the other.â€
    â€œWhat notes, Zeke?†Alex could feel the tension tightening in his body then, the hairs at the back of his neck lifting in warning.
    â€œThere’s been three in the past two months. Words cut out of the newspaper and taped to plain white paper. No prints, nothing unusual, no way
    to trace it. Always left somewhere she won’t miss them. The first was taped to the door of her apartment. The second shoved under the front door of
    the restaurant. The third was shoved under her apartment door. Al three warning her to get out of town. That a traitor’s slut wasn’t wanted in
    Somerset.â€
    Damn. Alex felt his hands curling around the steering wheel, tightening. Violence raged through his body, and the need to exact vengeance slammed
    inside him.
    â€œNatches doesn’t know?â€
    â€œShe made me swear I wouldn’t tel a single Mackay.†Zeke smiled at that thought of that. “I haven’t told a single Mackay.â€
    No, he was tel ing Alex. Alex slid him a furious glance. The bastard.
    â€œSo I get to spread al the good news?â€
    Zeke shrugged before pul ing a plastic envelope from inside his jacket. “I was out looking for you tonight anyway. I was waiting for you to heal up a
    little bit before we talked. You’re stil official y deputized with DHS last I heard, so this is your business.â€
    Alex took the envelopes. “Copies?â€
    Zeke nodded. “Al three of them as wel as the report where we dusted for prints. We didn’t find anything. But I don’t like the tone of those
    letters, Alex,†he admitted. “They worry me.â€
    They worried Alex now. And what worried him even more was the fact that Janey wasn’t tel ing her family about them. They could protect her, help
    watch out for her. Yet she was taking it on alone.
    â€œYou weren’t able to find out anything?†Alex asked again, even though he knew Zeke would have told him if he had.
    â€œNothing. And I’m worried about her. I hear the crap that goes on in this county. And I’ve been in that restaurant to hear some of the
    comments she gets. She’s like a damned robot in there, and people can be mean. They keep striking until they see blood. Janey doesn’t show
    blood. It could end up getting her hurt worse.â€
    Natches was going to have to know about