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An Ellora’s Cave Romantica Publication

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Hidden Force

ISBN 9781419913358

Edited by Mary Moran.

Photography and cover art by Les Byerley.

Electronic book Publication November 2007

This book may not be reproduced or used in whole or in part by any means existing without written

permission from the publisher, Ellora’s Cave Publishing, Inc.® 1056 Home Avenue, Akron OH 44310-

3502.

This book is a work of fiction and any resemblance to persons, living or dead, or places, events or locales

is purely coincidental. The characters are productions of the authors’ imagination and used fictitiously.

H IDDEN F ORCE

Shayla Kersten

Acknowledgement

To Megan Kerans and Cynthia D’Alba.

Trademarks Acknowledgement

The author acknowledges the trademarked status and trademark owners of the

following wordmarks mentioned in this work of fiction:

Lexus: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha TA Toyota Motor Corporation

Hidden Force

Chapter One

The young man groaned as his brutalized flesh hit the icy pavement. His mind

cried out for help but his raw throat wouldn’t let sound form.

Screeching tires and the smell of burning rubber haunted his senses. His swollen

eyes couldn’t open enough to see the fleeing car.

Relief spread through him for a brief moment. His tormentor was gone. But relief

passed into despair. Alone, naked against the freezing concrete, his pain faded into the

long shadows of the night.

* * * * *

Memphis homicide detective Tony Costa stood in the chill early morning air. His

breath hung over the dead, naked form of a young blond man. Vacant blue eyes

accused and challenged him.

“Tony!” Jeff Payton’s voice cut through the murmur of the crowd gathering at the

end of the alley.

Tony turned and watched as his partner ducked under the yellow tape across the

narrow entrance. The tall black man strode down the middle of the alley with the crime

scene team following in his wake.

“Another one.” Tony turned back to the pale, still form. The cloudy January

morning sky filtered a dull gray light that matched his mood. A light flurry of snow

swirled around the young man’s body adding insult to injury.

Jeff’s footsteps stopped next to him.

“Just like the last two.” The last two similar deaths left an ache in Tony’s stomach

he couldn’t shake.

One of the crime scene investigators motioned Jeff and Tony out of the way.

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