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Hunter.

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    Morgan gasped for breath as her white knuckled fists clutched the steering wheel.
    “Are you okay?” Celeste maneuvered her arm to inspect her elbow for damage. Morgan noticed her sister didn’t seem nearly as out of breath as she was. Maybe she should take up yoga and kettle bells?
    “Yeah. What was that all about?” Morgan twisted in her seat to look down the street. It looked like a normal sunny day in the city. People were window shopping casually. No one was coming after them. It was hard to believe they had just been attacked.
    “Apparently those guys were meaning to grab us. For what, I don’t know.” Celeste shuddered visibly in her seat.
    Morgan narrowed her eyes at her sister. “Where’d you learn to fight like that?”  
    “Oh, I take Karate and self-defense.” Celeste turned concerned eyes on Morgan. “You might want to think about taking a class or two yourself, although you do have a mean crotch kick.”
    The girls giggled. Then Celeste turned serious.
    “What made you grab me like that—at that very second?” Morgan saw Celeste’s brow furrow.
    “I trusted my feelings.”
    Celeste smiled. “So you did listen … and it’s a good thing too, because if you hadn’t pulled me back when you did, this whole incident might have had a different ending.”
    “Speaking of endings, did you see those guys that came running from the other alley?”
    Celeste nodded.
    “At first I thought they were after us, but I think they were trying to help us. Or at least they were going after the guys that tried to grab us.”  
    Celeste turned to look out the back window. “Maybe we should go back and thank them?”
    “I don’t know. It’s strange but one of those guys looked just like Luke Hunter.” Morgan felt her stomach clench. Could Luke be back in town?
    Celeste swiveled around to face Morgan. “Luke? What would he be doing here? Besides, wouldn’t he contact you if he was back in town?”
    Morgan’s heart tightened in her chest. “I don’t know. We broke up almost ten years ago, so he certainly doesn’t have to tell me where he goes. Besides he’s probably married with kids by now.”
    “I thought he was still in the military?”
    Morgan shrugged. “Yeah, it was probably just someone who looked like him.”
    “Didn’t you see someone you thought looked like him a couple of weeks ago?” Celeste raised a brow at Morgan. “I think maybe you need to start dating again.”
    Morgan laughed as she started up the car. “Yeah, you can say that again.”
    “Do you think we should tell the cops?”
    Morgan bit her lower lip. Given her experiences with Overton, she didn’t have much confidence in the police. “Nah. We’re not hurt and I’m sure those thugs are gone by now. What would the police do?”
    “Yeah, I guess there’s not much they can do. Do you think this has something to do with the guy on the cliff?”
    Morgan’s stomach churned. Did it? “No. How could it? I mean we’re not even near home. That was probably just a couple of thugs who were waiting around to mug the next person that walked down the street.”
    “Yeah, probably.” Celeste looked in the side view mirror uncertainly.
    “But, let’s not tell Fiona or Jolene. I don’t want them to get all worried.”
    “Okay,” Celeste agreed.
    Morgan eased out of the parking spot, glancing nervously behind her one last time.  
    Did she really believe it was just a random mugging?  
    Her logical brain told her it was, but her gut was telling her something else entirely. And, if her gut instincts were right, she’d have to find out who the dead guy was, and what he wanted, quickly … before something worse happened.

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    Morgan sipped a steaming cup of chamomile and valerian tea to calm her nerves as she sat at her worktable at Sticks and Stones and filled Fiona in on the meeting with Cal.
    “Do you really think he was after some sort of treasure?” Fiona looked at Morgan with wide blue eyes.
    “No.