Encountering Evil: Dark Horse Guardians Book Two

Encountering Evil: Dark Horse Guardians Book Two Read Online Free PDF

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Author: Ava Armstrong
She had been at the dojo for her mixed martial arts lesson when he first started there as a part-timer a month ago. Don Henderson was laid up with a pulled muscle and Bettencourt suddenly became her personal martial arts opponent. Impressed with the energy and persistence Lara had on the mat, he enjoyed training her in complex self defense moves. When she was flipped or blocked by his tactics, she came back with determination and focus. He enjoyed the first few sessions and hoped he'd get the chance to physically challenge her again. As Bettencourt pulled out of the police department parking lot he pondered the abuse Lara reported and was curious as to what was going on in the prestigious Portland neighborhood. A radio call quickly brought him back to the present. He turned on the blue lights as he sped to the scene of a robbery at a local pharmacy…business as usual.
     
    ~ Eliot Stone ~
    As Lara's red Fiat pulled into the driveway at his Falmouth estate, Eliot Stone had just arrived in his white 1956 Bentley. Filled with excitement he scrambled out of the Bentley to greet her. "Great timing," he smiled as he helped Lara out of her car. "Let me carry this stuff," Eliot said as he took the samples from her. Raphael greeted them at the door and Eliot led her to the library chattering as he walked, "It's a bit crazy living like this…with everything torn apart…now I know what our clients go through." Lara thanked Eliot for his help and patience with the project. "I'm trying to do this in phases, just as you taught me. I need to do a walk-through with Tony today, but I think we are on schedule and on budget." Lara assured him.
    Eliot Stone was attempting to hide the pure pleasure he felt in her presence. During the first phase of the renovation of his home he was ecstatic to have Lara at his house almost every day for a brief visit. She was attentive to this renovation and he was perfectly attuned to her scheduled visits. He made sure to time his arrival to hers and managed to do it with great accuracy. Today she looked lovely and Eliot examined her from head to toe as he tried not to be too conspicuous. She wore a beautiful long pink skirt with bead work on it. It floated around her ankles. A white camisole beneath a soft pink cotton cardigan topped off her feminine summer outfit. Her hair was loose and wavy. She wore a headband that made her look like she was even younger than twenty-five years old. As he stood next to her when she exited the car, he took in the heady vanilla aroma of her body. Eliot found himself making any excuse to touch her or be close to her every day.
    Lara was the perfect woman in his eyes. He constantly reminisced about the two years he spent with her as his intern. He felt they were inseparable until Lieutenant Ben Keegan arrived. Now Eliot had to jockey for the slightest bit of Lara’s attention. He genuinely missed her companionship. Several people at the yacht club tried to set him up on a blind date and he even made the effort. But every woman he met paled in comparison to Lara. They either did not physically attract him or if they did, their intelligence did not match that of Lara's. Therefore, his life became focused on seeing Lara every day at 11:00 AM at his house for the renovation. Eliot knew the project would drag on through the summer. He was trying to convince her to go sailing, hoping to coordinate the excursion so it would coincide with the next time her husband was out of town.
     
    ~ Lara ~
    Tony Angioni, the foreman on Eliot's renovation, saw Lara arrive and poked his head into the library. "I'm ready when you are, Lara." Tony was another great contractor that Lara met during her internship at Stone and Associates. He was an older man, close to fifty, with silvery gray hair and light blue eyes. He was about six feet tall with a lean muscular build. The crew loved him. He worked alongside the men, often picking up a hammer or buying them lunch to keep the project moving along at a
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