Edge of Hunger

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his arm.
    "I think maybe you should go out there."
    "What the hell for?" he'd growled, pulling free of his brother's grip.
    Riley had scowled as he'd slumped back against his seat. "If I told you, you'd never believe me," he'd said with a hard sigh, sounding worn out. "Hell, I don't even believe it myself. But if things...if things get weird, I'll go out there with you. Help you find what she left for you."
    Shaking his head, Ian had climbed out of the Bronco, slamming the door behind him. As he'd walked around the front of the truck, Riley had stuck his head out the driver's side window and shouted for Ian not to go anywhere until he'd heard from him.
    Huh. As if he had the energy to go anywhere. Frustration had gnawed him down to the bone.
    Slamming his backside down on his sofa, Ian tossed his cell on the battered coffee table, wondering if he should try Molly at the motel, then shook off the irritating thought. If she had half a brain, she'd have already hit the road by now, and what would he say anyway? Hey, you were right. Some jackass mangled Kendra, leaving her body scattered over a field for an unlucky group of teenagers to come across when they stopped to take a leak. It was pretty sick and the kids are probably going to need therapy. Guess I really should have listened to you.
    Naw, he could save that useless conversation for...never. He already hated himself enough at the moment--he didn't need to add her scorn on top of it. She'd tried to warn him, but like the arrogant know-it-all his brother always accused him of being, he hadn't listened. Seemed he'd spent years fine-tuning the worthless talent of shutting people out, ignoring them, even when they were trying to help him.
    Scrubbing his hands down his face, Ian struggled to get his mind on something useful, something that would help Riley nail that murdering bastard's ass, but his brain just kept buzzing with the images of Kendra's broken body and the blood-soaked field that he knew he was never going to be able to fully erase from his memory. Hell, they couldn't even be sure it'd been a human who killed her, the damage was so extreme.
    If you can't be honest with anyone else, jackass, at least be honest with yourself. You know what it was, his conscience taunted him, scraping against his nerves like a jagged blade.
    You've known all along.
    Ian clenched his jaw, doing his best to ignore the snide asshole in his head, wishing he could just get his hands on whoever...or whatever was responsible. He might not have been in love with Kendra, but he'd respected the hell out of her, and at the start of their affair, he'd enjoyed the time he spent with her. Kendra Wilcox had been a good person. Funny, beautiful, independent. She hadn't deserved what she'd suffered. Christ, no one deserved to die like that.
    Riley was going to come back for him the second something came up, and he needed to rest before things started rolling, but he was too angry to sleep, adrenaline still pounding through his system, keeping him on edge. If he couldn't get some rest, food would be the next best thing to keep him going, but he couldn't face another nuked dinner. Everything tasted stale to him these days, his appetites bored with the usual fare.
    Muttering under his breath, Ian made his way into the kitchen, grabbed the bottle of scotch and a glass, then headed back toward the sofa, picking up the remote for his flat-screen TV; the only thing in the apartment worth lifting, if anyone ever bothered to break in. Flicking on a Rockies game, he sprawled out over the cushions, trying to focus his mind on RBIs and pitching averages, rather than the gruesome images he'd witnessed--trying not to think of Kendra and the strange little blond who'd warned him that someone close to him was in danger.

    Like an idiot, he'd spent the entire damn night and day trying to convince himself that Kendra's murder had nothing to do with him, that he couldn't have prevented it from happening. But he knew

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