The Wicked Secrets Beneath
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**Short Story Prequel to Betrayals of the Heart
Robert Shaw lost his precious wife, unborn child and almost his own life protecting the innocent. Now he fights to make sense out of the chaos that is his life. A new identity means cutting all ties to his past and focusing on the future. As Ryan Carter, he can move on, start living again. A task that seems impossible--until Makayla Prichard enters the picture.
The FBI is set on bringing her down. They believe she is working alongside her husband, committing the most horrendous crimes imaginable. But Ryan Carter realizes Makayla is not the monster the FBI profiler has made her out to be. She's a victim. A prisoner in her own home with a young son she is determined to protect. Ryan Carter has found his new purpose--to help them escape or die trying.
Melissa Ohnoutka
Melissa loves to write suspense in all genres. She is an active member of RWA and has served as Website/Publicity/Library committee chair for the Northwest Houston RWA chapter. Born and raised in Texas, she tends to dream big and believes good conquers all. Her husband and three kids mean the world to her. When not writing, she love's spending time with the family, camping, snow skiing, photography, painting and just goofing off around the house.
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The Wicked Secrets Beneath - Melissa Ohnoutka
THE WICKED SECRETS BENEATH
By
Melissa Ohnoutka
The Wicked Secrets Beneath
Copyright © 2012 by Melissa Ohnoutka
Cover art Copyright © 2012 by Melissa Ohnoutka
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. With the exception of quotes used in reviews, this book may not be reproduced or used in whole or in part by any means existing without written permission from Melissa Ohnoutka.
Published by Specter Publishing
Smashwords Edition: April 2012
This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents either are the product of the author's imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, events, or locales is entirely coincidental.
Acknowledgments
As always, the love and support I receive daily from my family is what makes this dream of writing possible. Thank you for always believing in me. (Mom you're the best friend a girl could ever have.)
And a huge thank you to all my wonderful critique partners and writing buds. You kept me sane and pushing forward.
The Recovery
The dream was back again.
More vivid this time.
More disturbing.
Robert squeezed his eyes closed tight at the horror playing out in several shades of red and tried to keep his precious Jennifer from slipping away from him. Death was permanent and these dreams were his only connection to her now—brutal and hard to watch, but a link none-the-less.
The more graphic images were sporadic now as well as unpredictable in their intensity. A clear sign of his strength returning, he imagined.
He drew in a long deep breath, the sanitized smell of the hospital making him want to gag. As far as he could figure, this would be his third and final week at Houston Memorial Northwest Hospital. He’d heard the nurse and doctor commenting on how well he was doing. They thought he was sleeping.
They were wrong.
Regaining his strength meant he’d be moved soon. Off to his next assignment for the FBI, with a brand-spanking new name and identity. He wasn’t sure how he felt about that. A new identity meant cutting all ties to his past. That meant Jennifer and his unborn son as well. But it wasn’t like he had a choice in the matter. His life depended on his disappearing. There were more than a few men out there who were quite unhappy about his little undercover operation and what it had cost them. The Sureno Brotherhood would be more than obliged to brand his forehead with a big M, the 13th letter of the alphabet and symbol tying them to the Mexican Mafia. Then they’d finish him off in the most horrifying way possible.
What he did have control over however, was how long he’d continue working for the FBI. He had plans of his own. Plans that would give him more leeway to do what he wanted where these smuggling rings were concerned—much of which wasn’t legal FBI protocol. Like wire taps, illegal entry and beating the shit out of the worthless scum behind it all.
He growled under his breath and felt the stitches holding his chest together tighten. Shit, that hurts.
His former partner, David Thomas owed him