Free Landry's Law by Kelsey Roberts

continued, virtually chastising her governmentattorney. “Our killer took a medal from Fowler, gems from Grayson and something from Whitlock.”
    “What something? ” Cody asked.
    She heard Seth sigh. “We haven’t had much luck tracing Whitlock. Haven’t even been able to locate next of kin to figure out what personal item might be missing. But I guarantee something of Whitlock’s is in the possession of the killer.”
    “I can work on that,” Cody said.
    Seth nodded. “I’ll give you everything I’ve got. Whitlock’s personal effects and the inventory from his house.”
    “Keep packing, Miss Wyatt,” Peter insisted, apparently ignoring the brothers Landry.
    “You’re making her leave when you don’t even have all the facts?” Seth asked.
    “Of course. I’m not going to let six years of investigative work go down the drain.”
    “Not to mention keeping me alive,” Savannah reminded him curtly. “That was the purpose for disrupting my entire life, right?”
    Seth rose and went to her. When he spoke, she could feel his warm breath on her face. “Do you want to leave?”
    He took her hand, making it impossible for her to speak, so she just shook her head.
    “She has no choice,” Peter said. “She’s a material witness.”
    “She’s an American citizen,” Seth retorted.“She’ll testify when the time comes, but until then, she stays here. With me.”
    Savannah wasn’t sure which of them was more shocked. She had never expected Seth to come to her aid like that and judging by the look on his face, it was a purely spontaneous decision on his part.
    Savannah was sent to her bedroom so the three men could talk privately in the kitchen. Her pulse was racing so fast she could hear it drumming in her ears.
    Stay in one place for a while? she thought excitedly. With Seth as my guardian? That thought was more than exciting. It caused a little thrill in the pit of her stomach. She paced the room like a caged animal waiting to be set free.
    “Stop this!” she hissed in a harsh whisper. “What if I stay with Seth and they do know where I am? I could get Seth killed.” That thought made her heart skip a beat. “But his argument to Peter made so much sense. If someone wanted to kill me instead of my dates, they had every opportunity.”
    With Richard Fowler, they could have just waited here at the cabin and killed her when she arrived home. With Harvey, she was a moving target from the time she left him on the bridge until she made it to her car. Savannah’s mind swirled. She all but raced from the room.
    The three men fell silent the instant she arrived, mildly breathless. “Seth is right.”
    “We can’t chance it,” Peter said. “You could be compromised.”
    She stopped long enough to glare at the preppy annoyance. “ If someone wanted to kill me, they’ve had a hundred opportunities since I moved here. I take classes two nights a week and I work every weekday at a shop in town.”
    “You were told to blend into the community,” Peter admonished. “Not make yourself a presence.”
    “A job and taking classes has made me blend. Look around you, Peter. If I stayed here and lived off my savings, don’t you think the townspeople would be suspicious?”
    “You haven’t broken the contact rule, have you?”
    Savannah lowered her eyes. “I haven’t called my family from here.”
    “Nice operation you run,” she heard Seth remark to Cody. “I guess Christmas and birthdays are out, too.”
    “Don’t push me,” she heard Cody warn. “I’m going to authorize this.”
    “What!” Peter almost imploded. “You’re going to leave the safety of my only witness in the hands of some hick-town sheriff?”
    “No,” Cody said calmly. “I’m leaving her in the capable hands of my big brother. You got a problem with that?”
    Some of Peter’s indignation seemed to drain. “She needs to be in a safe house where we can check on her—”
    “You mean smother her,” Cody commented. “Look,