Page 20 of Montana Heat

All the men nodded. It wasn’t just them here anymore. The women they loved were a factor as well. They wouldn’t put them in danger.

“We’ve definitely had enough trouble to last a long while.” Liam plopped down on the leather sofa.

“Of course. I don’t want to see any more trouble for you guys either.” Lachlan glanced around the room at each of the men.

“So, how can we help?” Daniel asked.

“Well, first, Kenzie gave us permission to share specifics of her case with you, but she didn’t necessarily like it.”

Specifics of her case. That meant there was some real trouble going on here. I wanted to know what it was. I couldn’t stop thinking of how worried she’d been yesterday.

“Here’re the basics,” Lachlan began. “Kenzie is a highly successful commercial real estate guru in Denver.”

I wasn’t surprised to hear any of that. It was basically how I’d pegged her as soon as she’d gotten out of her car.

“She’s been dealing with a stalker. Recently, it escalated into something pretty ugly.”

The more Lachlan talked, the more my gut tightened. A fuckingstalker. One that had forced her to leave her home.

“It started online through social media. Vague threats that could’ve come from any troll with some sort of a grudge. But then it grew into the stalker physically following her, violence against her, and defiling her home.”

I started pacing back and forth. There was nothing I wanted to do more than put my fist through a wall, and I didn’t even have details.

“After the last event, the Denver detective on the case suggested our town as a good place to lie low since he knew Charlie and of you guys from their conversations. Knew we’d watch out for anything suspicious.” He looked over at me. “I’d say what you found is definitely suspicious.”

“I’d say so too.”

“Especially after we got a call from Kenzie in a panic the other night,” Lachlan continued.

Hearing those words, I felt my whole body tense. I tried to quickly relax my muscles so none of the guys would notice, butDaniel and Lucas both raised an eyebrow in question. I ignored them and rolled my shoulders, then turned my attention back to Lachlan.

“She got on one of her social media accounts and was sent a message while she was on. It was a threat, and she called the station immediately.”

“It sounds like this all started as a social media troll. Maybe someone not happy with her business?” Lucas volunteered.

Lachlan nodded in agreement. “She also teaches how-to seminars for real estate newbies. Someone could have been unhappy with a class or the way she approached a certain subject.”

“But it’s definitely someone who keeps up-to-date with her online activity. They were waiting for her to get on and then sent the message. They probably have a program that lets them know anytime she’s live on social media,” Liam said.

“What did the message say?” I asked.

Lachlan pulled out a little notepad. “Getting out of Denver isn’t far enough. Trust me. You need to leave the state, or the blood on your walls will be yours next time.”

The mention of spilling Kenzie’s blood had me wanting to punch walls again. But the phrasing was interesting. “The stalker doesn’t know where she is if they’re telling her to get out of the state. She’s already out of Colorado.”

Lachlan nodded. “That’s what ultimately reassured Kenzie, I think. At least enough to keep her from freaking out completely. The stalker thinks she’s closer to home.”

But she’d still been alone and terrified. I clenched my fingers into fists again.

“The stalker knows she’s not in Denver anymore, which isn’t surprising, given the escalation,” Lachlan said. “They were probably trying to get her to slip up online and give information about her whereabouts.”

“Does the Denver detective have any leads yet?” Liam asked from the sofa.

“Nothing new. I filled him in on the recent events before I came here. What about what you found, Jensen?”

I shook my head. “Whoever has her in their sights isn’t playing around.”

I didn’t know Kenzie at all, but the thought of what had been done to her car…the sort of danger she’d been in without even being aware of it? I shouldn’t care, but I did.

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