She beamed at Nick as they entered the kitchen, where Alex had started a pot of coffee while she’d given a tour around the lighthouse. As Alex had promised when he introduced them, she did like Nick very much—although his fashion sense was horrid, also as Alex had promised. She didn’t want to consider how many Bambis had to die to make his coat. “Thanks, I think it’s pretty amazin’”—she copied his country accent, dragging out the word— “as well.” Nick grinned. Dimples softened the hard lines of his face and made him look less like a stoic Sioux warrior and more like a New Age science geek intrigued by all the strangeness happening around Danger Ledge Light. He was so not what she’d expected from one of Alex’s military friends. From her short phone conversation with him after Sherriff Forbes arrested Alex, she knew he could be an intense, ruthless, and scarily efficient soldier, but she saw no sign of that in him now.
