A Deadly Deed in Faerywood Falls (Mountain Magic Mysteries Book 5) by Blythe Baker

Author:Blythe Baker [Baker, Blythe]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-03-20T22:00:00+00:00

9

“Hi, Cain? It’s Marianne,” I said, trying to sound as nonchalant as possible. It had taken me a good twenty minutes to work up the nerve to call him in the first place. I didn’t want it to seem like every time I called it was for a favor…especially when he’d saved my life recently.

Again.

“Of course I knew it was you, Marianne,” Cain said in his deep, velvety voice on the other end of the call. “And might I say that it’s wonderful to hear from you? I’ve been thinking about you.”

“You…you have?” I asked, and my cheeks immediately flooded with color.

I was glad I was just sitting in my car in the parking lot of the hospital. Hearing his voice shook me a little more than I’d expected, and despite all the pain and sorrow I’d been feeling in the last few days, getting to talk to him gave me some peace of mind and quiet in my heart. I didn’t know why it had taken me so long to build up the confidence to call him in the first place.

“Yes,” he said. “Have you been well?”

I almost answered him automatically, but I hesitated, deciding instead to be honest. “I – well, no, not really,” I said. “It’s been a really hard couple of days.”

“Oh…” he said. “Well, I’m very sorry to hear that. Would you like to discuss it in person?”

My heart skipped. “I don’t want to bother you if you’re working.”

“It’s almost time for my break anyway,” he said. “Why don’t you come down to the mortuary, and we can have tea or something together.”

“O…okay,” I said. I was ready to actually talk about what was happening. “I’ll be right down.”

Memories about the night I’d ended up at the Blackburn castle chased themselves around in my mind as I drove toward the mortuary a few blocks away. I thought about how I’d felt, being that close to Cain. I’d seen a far more affectionate and sensitive side to him. He’d taken such good care of me that I found myself thinking about it long after I’d left his house…

I was almost used to visiting him by now. The secretary recognized me when I walked in, and she waved me through the large doors that lead underground to the basement where Cain’s office was.

I ignored all the open doors down the long, dimly lit hall, not wanting to see any bodies, and wondering vaguely if Amanda was in any of these rooms.

A face peeked out of a room at the end of the hall, and I recognized the head of dark hair at once.

My heart caught in my throat as he turned around and spotted me.

His green eyes lit up as they fixed on me. “I thought I heard footsteps,” he said. He leaned casually against his doorframe, smiling at me.

It made my heart begin to race as I drew closer to him.

“Hello, Marianne,” he said, a smile tugging at one corner of his lips. “It’s good to see you again.

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