A Fearless Heart by Elizabeth Cole

Author:Elizabeth Cole [Cole, Elizabeth]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: SkySpark Books
Published: 2022-08-16T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 21

Gabe watched Cady carefully as she absorbed the news. Her eyes went round, and her breathing, already oddly fast, shallowed.

“No, it can’t be,” she said, shaking her head. “It’s not possible.” She wavered on her feet, and Gabe lunged forward to catch her arm to steady her.

“I’m sorry, but it’s true.”

He was getting used to telling Cady the truth. Thanks to her serum or whatever it was, he’d spilled far more than he ever intended and then went and made it worse by indulging in one of the most arousing encounters he’d ever had with his clothes still on. Yes, he’d instigated the seduction as a way to divert her attention and to keep her under his influence. But it had quickly spiraled into outright lust. He couldn’t believe how strong his reactions to her got, and how much he wanted her. He actually told her what he was thinking, which was something Gabe never did. With anyone. About anything.

He didn’t even want to tell people how he liked his eggs cooked, because an enemy agent might use it against him. And there he was telling Cady how much she aroused him. When he had a moment, he needed to find out more about what she put in his tea.

When the message arrived in the post, Gabe had assumed it was another scrap of information, or possibly just a curt instruction from Aries to stop wasting time at Calderwood and steal something worth knowing.

Instead, it was a punch to the gut. Another death, another failure by the Zodiac to stop the killings. His failure, because it was his assignment now.

And Cady was involved too, somehow, even if it wasn’t the way he’d first assumed.

“The murder took place two days ago,” he explained. “My connections sent word as soon as the doctor performed the test that confirmed the poison.”

“Who was this man?” she asked. “Another friend of yours?”

“No, but that doesn’t matter. This can’t continue.”

“What are you going to do?”

“I don’t know yet.”

“Come to my workroom and we’ll go over everything you know.” Cady suddenly straightened up. “I just remembered something. I subscribe to several journals of botany and chemistry. Perhaps one of them has an article on clephobine, or a mention of who has been experimenting with it. We all correspond with one another, and when someone is successful at synthesizing a tricky chemical, they can’t resist bragging about it. All in the name of reporting new advances, of course.”

“What will you tell the others? What’s the reason for my joining you in your workroom this time?”

Cady just shook her head. “No one will see you at all. You’ll be using the passageway to the glasshouse. Here’s the key to the door you go in, and I’ll make sure the glasshouse door is unlocked.”

She hurried off, leaving Gabe to stare at her retreating figure. She was offering to help him? Why?

To clear her own name, you dolt, he told himself. Cady was already ostracized by the locals, who were quite content to spread malicious rumors for their own entertainment.

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