A Lovely Drop: A Story of the NeverNeath by Darynda Jones

Author:Darynda Jones [Jones, Darynda]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 1-73438-520-0
Publisher: Darynda Jones

Twenty minutes later, after a hefty trek through the woods, we slowed to a stop behind a group of bushes. A barn sat about twenty yards from us and through the slats we could see the glow of a fire inside.

“This is where they met earlier today,” Sebastian said as I picked leaves out of my braid. “Are we close enough?”

I gaged the distance. “Yeah, this should be fine. I’ll stay just long enough to get the info.” When he offered me a worried expression, I said, “I’ve done this a thousand times, Strand. I just got carried away today. That doesn’t normally happen.”

“What can I do if it does?”

His concern was endearing. So was that severe line he’d drawn his mouth into. I had a hard time tearing my gaze off it, so I stopped trying. Just went with the flow and spoke directly to his mouth, hoping for that tug at the left corner again. “If I don’t immediately open my eyes again, just put me on life support. I’ll show up eventually, God willing.”

No tug. My wit had apparently lost all its charm. It happened.

Before I could think it through, I lifted a hand and ran my fingertips along the outline of his mouth. He stilled and I glanced up—his eyes glistening in the soft glow that filtered to us from the fire—before closing my lids and dropping.

The first thing I did was freeze time to watch his reaction again when I placed my fingers on his mouth. It was so out of character for me. I was more of a duck-and-cover kind of girl.

Oh, I’d kissed guys before and I’d even had sex once, but at the ripe old age of twenty-four, I had yet to experience that extreme attraction that other girls felt the moment their eyes landed on a particularly scrumptious specimen of their liking. I chalked it up to trust issues. I also rarely squealed in delight or clapped my hands when handed a gift. I wasn’t sure if that was a good thing or a bad one.

After watching Sebastian long enough to legally be considered a stalker, I rewound time until a group of men entered the barn. Three biker types. They’d ridden their Harleys up the dirt road and parked them along the side of the barn. I followed them in and watched as they built a fire. They were talking about this and that, mostly about a man they thought to be a snitch. Someone named Slider, and it occurred to me that I had no idea what name Sebastian went by while undercover. I prayed it wasn’t Slider, because they had plans for that poor guy.

After a few minutes, Yousefi showed up and I had to force myself not to panic. The mere sight of him sent my heart into overdrive. He walked in with another guy, very small, very pale, very geek-ish. Yousefi’s choice in companions surprised me before I realized a few minutes into their conversation he was the tech guy.

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