Blood Lines by TANYA HUFF

Author:TANYA HUFF
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Published: 2012-01-19T07:07:19+00:00

‘You don’t look so good. Are you all right?”

Vicki shifted her grip on the aluminum baseball bat and managed a smile. “I’m okay. I’m just a little tired.”

‘I’m sorry I haven’t turned up any leads these last couple of nights but, to be honest, I never expected to.”

‘That’s all right. It was a long shot. Henry…” She sat down on the edge of the bed and with one finger stroked the patch of red gold hair in the center of his chest. “…are you still dreaming?”

Henry pulled the sheet aside to expose a ragged clutch of multiple holes in the mattress. “I drove my fingers through here this morning,” he said dryly. He flicked the sheet back, then covered her hand with his. “If I hadn’t caught a hint of your scent on the pillow, I don’t know how much more damage I might have done.” She looked away and he decided not to say the rest, not to tell her that she gave him reason to hold onto his sanity. Instead, he asked, “Why?”

‘I just wondered if they were getting worse.”

‘They haven’t changed. You getting tired of standing guard?”

‘No. I just…” She couldn’t tell him. The dream had seemed so important while it was going on, but now, faced with Henry’s basic terror, it seemed stupidly abstract and meaningless.

‘You just?” Henry prodded, knowing full well from her expression that she wasn’t going to tell him.

‘Nothing.”

‘Look at the bright side.” He brought her hand to his mouth and kissed the scars on the inside of her wrist. “Tonight’s the night of the party. One way or another, something’s bound to…”

‘… happen.” Vicki drew her hand away and straightened Henry’s arm. Sliding her glasses back up her nose, she leaned the bat against the end of the bed. “One way or another.”

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