Burning Hearts by Eva Chase

Author:Eva Chase [Eva Chase]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Paranormal Romance, Powers
Publisher: Ink Spark Press
Published: 2018-01-03T05:00:00+00:00

The bliss of our shower encounter carried me through half of the day. Jason murmured sweet nothings in my head. I babbled some gushy nonsense back. I must have looked dazed to anyone who bothered to notice. At least they couldn’t tell why.

Or maybe we’d given away something after all. As my group was walking to the cafeteria for lunch, I spotted Langdon standing in the hall up ahead. I dropped my gaze, not wanting to encourage him to focus on me, but apparently he already had. He tapped my arm when I passed him.

“I’d like a word, Lisa.”

Go ahead and pick one, then, I thought, but not so loud I was worried he’d hear. I stopped and raised my head. Did he have another unexpected lab session planned?

The way he studied me made my skin crawl. “Yes, Dr. Langdon?” I said.

“This won’t take long,” he said, tapping his thin lips. “It’s just come to my attention that you seem to be intrigued by one of our other subjects.”

My body stiffened before I could control my reaction. What had he seen? What did he mean by intrigued?

“I’m not sure what you’re talking about,” I said, in as even a voice as I could manage. Technically, that statement was even true.

Langdon gave me a smile that was too close to a sneer for comfort. “In the groups, your eyes are often drawn to the young man who goes by 5-81. I believe his given name is Jason.”

Okay, so he’d noticed me staring now and then. That wasn’t a catastrophe. I was allowed to have a crush, right?

My cheeks flushed a little of their own accord, but thankfully that would work in my favor. “Maybe a little. He’s a good-looking guy.”

“I suppose he is.” Langdon tapped his lips again. “Have you spoken to him at all?”

I shrugged. I could use part of the truth to answer that too. “A couple times in the exercise room. Nothing much. He helped me with one of the bikes.”

“Yes. You seem to keep to yourself most of the time.”

“What can I say? I’ve always been a loner.”

With my nerves jumping, the comment might have come out sharper than I’d meant it to. Langdon’s eyes narrowed.

“I don’t mean to put you on the spot,” he said, stretching his words with a faintly amused drawl. “I’m just looking out for you, as head researcher here. I don’t like to see any of our subjects get into potentially harmful situations.”

Okay. What the hell was he talking about now? “I appreciate that,” I said, waiting for him to go on.

He tipped his head toward the cafeteria. “Looking is one thing. But when it comes to developing any kind of rapport with Jason, well, I’d suggest you take care. I realize it’s impossible to know these things, the way we run this facility. But in essence, he’s a murderer.”

An icy chill trickled through my body. No. He was messing with me again. Jason killing someone? There was no way.

“What did he do?”

“Let’s just say he has more than one death on his hands,” Langdon said.

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