Change in the Light_Shapeshifter Romance by Tami Lund

Author:Tami Lund [Lund, Tami]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2018-05-20T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 12

I love you, Rachel.

I love you, Rachel.

The words sang in her head, a taunting melody, teasing and tempting her—and making her utterly miserable. She was a whore who had deliberately seduced him for her own means. Yes, the purpose had been to preserve her own life, and yes, it had been against her will—initially.

But if she were honest with herself, she would admit she might have done things differently, had she not fallen for Josh, too. Yes, Kent Pantera seemed like a badass, and yes, in the beginning she’d worried she’d gotten mixed up with some sort of mafia family. But the reality was, she could have run. Nothing bound her to this area—nothing but Josh. She could have packed a bag and taken the train to Chicago, lost herself in the big city. She had waitressing and housekeeping experience; it wasn’t much of a living, but both skills were necessary in every town, and she knew she would have no problem finding a new job. She could have survived on her own.

Now she was under Josh’s protection, yet still beholden to Pantera. And Josh had just declared his love for her, both in the way he’d made love to her and with words. If she didn’t know better, she’d swear he believed they now had some sort of connection, like they were tied together somehow. He had been that intense.

But she couldn’t accept what he offered. Yet, for her own safety, she had to stay with him. Or she had to run, to disappear, leave him and Pantera behind.

Except there was a glitch in that plan, too. Helen had told her all about what the fire inspector said, and what she suspected. Rachel had spoken to the woman briefly, when she first arrived to help with the cleanup of what was left of the Bears’ home. The inspector was sharp. If there was a connection between the blaze and Kent Pantera, she would find it.

This gave Rachel hope. If Pantera were arrested for arson, her problems would be fixed. She could confess her feelings to Josh and they could live happily ever after. She could pretend their meeting had been purely coincidental, and he never had to know about the Pantera connection.

She also felt obligated to stay because it wasn’t just Josh’s position Pantera was after. She had no idea why he would deliberately set fire to an elderly couple’s home, but she also didn’t want to leave while so many people were potentially in danger. Not that she could do much on her own. All she could do was be there for Josh, as he struggled with this latest threat to his association.

It was finding the fine line between Pantera believing she was doing his bidding and keeping Josh from finding out she had any tie to the slick older man that was the real trick here.

* * * *

She was lounging in the bathtub when he finally made his appearance in his suite much later that evening.

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