Darkness by Nora Ash
Author:Nora Ash [Ash, Nora]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Little Huldra Media
Five
The Shadeâs expression didnât change as he stared at my phoneâs screen, but his posture tensed up just enough for my throat to tighten.
âThatâs impossible,â he murmured. âElias Shaw isnât involved with the mayorâor Bright.â
âNo, heâs not,â Lightning said.
I finally took my eyes off The Shade to look at him, eyebrows raised in confusion. âIt says right here, though. Do you think the mayorâs just using Shaw Industries as a cover name for someone else?â
âNah, itâs Shaw Industries, all right. But Elias doesnât know whatâs going on. Heâs got someone on the inside funneling money to a few illicit activities and hiding the trail. Iâve been keeping tabs on his board for a few weeks, but no oneâs coming up as suspicious.â
The Shade looked about as surprised as I felt. âYouâve been trying to flush out a mole in Shawâs business? Arenât the unwashed masses at the bottom of society more your game?â
Lightning scoffed. âI donât give a shit what income level the people I help are on. Not that I expect a lousy pickpocket to understand that.â
âSays the glorified action figure. But letâs get back on point, shall we? Someoneâs funneling funds from an unsuspecting CEO into the mayorâs accountâwhich was then used to build that nasty gun Bright likes to flash around? Have I got that right?â The Shade looked from me to Lightning.
I nodded, frowning at my phone. If Lightning was correctâand I had no reason to believe he would lie about something like thatâthen Elias Shaw wasnât on the mayorâs side. My mark throbbed in a very âI told you soâ manner that made my nipples harden. I rubbed distractedly at it until it settled down to a pleasant tingle, and cast a shy glance at The Shade.
When Elias had asked for my phone number, heâd given me his in return, mentioning something about a coffee date. While mulling over my complicated tangle of emotions when it came to the two supes, Iâd disregarded it as some convoluted ploy from his side that I just couldnât work out. But if he really wasnât on the mayorâs payroll, then⦠then maybe it had really just been⦠a date.
Maybe, despite his threatening persona and promises of âkeeping me by his side,â like I was some trinket, his interest in me was genuine?
Warmth fluttered in my belly, and for a few, euphoric moments, I allowed myself to imagine what it would be like to be truly loved by someone so powerful and intense. Then I looked at Lightning, and the happiness died down, only to be replaced by heartache. Why, why, did I want him so bad, when heâd made it clear his only interest in me stemmed from the mark? Was it really just the magic theyâd talked about? And was that the reason that I couldnât be fully happy with the thought of just one of them truly caring for me?
It was preposterous, of course, no matter the reason. Iâd never expected any man who could provoke
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