Deadly Paradise by Quinn Avery

Author:Quinn Avery [Avery, Quinn]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2022-10-18T00:00:00+00:00

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46 HOURS EARLIER: NOVA

London and Nova’s room on the second floor of the resort could’ve been taken from a page in a high-end architectural magazine. Polished marble floors, arched cathedral ceilings, luxurious white leather furniture, professional-grade appliances…the accommodations were over the top and shined with newness. While London captured every square inch with her phone, Nova unpacked her belongings inside the walk-in closet of the smaller of the two bedrooms. Although it had been nearly two decades since her last visit to Mykonos, she assessed the room to decide if anything looked familiar. Did the beds have the same sleek headboards? She doubted it as they were quite modern. Had the closet been in the same spot? It seemed bigger, but that could’ve only been because Nova had been much smaller.

Her phone chirped with an incoming call. She dug it out of her handbag to find her uncle’s handsome mug fixed in a genuine smile. Nova had taken the picture nearly a decade ago when she’d poured him a bottle of chardonnay while reminiscing about her mother, hoping he’d slip up and tell her something unintentionally.

Although her interactions with her uncle had remained civil, they only gathered on the holidays or for one of their birthdays. And he almost never called her directly. If he needed something, he usually called London.

Then she paled, realizing London had posted pictures to her social media accounts while on the bus ride from the port to the resort. She braced herself as she answered the call, knowing she probably deserved the shit-storm that was about to let loose.

“What in the ever-loving hell is your sister doing in Mykonos?” The question was barely audible as it was accompanied by a deep, feral growl.

“Relax, Jason. I’m with her.”

“You’re what?” he snarled. “Christ, Nova! You both need to come home! It isn’t safe for you there!”

Among the guilt for keeping him in the dark, she felt a jolt of satisfaction. After all those years since her parents’ deaths, she finally had him cornered. “Tell me why.”

“You really want to do this now? Over the phone?”

“How badly do you want us to leave?” she challenged.

“I should’ve known you’d do this.” He let out a hard breath that trembled with anger. “Your mom and I met in basic training after we’d both gone to college. She called me D.C. because that’s where I was from. You started calling me ‘Dizzy’ when you could first speak, and your mom thought it was cute, so she didn’t ever correct you.”

Nova couldn’t properly grasp his words. Her mom had been a soldier. Skylar had been confident and brave, and it would explain why she could out-shoot everyone. But still. Her mom had been into pretty dresses. Nova couldn’t imagine her wearing camouflage and combat boots.

After a brief pause, her uncle continued. “We were both stationed in Turkey when your dad was still living in Mykonos. He came to Turkey for business and met your mom at a diner just weeks after we arrived.

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