Deep Dark Secrets (The Spiritwalkers Book 1) by Sarra Cannon

Author:Sarra Cannon [Cannon, Sarra]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781624210501
Publisher: Dead River Books, LLC
Published: 2017-08-22T18:30:00+00:00

27

My Darkest Secrets

For one brief moment, I was falling. I could almost feel the cold mountain water on my face.

But an arm snaked around my body and yanked me backward over the railing.

I struggled against the stranger until he finally released me. I stumbled backward and fell hard on my butt, coughing to try to catch my breath. I scrambled back, kicking with my boots, sure that if I looked up, I would see the dark figure from that night.

“What were you thinking? You could have died.”

I glanced up at him, not sure who I was expecting. But I never would have expected him.

“You?” I asked, blinking, hardly believing he was real. “What are you doing out here?”

Jordan Greycloud towered over me, his dark hair loose and flowing in the wind. His face was all hard lines and anger, and his chest rose and fell with each labored breath.

“Saving your life, apparently,” he said.

“Did you follow me out here? Are you the one who’s been watching me?” I asked.

He narrowed his gaze. “Are you seriously giving me attitude right now?” He pointed to the twisted railing. “I just pulled you to safety and you’re yelling at me for following you?”

I straightened, wincing at the fresh pain in my wounded hand as it ripped free of the fabric of my jeans. A dark blood stain had blossomed onto the denim.

“Maybe I didn’t want to be saved,” I said. Which wasn’t exactly true. I didn’t know what was true anymore.

“Maybe that’s not your choice right now,” he mumbled, turning away and running a trembling hand through his hair.

I studied him. This guy actually seemed to care if I lived or died. How did that make sense? He hadn’t spoken to me since the day I chased him down after pictures.

Why did he care what happened to me?

“Who are you?” I asked.

“My name is Jordan—”

“I know your name,” I said, standing. “I want to know who you really are and why you’re out here in the middle of the night watching me.”

He shook his head and looked out into the trees, as if he could see much farther than the darkness of the woods ahead.

“You’re connected to all of this, aren’t you?” I asked.

“All of what?” His eyes cut back to me, as if he were sizing me up. Trying to figure out how much I knew.

“You know exactly what,” I said. I knew I couldn’t trust him, but at this point, I had no choice but to start talking. I’d almost killed myself because of some dark voice in my head. I needed answers, or the next time I might not be as lucky.

“Look, I know there’s something more going on here than just some car accident,” I said. “And I have a pretty good feeling you know exactly what I’m talking about. I need to know what you know and why you care so much whether or not I decide to take a swim in the river.”

He let out a half-laugh, half-sigh and almost smiled.

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