Demon Crossings by Stone Eleri

Author:Stone, Eleri [Stone, Eleri]
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Publisher: Harlequin Enterprises
Published: 2012-01-01T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Fourteen

Her head was aching by the time she got off the phone with the grandmother. She’d had to stand in the entryway because it was still the only place she’d been able to get a strong enough signal in the house to make the call. Aiden had offered up his phone but Grace thought it best not to make it too easy for anyone to track her here. She’d thought about ditching her own to get rid of the GPS chip in case she never came back and Mike got curious. But despite his call the other day, she couldn’t imagine him putting too much effort into a search.

Leaning against the wall, she wondered again if she was doing the right thing. She’d gone back to Dan’s house the day before to try to convince him to go through the legal system so she wouldn’t have to lie to the grandmother. He was the biological parent. The only reason the grandmother had retained custody was because no one knew how to find him.

But Dan was scared they’d take Maia and she hadn’t been able to change his mind. The grandmother had been understanding, stoic almost, but Grace could hear the catch in her voice, her urgency to get off the phone as soon as she’d accepted the news that Grace wouldn’t be able to help her. Grace scrubbed at her face with the heel of her hand. It could have been worse. On the last case, the boy had died before they managed to get to him. She’d been there when Mike told the parents. It was the first time she’d failed and she never, never wanted to go through that again. Normally, she only took the cases she knew she could win. But here she was again, playing God with Maia’s life, praying she was doing the right thing and taking another risk. A big one.

She heaved a sigh and opened her eyes, starting when she realized she was standing in the exact spot Aiden had pinned her to the wall that night that seemed like forever ago. She straightened, blushing, just as the back door opened. Christian had been in the kitchen when she woke up that morning, standing at the stove and scrambling eggs.

She hadn’t bothered to change out of her shorts and tank top because…well, she wanted Aiden to look at her the way Christian did then. He’d pulled away from her again, closing himself off, almost as if he was avoiding her. After their date and that kiss at the store, she couldn’t keep lying to herself that this was just about business. And, clearly, Aiden was every bit as affected by her physically as she was by him.

She’d been worried about getting too involved. Sometimes seeing people so clearly sucked. She cared too much, too quickly, too deeply and it always ripped her up when they walked away. So she’d tried to keep her distance with Aiden, knowing she’d have to leave when they found Hallie but this…living with him but not touching him was worse.

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