Destined for Shadows: Book 1 (Dark Destiny Series) by Susan Illene

Author:Susan Illene [Illene, Susan]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: paranormal romance
Publisher: Susan Illene
Published: 2017-03-24T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter 16

Bartol

He moved throughout the house, restless and unable to leave. After Micah had finished working on Cori last night and moved on to Hayden, Bartol had brought her home and put her to bed. Though the wounds were mostly closed, they still had some healing to do.

With Cori’s reluctant permission, he’d put her to sleep with the promise he’d wake her up in thirty-six hours. It had to be that long for her to make a full recovery with no scarring. Her only condition was that he had to watch over her the whole time—no one else could replace him. He’d been fine with that, but he had not foreseen what it might be like to stay in her home for such a long period.

It was as if the damn woman surrounded him everywhere he looked. The first thing that caught his attention were all the photographs on her living room shelves with her family and friends, most of whom he didn’t recognize. Then he found the artwork she’d done over the years stacked inside a closet in her spare bedroom, which included several portraits of a little girl who looked like a younger version of Cori. Bartol could only guess she was a niece since all the women in the family had black hair. The paintings were heartrending and beautiful. He hadn’t even realized she painted.

Cori also had several cameras and hundreds of photos stacked on her desk. Some of them were of him. She’d taken pictures of Bartol while he worked in his yard and during his walks in the woods. In a few cases, he remembered seeing her around, but he hadn’t noticed the cameras at the time. Cori was far sneakier than he’d imagined, yet he couldn’t believe how well she’d captured his image. For the first time, he didn’t see his burn scars as hideous. Somehow, she’d caught him at just the right angles, so they appeared natural and perhaps even intriguing—not that he would ever admit that to her. It would certainly go to her head, and he’d never hear the end of it.

The house phone rang for the fifth time in the last two hours. He’d been ignoring it, but the same number kept popping up on the screen. What if it was Griff calling to harass her? Bartol wanted nothing more than to give that vampire a piece of his mind, and this might be his first opportunity. He couldn’t disregard the phone any longer.

He picked up the handset, taking a moment to figure out how to answer it. “Yes?”

“Who is this?” an older woman asked. “I’m trying to reach my daughter, Cori.”

He tensed. It hadn’t occurred to him that her mother might call. “She is sick and sleeping at the moment, ma’am. Can I have her call you back later?”

“Who are you? And why are you answering my daughter’s phone?” the woman demanded.

And here he’d thought Cori could be difficult, but apparently it was an inherited trait. “I am Bartol—her neighbor.

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