Edge of Darkness by Cherry Adair

Author:Cherry Adair [Adair, Cherry]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: Fiction, Romance, General, Man-Woman Relationships, Occult Fiction, Terrorism, Political Science, Political Freedom & Security, Telepathy
ISBN: 9780739473832
Publisher: Ballentine
Published: 2005-12-31T16:00:00+00:00

She gave him a steady look. “I killed my parents, so no, Duncan, it’s not something I bring up in casual conversation.”

His scarred brow rose. “Explain to me how a child could possibly be responsible for the deaths of two adults?” He was relentless, exasperating, pushy.

Serena closed her eyes and tried to breathe in deeply. Cool green grass. Breathe. Blue sky. Breathe.

Fluffy white clouds. Breathe. Slow. Deep. In. Out. In. Out.

She looked at him without seeing him. “I couldn’t control my telekinetic powers. Just like today,” she said bitterly. “I know you put a restraining spell on me in the courtroom so my anger didn’t manifest. I couldn’t control my telekinesis today, and I couldn’t control it then.”

“I thought they’d drowned.”

The hard pounding of her heart sounded unbearably loud in her ears, and her mind’s eye filled with the memory of sunlight sparkling on the water as the family yacht cut through the calm, turquoise Caribbean waters. “They did.”

“Did Ian know you felt this way?”

“Of course.” It hadn’t been easy, but she’d managed to give him the bare bones. He’d never pressed for more detail, knowing how painful the recollection was for her. Even now the memory of their deaths made her throat tighten.

“How about Henry and Martha?”

They’d come for her at the hospital. Terrified, she’d been unable to speak about what had happened for months afterward. Then it was a wonder they’d been able to understand half of her hysterical, sobbing account. None of them had ever brought it up again. “Obviously.”

“Did they believe it was your fault?”

“Not in so many words.” The familiar weight pressed down on her chest, and her palms grew damp as her heart began to race. “But it was.”

“Bullshit.” Duncan said flatly. “You’re trying to tell me Henry Morgan blamed an eight-year-old for killing her parents? I don’t bel—”

“I don’t talk about it.” Several framed pictures fell off the bookcase. Serena glared at them, and then at him. “I don’t want to talk about it.”

Reaching out, Duncan touched her clenched fist where it lay on the sofa cushion between them.

“Concentrate on what you’re saying.” Unfurling her fingers with his, he slid his palm against hers as things in the kitchen started flying off the shelves. “Focus on me.” Another dangerous path for her mind to take. She pulled her hand out of his, because touching him, being comforted by him, was seductive. “I’d rather not.” She closed her eyes tightly, and visualized…It wasn’t the memory of the past that had her emotions out of whack so much as it was Duncan.

Before the kiss, their relationship, for want of a better word, was clear, black and white. They snipped and teased each other. But now…God, now just looking at this man with his flame-hot blue eyes and serious expression, made her heart thud, and her senses swim. She wanted to kiss him again. She wanted

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