Heart of A Witch by Alicia Dean

Author:Alicia Dean
Format: epub
Tags: Paranormal
ISBN: ISBN 13: 978-0-505-52826-1
Publisher: Dorchester Publishing
Published: 2009-01-01T05:00:00+00:00

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Chapter Twenty-five

Ravyn looked out over the water from her perch on the large flat rock and watched a pontoon boat glide by. She thought about Sorina, about the man who'd killed her sister.

She heard a noise and turned to see Nick approaching. She watched him until he stood directly in front of her, noting he wore his standard attire of Levi's and T-shirt, this time a blue one. She also noted, reluctantly, that he looked good.

She put a hand over her eyes to shade them and looked up at him.

"Hello," he said. "How are you?"

"I'm okay." She shrugged.

His gaze took in her outfit—jean shorts and a red tank top. "Warm day for almost the end of October. Especially after as cold as it's been the past few weeks."

"Yes," she agreed. "Wasn't it Will Rogers who said if you don't like the weather in Oklahoma, just wait a minute, it'll change?"

Nick smiled. "Something like that." The smile faded and he said, "Look, I came by to apologize."

"Apologize for what?"

"The way I acted after you shared your… intuition. I was just a little…" He shrugged and looked away as if searching for the right word. He turned back to her. "I guess I was caught a little off guard."

"I understand. No problem." She scooted to make room for him. "Want to sit?"

Nick dropped down next to her. "It's nice out here."

"Yeah. I come out here when I want to think. It soothes me." A canopy of trees flanked one side of the rock, making Ravyn feel secluded, secure.

"I can see why." He fell silent, and at that moment a boat sped by on the water, the roar of the motor making speech impossible. When the noise receded, Nick looked up at her. "I'd like to ask you some questions before we get started on the case. Things I've wondered about."

Her heart sped up a few beats, and a knot settled at the base of her throat. She drew a deep breath, smelling a hint of rain in the air and the scent of someone grilling meat. "What questions?"

"I talked to the boys who found you. They said a scream brought them to the cabin."

Ravyn nodded. So far, nothing threatening. But before he spoke again, it hit her: she hadn't screamed. She knew what he was going to say next.

"They said it was a man. They heard a man screaming, not a woman." He peered at her, his expression curious.

Ravyn shifted on the rock, tugging at the hem of her cutoffs, even though they were a modest length. She felt exposed, vulnerable. She swallowed, her mind searching for an explanation Nick would buy. She had nothing.

"I have no idea why they'd say that. My voice was hoarse from the drugs, the gag… Maybe they thought my scream sounded like a man's."

His eyes moved from her out to the water, then back. "Maybe that's it," he said. But he didn't sound convinced.

"Anything else?" she asked, hoping like hell there wasn't.

There was.

"I just can't get past the fact that he let you go.

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