Hell and High Water: Sanctum Harbor Sinners by Lisa Cullen

Author:Lisa Cullen [Cullen, Lisa]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2024-09-13T00:00:00+00:00

18

GAVIN

Electric tension charges everything in the room.

Damon’s journal. I know it before Hellena even opens the front cover, revealing an all too familiar handwriting.

Hellena leafs through it and my eyes track over her shoulder.

“Guys. Not getting my hopes up, but… I think this is it. Everything we’ve been looking for. Names. Places.”

“Finally!” Tell sighs, holding the door open for everyone to head back out into the lighter living space.

“And check it out, flash drives.” Hellena holds up the back cover, lined with small pockets filled with memory sticks.

“Let’s hope they have some good news for us, or anything still relevant. Remember, that journal is several years old.” Evan grimaces, crossing his arms and leaning against the table.

Hellena matches his scowl as she sits on the edge of the couch arm, her eyes darting across pages.

“Don’t be such a sourpuss, Ev,” Tell snips.

“Just stating facts.”

“Then state them more cheerfully! You’re supposed to be the performer here, right?”

“And you’re supposed to be the expert info gatherer, so where’s our info?”

“Low blow!”

“Neither of you is getting blown if you don’t cut it out!” Hellena teases, earning an exasperated look from each of them.

“I didn’t say shit,” I mutter, pursing my lips.

“Noted.” Hellena winks at me, heating my blood instantly. Fuck. How does she do that to me?

Tell and Evan look just as wound up at the flirting, charging the energy in the room even more.

Unfortunately, none of us are getting her attention right now.

She’s locked onto the journal, reading page after page.

“At least early on, it seems like he was speculating. The entries are scattered, some just notes to me, thoughts and memories. Then there’s these entire… chapters. More formulated, outlined with tallies and numbers. I think some of it might be in code…” Hellena mumbles in frustration, mostly to herself.

I’m crumpling up the red velvet cloth Hellena passed me when I feel something inside the fabric. A seam long the side splits, dropping a long, odd-looking key into my hand.

“Um. Any notes in there about what this goes to?” I hold it up for everyone to see.

“Looks like an old skeleton key.” Evan crosses over to me to take a look. “Hopefully, there’s some indication in the book for what it goes to.”

“There’s always another mysterious secret in Sanctum, huh?” Hellena smirks, tucking the book under her arm. “Let’s go. This place is…”

“Yeah,” I concur, feeling the emptiness in the house, the loss. “Too many memories here. We can regroup and dig into this back at the safe house.”

“Right before we uproot everything and move to another safe house,” Evan grumbles, giving Hellena a pointed look. “I don’t have endless secret hideouts.”

“Hey, it’s not really my fault, you know?”

“I would love to hear why you think that’s the case, but…” Evan starts trailing off as he saunters out the door, leaving Hellena looking ready for a fight and flushed.

They really know how to get each other into a tizzy.

After combing Damon's old house one final time for clues, we all pile back into my truck and head back toward the safe house.

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