Hunting Daylight (9781101619032) by Maitland Piper

Author:Maitland, Piper [Maitland, Piper]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781101619032
Publisher: Penguin USA
Published: 2013-02-05T05:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 24

Caro

PLACE DES VICTOIRES

PARIS, FRANCE

A noise awoke me a little before dawn. I raised my head from the pillow and glanced around the bedroom. Gray light spilled through the tall windows, brightening the parquet floor. I tilted my head and listened.

Silence.

I pressed my cheek into the pillow. Just when I started to drift back to sleep, I heard a ripping sound. I opened my eyes. Marie-Therese sat on the chaise longue, her front paws moving over the silk as if she were playing a piano. As her claws pricked the fabric, the echo held in the darkness, loud as a jackhammer, and I began to regret the catnapping.

“You miss Sabine,” I whispered.

At the sound of her mistress’s name, the cat leaped off the chaise and dove behind the curtain. A murderous wail rose up. I felt sorry for the cat, but I needed a few more hours’ sleep or my head would be fuzzy.

The cat let out another high-pitched yowl.

Fine, I’d sleep in the ice-blue parlor. I grabbed my pillow, padded to the door, and opened it. Two gift-wrapped boxes fell into my room. I lifted the card and blinked at Raphael’s ornate handwriting.

Mia Cara,

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