Instinct Ascending: Rabids Book 2 by Cook Amy

Author:Cook, Amy [Cook, Amy]
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Published: 2015-08-21T07:00:00+00:00

Chapter 32

Amiel

Amiel stared at the girl standing before her door.

“Charleen?”

The enigmatic blonde woman with pristine blue eyes gave a sharp nod.

“Oh, um, please come in.” Amiel stepped aside. The woman took a deep breath before pushing herself over the threshold. Her gaze wandered the room, eyes searching each detail, body stiff with a tense sort of apprehension. In that moment, she reminded Amiel an awful lot of Harley, and the way he’d first appeared in her apartment. It brought a smile to her face. It had been a long time since Harley was so nervous in here. Charleen suddenly leaned toward Amiel and took in a deep whiff.

“You smell of Harley.”

Amiel’s lips parted in an O of surprise. She’d forgotten just how brusque Charleen could be at times. The blush soon followed.

“I do?”

Charleen nodded, moving back around the room, looking as though she wanted to touch everything she came across, yet holding herself back. Again Amiel grinned, reminded of Harley and his tendency to do the same when he came over. Perhaps that was their way of marking territories? If that were the case, Charleen refraining from touching her things was surely a sign of respect.

“Everything in here smells of him,” the woman confirmed.

“I haven’t seen him since yesterday morning,” Amiel offered, her curiosity over this unexpected visit growing every second. Charleen nodded again.

“It is because you yearn for him. Your body holds onto his essence for as long as it can.”

Amiel’s eyes flew wide, cheeks flushing deeper at Charleen’s blunt assumption of her yearnings for Harley.

“Uh… I didn’t know that?” She wasn’t sure if that was the right thing to say or not, but Harley’s warnings of control echoed in her mind, and arguing anything with Charleen was the last thing she wanted to do.

“You were expecting him.”

“Yes. He usually comes over at this time and we train together at the gym before work.”

“He takes you patrolling after work,” Charleen stated, turning to face her.

“Yes.” Amiel dragged out the word, still entirely lost. Did Charleen just come over tonight to tell her her schedule?

“He will not come tonight, or after work.”

Amiel felt her heart falter. There could be so many reasons as to why he wasn’t coming, but something told her the reasons were not good ones.

“What’s wrong?” she asked immediately.

“He has Collapsed, I assume.”

“Collapsed? Oh, my gosh, what happened? I can help.” She reached for her coat, ready to rush to his side.

“He is in Foundation; you can’t help him there.”

Amiel bit her lip, feeling panic welling within. If Harley was Collapsed at Foundation, didn’t that mean he was in danger? As though sensing Amiel’s thoughts, Charleen answered.

“No one will harm him. Not this time, at least.”

“I don’t understand.” Tears burned in her eyes, the urgency within demanding she seek out Harley immediately.

“Harley…” Charleen paused, searching for the right words. “…proved himself to be a very dangerous man to cross today. No one will go against his strength, even in his currently weakened state: out of respect, if not fear.

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