Kiss Across Deserts by Tracy Cooper-Posey

Author:Tracy Cooper-Posey [Cooper-Posey, Tracy]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: MMF Menage Vampire Time Travel Urban Fantasy Romance
Publisher: Tracy Cooper-Posey
Published: 2016-09-24T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter Ten

Alex found a seat directly behind the defense table, next to Veris and Taylor, and tapped Brody on the shoulder. Brody turned and hugged him. “You look like hell, Alex,” he murmured. He gripped his arm. “What’s going on?”

Alex forced himself not to glance at Rafe, sitting in the chair next to Brody, his head down as he flipped through a thick pile of papers. “Your trial, is what is going on. You must stay focused.”

Brody let him go, his brow wrinkled heavily. “We’ll pick this up later,” he warned, his voice low.

Taylor looked past Veris as Alex settled in his seat. “Brody is right. You look like you’ve been abusing your health, which is impossible for someone like you.”

There was a murmur of voices from the back of the room, then quick footsteps. Alex didn’t look up as the two women passed him, but Sydney’s scent was impossible to miss (forget), and once they were passed, Alex let himself watch her move around the prosecutor’s table and take her place next to the Assistant District Attorney who was trying Brody’s case.

Sydney had her hair pinned up and was wearing a severe black skirt suit and low heels. Her working uniform.

Alex was unable to halt the images spilling through his mind—of plunging his hands into her loose hair and holding her head still while he kissed her, until she moaned under his lips. Brushing her hair away from face. The way the spun gold had glowed in the moonlight spilling through the windows as she lay beneath him.

Stop it! Stop torturing yourself.

He couldn’t let himself look at Rafe, not even the back of his head.

But Sydney was staring at him. Her expression was that of someone trying to understand something. There was a tiny pucker between her brows. Then she caught Alex’s gaze and looked away quickly. She turned on her seat, straightened her jacket and looked straight ahead.

Alex sighed. This was going to be a very long day.

Veris leaned toward him. “Have you fucked up, Alex?” he asked, very quietly. “There are two people in this room who won’t meet your eyes.”

“Royally,” Alex admitted softly. “But I have no idea what I did, in one case.”

Veris glanced at him. “Perhaps it’s because there are two people mentally cursing your name?”

“Probably,” Alex said. “Make that yes.”

“All rise for the honorable Judge Whittacker,” the court clerk called.

They all stood as the judge emerged from his chambers and climbed up to his desk, then settled on his chair. He looked around the room. “This case LM45698, the City of Los Angeles versus….” He looked down at the notes in front of him. “Brody Gallagher. Court is in session.” He banged the gavel.

Everyone sat down, except for Rafe. “If it pleases your honor, I would like to bring forward a motion for immediate dismissal of all charges against my client.”

Judge Whittacker looked over his glasses at Rafe. “Judge Rayner De Leon. It is an honor to have you in my court.”

“Thank you, your honor.

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