Lights Out by Jill Cooper & B. R. Paulson

Author:Jill Cooper & B. R. Paulson [Cooper, Jill & Paulson, B. R.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Captiva Publishing, LLC
Published: 2016-10-11T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter 13

Terri

The stairs creaked but not loud as I walked up to the next floor. The house didn’t seem that large from the outside.

My legs moved shakily. Killing Condran had slammed me through a more intense orgasm than with Sanderson probably because the judge had deserved it. And revenge was the best aphrodisiac, I was learning.

The slick surface of the railing didn’t encourage confidence as I climbed into the darkness. I’d never been in that house before.

A soft click from downstairs made me pause mid-step. I cocked my head, listening. My breath huffed softly into the dark, not even the whir of a fridge or fan to break the stillness.

After a moment, I continued upstairs, holding on with one hand while feeling in front of me with the other.

At the top, the scent of sex assaulted my nose and I swallowed. Sylvia was dirty. I knew it, but to have it so roughly shoved into my conscious after I’d just suspected it made me sick and renewed my rage to a new level.

I didn’t bother hiding the sounds of my footsteps as I pressed forward into the darkness.

She was locked into the dark just as I was, except she was more familiar with the layout of the floor plan. No matter, I had surprise on my side.

I half-expected to find her naked, and the thought had me reaching for my flashlight. But she didn’t need any hint I was there.

My fingers brushed against the frame of a doorway and I stopped to listen. Nothing.

So I went in, pulling out my flashlight and sweeping the beam through the room.

No sign of anything.

The room in the middle revealed the same thing. But the one on the end had a plethora of sex toys, things I’d never have considered appealing or even had an inkling of knowledge about before.

Before, when my life hadn’t been sullied by loss or greed.

Or deceptive people hell bent on destroying everyone else.

I turned from a closet. She wouldn’t have hidden in there anyway. No, Sylvia was brazen about her sins. She didn’t hide anything unless she was going to have to deal with consequences.

A light glowed from the stairs and I ducked to avoid any potential flashlights or lantern glow. But none of that moved by me.

I recognized that light. The way it flickered and moved, grew brighter and then faded only to grow brighter again.

No way. Condran had been trying to build a fire. I hadn’t noticed any flames loose.

I ran to the top of the stairs. Light crept up the hallway from the fire. The utter darkness welcoming any to dissipate the gloom.

Heat pulsated upward, chasing away my dreams of escaping through the door.

Sylvia. She had to be out there. She had to know.

She probably set the fire. When she’d seen my work with Condran.

She knew I was coming for her.

In moments I’d lost the element of surprise. No, problem. I could get her. An amount of excitement soared inside my stomach. She knew and now I didn’t have to hide my attacks.

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