Marked for Danger (Marked Series Book 5) by Anna Blakely

Author:Anna Blakely [Blakely, Anna]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Saje Publishing, LLC
Published: 2023-05-29T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 5

Izzy stood outside the dilapidated apartment building, her heart racing with a mixture of anticipation and anxiety. She gripped the edges of her coat tighter, the chill of the night seeping through to her skin.

She hadn’t seen her older brother in so long, their estrangement leaving a painful, gaping hole in her life she hadn’t been able to fill. Aside from Olly finding his way back to the man he used to be, there wasn’t anything Izzy wanted more than for the two of them to reconcile.

It’s too late, Iz. Too much time has passed.

The same doubting voice she’d been forced to listen to for years rang through her mind. But Izzy refused to give it life, her experience and training teaching her that, for some, it was never too late.

It was that thought that had fueled her decision to put on her coat and shoes, get into her car, and drive to a part of Denver she’d never seen. At eight o’clock at night, no less.

She would have been here sooner, but like she’d told Grady when the two nearly ran into each other hours earlier, she really did have an afternoon meeting across town.

He thought you were lying.

Izzy’s gut felt tight just thinking about Grady and the others knowing about her past. She hadn’t wanted anyone to know. Especially him.

But after today—after this—he would. That is, if he didn’t already.

She glanced up at the building once more. Coming here was probably a massive mistake. One she’d come close to avoiding by nearly crawling under the covers of her plush bed and pretending like the meeting with the FBI and the DA’s office never happened.

But every time she closed her eyes, she saw that picture of Olly at Valdez’s warehouse, and she couldn’t stand the thought of him being anywhere near a man like that. Let alone, work for him.

So here she was. Fueled by her love for her brother and a desire to keep him safe, she’d followed her GPS system to the run-down place before her.

Taking a deep breath, Izzy walked across the shadowed street, equally relieved and creeped out when she didn’t see another soul in sight. Climbing the worn-out stairs leading to a set of even worse-looking wooden double doors, she looked for a buzzer but found none.

She reached for one of the large metal handles and pulled the heavy door open. Almost instantly, she was struck with a wave of humid, musty air that reminded her of an old, damp basement.

Her heart sank when the lobby came into view.

Stained tiled floors. A wall of metal mailboxes, half of which no longer had doors. Trash was scattered about, and the elevator directly in front of her had a strip of yellow caution tape that appeared to have been put into place a long while ago.

Oh, Olly.

Shifting course, Izzy headed up the set of narrow wooden stairs. Each step creating a symphony of creaks and moans straight out of the scariest horror movie imaginable.

She reached the top, her heart saddened by the state of the second-floor hallway.

Download

Copyright Disclaimer:
This site does not store any files on its server. We only index and link to content provided by other sites. Please contact the content providers to delete copyright contents if any and email us, we'll remove relevant links or contents immediately.