Marly's Choice by Lora Leigh

Author:Lora Leigh
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub, azw3
Tags: Romance, Erotic
Publisher: Ellora's Cave Publishing, Inc.
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER SEVENTEEN

Cade and Sam slipped silently into the dark house, their rifles ready, their eyes narrowed as they attempted to pierce the darkness. There wasn’t a sound that could be heard. Cade glanced at Sam, seeing the tense readiness for action in his body. If anyone had managed to get into the house, he felt he would know it. The bond he and Brock shared would have warned him.

It was eerie though, stepping into a home that had never known darkness. As far back as Cade could remember, the hall light at least was left on after dark, all night. The inky blackness wrapped around them now. There was no creak of floorboards; the only sound Cade could hear was the beat of his own heart.

“Settle down.” Brock’s whisper was infused with caution. “Marly and I are the only ones in here.”

“Then why are all the stinkin’ lights out?” Sam growled. “I can barely see my hand in front of my face.”

“Beats the bullet getting a clear aim to your heart,” Brock hissed back. “Quit being such a baby.”

“Baby—“

“Enough.” Cade wanted to rap both their heads together. Now was not the time for another of their infernal arguments.

Brock had stepped from the shadows of the curved staircase that led upstairs. He walked out, a dark silhouette moving dangerously through the darkness. He was more controlled, quieter and less intense than his twin.

“Where’s Marly?” Cade’s voice was strained and concerned.

“Still sleeping on the couch. I left her there.” Brock nodded to the opened door of the study. “All things considered, maybe we shouldn’t let her sleep in her room for a while.”

“Why?” Cade’s eyes narrowed on Brock’s expressionless face as he neared them silently.

“Come upstairs, I’ll show you why. I saw it right after you left.” Brock moved quickly up the steps as they followed. “After Marly went to sleep, the cattle started acting funny in the pasture out back. So, I locked everything up, shut out all the lights and started watching. I didn’t see anything until I got to Marly’s room.”

He opened the door to Marly’s bedroom, careful to stay against the wall as he entered rather than moving into the center of the room. Edging along silently, he came up beside the glass balcony doors.

“Look out there, and tell me what you see.” He nodded into the night.

Ducking to use the cover of the balcony railing, Cade slid over to the other side of the doors. Leaning over slowly, he stared outside. The night was moonless, a thick cover of clouds making the land darker than usual and filled with shadows. At first Cade didn’t see anything. He knew the area the stalker was most likely taking the pictures from, so he centered his attention there. It only took a few minutes to see what Brock had seen.

A flare of light in the darkness, the strike of a lighter or a match as tobacco was lit. As Cade watched closer, he was able to pick out a shape moving against the boulders on the furthest point as a shaft of moonlight lit up the inky darkness.

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