Mischief Night (The Obsidian Brotherhood Book 1) by Delaney Foster

Author:Delaney Foster [Foster, Delaney]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2022-01-19T16:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER SEVENTEEN

After my shower, I changed into a pair of tie-dyed shorts and long-sleeve shirt that fell off one shoulder. I tried reading. That didn’t work. I flipped through the channels on the TV. Nothing held my attention. I even listened to music. My thoughts still strayed.

Ever since I left the theater, Lincoln’s words kept echoing in my head.

Think real hard. Dig deep enough. You don’t know what he’s capable of.

I let my thoughts drift back to the first time I’d met Caspian Donahue. I was a little girl pretending to be a bride, and he was a bossy tyrant who dragged me away from my happy place. Then there was the time at Crestview Lake when he’d pulled me from the water. And the time before that at that same lake when he’d dragged me out of my cabin in the middle of the night. I didn’t know why he pulled me out of bed or made me sleep in his cabin afterward. He never told me. All I remembered was how dark and ominous the water looked later when I’d gone back to my own bed. Other than that, I had nothing, but I wasn’t sure why. Because it was just a dream. A sudden chill washed over me, covering my skin in goosebumps. Dreams didn’t give people goosebumps. I may have forgotten the memory. I may not remember if what I saw was real or not, but I would never forget the feeling that something was wrong that night.

I walked onto the balcony outside my bedroom and prayed the fresh air would clear my head. A cool breeze that only the night could bring swept my hair across my face. I pulled it back and tucked it behind my ear, then leaned against the white wood railing. Looking out over the waves didn’t give me the familiar comfort it usually did, and the sky seemed darker than normal. Maybe it was because there were no stars out yet. Even the moon was shadowed by clouds. Maybe a storm was brewing in the distance. Or maybe my thoughts only made it feel darker than it actually was.

I stared out into the nothing, watching the waves lap at the shore. It felt as if I were somewhere else, as if I wasn’t standing on the balcony of a beach house waiting for the fulfillment of a promise I was almost sure he wouldn’t keep. Instead, it felt like I was out there, in the middle of the darkness, adrift at sea.

My breath caught in my chest the moment the door slid open.

He came.

“I wondered how long it would take you to show up.”

Caspian’s smooth voice wrapped around me. “I made a promise.”

“So, you did.” I continued staring out over the water but felt his gaze on my back, all over my skin. I felt him everywhere.

“You left the front door unlocked.” It felt as though he were chastising me, but his voice was hypnotic and seductive rather than cold and callous.

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