Perfect Storm by Romy Lockhart

Author:Romy Lockhart [Lockhart, Romy]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2018-09-27T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twenty-Five

Eden

Skyler starts yawning after her second Unicorn Fuzz cocktail. She actually looks worn out. I raise an eyebrow at her and she shrugs as she puts the empty glass down on the coffee table.

“I was up hella early to get here.” She puts her head on Lawson’s shoulder.

“You look like you could use a cat nap.” I perk up a little. If she leaves the room I can speak to Lawson about our problem. Maybe he’ll know what to do.

Lawson gets up and takes her hands in his. “Come on. I’ll carry you to bed.”

“It’s rude. We have guests. I mean, we are guests...”

She even sounds a little drunk. After two drinks? Okay, now I’m a little suspicious.

“How strong did you make these?” I raise an eyebrow at Nick.

He shrugs. “No stronger than usual. Maybe Sky’s becoming a lightweight.”

She takes a swipe at him as Lawson lifts her up.

“Screw you, Levine.”

“You don’t have the balls to screw me, Sky.”

She makes a muffled growl as Lawson laughs and carries her away.

“That was weird, right?” I ask once they’re out of earshot.

“Kind of, but she’s been through a lot.” He looks worried though and that turns my suspicious twinge into paranoia.

“You think maybe something’s up with Lawson?” It’s the first place my mind goes and I feel instantly guilty about it. I know he’s one of the good guys, but I also know he’s a little unhinged.

Nick sighs, and sinks back against the cushions. “Eli was suspicious that they arrived the same day Blake was killed.”

“What?” I’m shocked until it sinks in. I’ve been so upset and trying to hide it that I didn’t connect the two. Until now. I shake my head. “It’s a coincidence. Lawson is a God of Love, Nick. He’s not one of the bad guys.” Even if he did kind of chop a bad guy into pieces and shoot another through the head once he was made human again. My stomach starts to churn and it’s not just the Unicorn Fuzz on a mostly empty stomach.

“Maybe he wants to be with you?” Nick makes the suggestion lightly, and I can tell he doesn’t really believe it. He’s just trying to make sense of this.

“Sky had a real reason for coming to see me. This isn’t connected.”

“Talking about me?” Lawson’s voice carries across the room.

That was fast. Sky must have passed out the second her head hit the pillow.

I glance over as he walks back toward us. He’s wearing an easy going smile. Yeah, he doesn’t have anything to do with what happened to Blake. I know it in my heart.

“Nothing bad,” I tell him. “We need your help to find out what’s going on.”

“I know,” he tells me. “Why do you think I relaxed Sky into a coma?”

“A coma?”

He shrugs as he sits back down. “Just an expression. She’ll wake up in a few hours.”

I feel better knowing why she was suddenly so out of it. “So can you help?”

“Someone’s trying to destroy you.”

“Again,” I remind him.

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