Shadow of Vengeance by Kristine Mason

Author:Kristine Mason
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2013-10-15T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter 13

WEDNESDAY

The next morning, Rachel put her head under the shower spray. As the shampoo rinsed from her hair, she closed her eyes and wished she could go back to bed and catch a couple more hours of sleep. But Jake would be there soon and they had a lot on their plate today. Beginning with the search for Bill.

Metal scraped metal as she whipped open the shower curtain. While she’d love to stand under the hot water for a few more minutes and let the heat work at her tense shoulders, she’d learned yesterday that hot water was a precious commodity at The House of Joy. Either Joy had the hot water tank on some sort of timer—if that were possible—or there were more phantom boarders staying at Joy’s than she’d realized.

After toweling off, she zipped through her morning toiletries, then changed into an old pair of jeans and a heavy sweater. Never having participated in a search and rescue, she had no idea how long they’d be out in the cold, and she wanted to be prepared. She turned in front of the mirror and eyed her reflection. These jeans were her favorites, hugging her butt in just the right way so it actually looked sort of firm. The sweater? Well, it wasn’t the most flattering thing she owned. The thick material made her big boobs look even bigger, and hid her waist. But she wasn’t dressed to impress, she was dressed for the elements.

Liar.

So what if she was lying to herself? She refused to allow thoughts of Owen and his stupid, sexy kiss to penetrate her brain. He was the reason for the bags under her eyes. He was the reason she’d stayed up late, messing around on her laptop with the hope that she could block him from her mind. Later, she’d tossed and turned, tried to erase the way he’d kissed her and the way she’d kissed him back. What had she been thinking? Shoving her hands through his hair and practically swallowing his tongue.

“You’re such a dumbass,” she muttered to her reflection as she tried to conceal the dark circles under her eyes. Mortification reddened her cheeks when she thought back—for the umpteenth time—to the way she’d blatantly grabbed Owen’s head and kissed him back like a sex starved crazy woman. In her defense, she hadn’t had sex in a long time. So, technically, she was sex starved and would have probably reacted the same way if some other hot guy kissed her, right?

Wrong.

If she couldn’t even lie to herself, how was she going to maintain the “I could care less that you kissed me” attitude once she saw Owen this morning? As she finished messing with her hair, she wondered—also for the umpteenth time—how Owen could have acted shocked over her parting shot last night. The last time he’d kissed her, he’d walked off with another woman. Other than her and Joy, there weren’t any other women around to warm his bed. Was

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