Silenced by the Grave by Lina Gardiner

Author:Lina Gardiner [Gardiner, Lina]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781611949483
Publisher: ImaJinn Books
Published: 2019-04-14T16:00:00+00:00

IT TOOK JESS A few minutes to think things through. The image she’d seen on the phone dominated her thoughts. How could he? Then she looked at him—her Britt.

His angst was palpable, and the muscles in his jaw were taut. His eyes were dull and vacant with both anger and fear. Her heart softened. He hadn’t done it on purpose. He wasn’t the one to blame here.

“Britt, it’s okay. I believe you. Morana played a dirty trick. I guess we’d better come up with a safe word so you’ll know it’s me and not her from now on.”

Truth was, his eyes held the look of someone who’d been impelled and let go too quickly. His serotonin levels would be off the charts. How could she be angry with him? She’d done the same thing to him once— only, she’d never admitted it to him, or anyone else. “I told you she was a bitch.”

He let out a long breath. “Thank God you believe me, Jess.” His voice was as ragged as she’d ever heard it. “I can’t help but feel I betrayed you, but I swear I was duped by her. You know I don’t trust her, and I wouldn’t care if I ever saw her again.”

Her expression must’ve telegraphed her inner turmoil, because he added, “But I will put up with her, for your sake. Do you care if I just dislike her privately?”

“Don’t put up with her if you don’t want to, Britt. In fact, dark soul or not, she’d better not try anything like this again, or I’ll make sure she’s particles floating on the air.”

“What’ll our safe word be?”

“Hmmm,” she whispered back. “How about angel? I don’t think that’d be a word in her vocabulary.”

He reached out tentatively. When she came to him, he held her in his arms as if she might break. “I swear, she had to have mesmerized me, because there’s no way I could ever mistake her for you. You always smell so great. In hindsight, her perfume was almost overpowering.”

Jess held up a hand. “Let’s forgo the details, okay? I’d rather not see that image in my mind ever again. In fact, I’m going to delete the video this second.”

He let her go, and she pulled out her cell phone, deleting the video with an angry poke.

“I’ve had enough of surveillance and Paris tonight. I just want to spend some time with you,” he said.

“Wish we could, but I was coming to get you because I can’t find Regent. I checked with Sampson. He has no idea where Regent is tonight, and he’s worried.”

“He might be working in the archives,” Britt said, running a finger across his eyebrow thoughtfully. “But it’s kind of late for him to be doing that.”

“He’s not there. I checked. Their logbook is monitored carefully, and according to the security guard, Regent hasn’t been there in weeks.”

“What? You’re kidding. Didn’t he say that’s what he’s been doing for the Church, searching the archives?”

“That is what he said. However, that’s not what he’s been doing.

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