The Anomaly Trilogy Boxed Set by Hackett Anna

Author:Hackett, Anna [Hackett, Anna]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2014-01-01T08:00:00+00:00

Chapter Ten

Moonlight spilled across the water like liquid silver. Cal stood on the sand, the nighttime breeze washing over his bare chest.

But the calm he usually found on Haven was missing.

He breathed deeply, wanting desperately to feel some peace, but too much stirred through him. He’d left a distraught, screaming Cate Hartmann with Gage. She was displaying classic withdrawal symptoms and they’d had to sedate her to keep her from hurting herself or someone else. Cal knew Gage—with his patience, silent strength and vast intelligence—wouldn’t give up until he’d healed her.

Then there was Mara.

She’d spent the plan ride recovering from his blast and after they’d arrived at Haven, she’d disappeared. Cal didn’t even know if she was still on the island. She came and went as she pleased, refusing to be caged by anyone or anything.

He kicked at the sand. He’d known—always known—he could never keep her. He’d just never realized how much losing her would hurt.

Sensing someone behind him, he turned. Mara stepped out of the shadows.

His pulse kicked up but he made sure nothing showed on his face. She wore a loose dress of turquoise blue that hit her above the knee. Her hair was loose and she tucked a strand behind her ear.

God, he wanted to yank her into his arms. To once again go to that place where it was just them—man and woman and nothing else. Pain deeper than anything he’d ever suffered tore him open.

He spun back to the ocean, his gaze locked on the churn of the dark waves. “I can’t do this now, Mara.”

She came closer. Her scent wrapped around him. “I want to understand. Make me understand.”

He closed his eyes. Saw terrible flashes of his past. Fingers brushed over his bare back and made his skin burn.

“Seeing a schoolteacher succumb to the dark part of her power—” Mara’s voice hitched “—I can’t even imagine what it would be like for a trained CIA agent.”

Her touch seared through him, warming dark places deep inside. He loved her. The realization almost dropped him to his knees. He loved everything about her—her body, her face, her quick mind, her confidence.

But more than anything, he wanted her safe. From those like Leven and from himself.

“You made the right choice in turning away from me. I’m a monster. You need to stay away.”

“A monster?” She pressed her lips to the spot between his shoulder blades. “And yet here we are, on the island you created to help save others.”

Another kiss against his back. He looked up at the moon, searching for control that was fast slipping away.

“Here you are, brooding on the beach about a woman you just risked your life to rescue.”

He balled his hands into fists. “Don’t turn me into a saint.”

“No chance of that.” Mara’s hand curled around his bicep and she moved beside him. “Look at me.”

He tried to deny her, tried to find a way to send her far from him.

“Cal, please look at me.”

With a sigh, he turned. Her skin glowed in the moonlight and he couldn’t stop himself from touching.

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