The Fairytale Killer : E&M Investigations Prequel by Lena Bourne

Author:Lena Bourne [Bourne, Lena]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2020-12-07T22:00:00+00:00

18

Eva

I spoke to the social worker in the living room the entire time Mirela was describing the guy she saw to the sketch artist in the kitchen. The gist of it was that, yes, they can set her up in a safe house, but they can’t make her stay there against her will. Mark and the short black-haired detective came in about halfway through my conversation and went directly into the kitchen. The look of quiet longing Mark gave me on his way there, cut right to my heart and I missed a whole section of what the social worker was saying just then.

He came back in a couple of minutes later and asked for a word with me. In private. In the bedroom, which is still as messy as it was the morning he got that first call, and still smells of him, of us, of the reunion sex. It seems like it belongs in another life now. Though, to be honest, we were living on borrowed time then, enjoying a reprieve we both knew was temporary. We just pretended it wasn’t.

What I feel for him as I close the bedroom door behind us and face him is like nothing I’ve ever felt for another person. It’s a mixture of love and devotion, care, and tenderness, along with the butterflies of desire all rolled into more than the sum of its parts. To say I love him doesn’t even come close to describing how I really feel.

He pulls me into a loose embrace, his hands on my lower back. He needs a shave and sleep. His whole face is greyish with tiredness, even the bags under his bloodshot eyes. But his eyes are alert and alive with all those things I feel for him and more. He has the most expressive eyes I’ve ever seen on an adult, usually, such pure mirth and innocence are only reserved for children. I’m amazed he was able to retain that after all he’s seen. I try to, but I know my eyes betray my bitterness and frustration at the world and what I’ve seen of it.

“It’s not safe for you out on the streets, especially back alleys like the ones where you found Mirela,” he says slowly, hesitatingly. He’s afraid I’ll get mad. And any other time, I probably would.

I smile instead and run my hand down his cheeks, the stubble prickling my palm.

“I can take care of myself,” I say. “And I’m not really his target age or occupation.”

He shakes his head slowly like he’s considering what to say. “We don’t know enough about this guy to be sure of anything. I’d rather you stayed safe.”

“And I’d rather you did too, Mark, but you’ve got a job to do and so do I. This monster killed a friend of mine and I’ll do what I can to get him caught.”

He gives me a sad little half-smile, his eyes full of worry he can do nothing about. Then he pulls me into a tighter embrace, holding me so hard it’s hard to breathe for a moment.

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