The Protector by R. S. Lively

Author:R. S. Lively [Lively, R. S.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2018-12-17T16:00:00+00:00

We manage to fly in just before the big storm broke. Snow is falling by the time we're in the car and on the road back to my cabin. It starts with big, fluffy flakes, pulling a thick, white blanket over the world around us. Celeste stares through the window with something like awe on her face. She looks like a kid on Christmas morning, looking at a tree lined with presents.

“It's so beautiful,” she says.

I nod and keep my eyes focused on the road ahead. That last thing I want to do his hit some black ice and put us into a ditch. She's not wrong though. Despite it being colder than hell, winter up here in the mountains is gorgeous. After the snow falls, and the world is covered in white, it really is beautiful. I've seen plenty of snowfall in Chicago in my life, but it can't compare with the beauty of a snowfall up here in the mountains of Colorado. Not even close.

I drive cautiously, but as quickly as I can. I want to get us back to my cabin before the meat and muscle of this storm hits. I've been up here long enough to know what it looks like when something big and nasty is bearing down on the area. The sooner we can get to the cabin, and get a fire going, the better. Maybe then, we can start figuring out what to do.

We spend the next forty-five minutes in silence, as Celeste seems to withdraw into herself again. No matter what I do, I can't quite seem to reach her just yet. Even after we made love on the plane, she’s just shutting down entirely. And I can't afford to have her do that. I'm going to need her brain to help me figure some of this out.

No, she can't remember much just yet, but I'm hoping that since we've now been to Chicago and have learned some bits and pieces of her story, that it'll unlock something in her mind, and she can start filling in some of the gaps.

It might be a long shot, but it's the only shot we have at this point.

After pulling into the driveway in front of my cabin, I unload our bags and we head for the front door. But before I even put the key in the lock, I sense that something's not right.

I can't explain it, but it's like a sixth sense. I had to develop it serving overseas. That intuition, I guess you can call it, saved my ass on more than one occasion. And right now, the flashing lights and red flags are going off in my head like mad.

I put my hand on Celeste's shoulder and gently move her to the side of the door. She gives me a questioning look, but then I see the fear suddenly wash over her. I feel bad – Celeste has been living in a constant state of fear since she woke up in the hospital.

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