Touch of Madness by C. T. Adams;Cathy Clamp

Author:C. T. Adams;Cathy Clamp
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Tags: Romance:Paranormal
Published: 2010-05-12T22:00:00+00:00

It was a long, tense drive. I could hear Rob and Dusty whispering in the back seat from time to time, but other than that, we traveled in silence. Tom alternately stared out the window at the passing scenery, or into the rearview mirror at Carlton.

Traffic was heavy. It hadn’t occurred to me that it would be, but it should’ve. The Rocky Mountains have some of the best skiing in the world, and from Denver you have to take I-70 most of the way up to get to the resorts. Things were at a dead standstill going into the Eisenhower Tunnel. I waited impatiently, my eyes straying to the left to watch the colorful chair lifts of Loveland Ski Resort making their way up the snow-covered mountain.

“I have an idea.” Rob’s voice interrupted my musings. He spoke softly, as if he wasn’t sure how I’d react. It made me wonder just how much of a bitch I’d been recently. I didn’t like thinking that way, but it was probably the truth. I was gearing up for a battle, and it probably showed.

Tom turned, looking over the top of the front seat. I met Rob’s eyes in the rearview mirror. “What?”

“Amanda knew you when. She’s going to expect you to come riding in like the Lone Ranger. So why don’t we show her just that?”

I thought about that. It actually wasn’t such a bad suggestion.

“Go on.” Tom’s voice was likewise thoughtful.

Rob, his eyes on Tom, cleared his throat and continued with more confidence. “There’s only one road out to this place, but if you and I go in wolf form, we don’t have to use the highway. We can go cross-country and have the element of surprise. Hell, the adrenaline in this car is thick enough to walk on. It’s all we can do to hold in the beasts. So we don’t. We use our wolves.”

“I thought you couldn’t think clearly in animal form?” I phrased the question carefully. I didn’t want to insult him, but Tom’s ability to keep his human mind when he shifted was, from what everyone told me, a very rare talent. Call me selfish, but I didn’t want my back-up to run off on the trail of some elk. It was perverse of me. I’d argued against Rob and Dusty coming along, and now I didn’t want him to go. “And what about Dusty?”

She spoke softly, but there was pride in her voice. “Rob’s been practicing with Tom. He’s getting really good at controlling his wolf and keeping his identity.” She continued. “I’ll hide on the floor of the back seat. If things go bad, I can drive to the rescue.”

“Not if, when,” I said.

“You don’t know that.” Her eyes flashed when she said it, as though she was insulted that I thought the wolves couldn’t take Amanda.

Tom looked at me for a long moment. I think he saw something in the way I held myself, or maybe scented something coming off my body. “Yeah, she does.

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