Touching Darkness (2010) by Rush Jaime

Author:Rush, Jaime [Jaime, Rush,]
Format: epub
Publisher: HarperCollins
Published: 2011-01-14T19:08:38.421000+00:00

CHAPTER 23

Like an animal senses an oncoming storm, Sayre picked up on a different energy in the air Friday evening. He watched from his window back in his room, where, in the shadows of dusk, men wearing black got into position. Since the fire alarm and the woman’s screams that morning, the house had been filled with the sound of reconstruction. Not to mention the stench of smoke and, he suspected, burnt flesh.

Something big had happened, and it annoyed him not to know what it was.

His mind was on other things tonight, though. Like Olivia. Damn, seeing her in person was a jolt to the balls. Then when she came in to talk to him…oh, yeah. He must have overwhelmed her, ’cause she hightailed it out of there real quick-like. He’d seen her when he’d probed Mr. Darkwell’s head. Interesting that the man was thinking of her.

Sayre was going to have some mind-blowing sex with her, then he was going to kill her, right under Mr. Darkwell’s nose. His gaze went to the shadows where he couldn’t see the men in black now. They were a complication, sure. Not a deterrent.

He studied the landscaping below his window. Odd-shaped bushes led a zigzag path to the hedges along the wall. At the front corner were bars, and he was good at getting through small spaces. He had the cunning of an animal, too. The trick was to move very, very slowly, like a sloth. Those guys were looking for movement, sound.

He waited until midnight and drifted into the darkness of his mind. First, pay a visit to my favorite gal.

He slipped right into her dream about some guy and cakes. He changed the dream. Now they were in the woods, and she was kissing on the guy, only the guy became him. She opened her eyes and yelped, jumping back.

He pulled her back. “You love kissing me. Don’t you?” he said between kisses.

She helplessly nodded.

He pushed back the straps of her dress and it fell to the ground. “It’s been a long time since I’ve had some good sex. You’re going to give it to me, aren’t you?”

Again she nodded, her eyes filled with terror.

He looked in her eyes, leaning closer, closer, and then merging with her. He opened his eyes—her eyes—and saw a sleigh bed. He made her look down. She was wearing silky pajamas. He made her bring her hand up to one of her breasts. He was hard, throbbing with anticipation.

Oh, the things we’ll do.

He’d toyed enough, though. He didn’t want to use up his energy. He made her get up and walk out to the living room. It was a nice place, earth colors, statues in various niches, including Rodin’s The Kiss.

Look for mail.

She walked to a small desk and pulled out a square basket filled with envelopes. She picked one up, and he looked at a Woodbridge, Virginia, address. He walked her back to bed and pulled out.

He stripped, folded the dirty clothes into neat squares, and set them in his hamper.

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