Truth Behind the Mask by Lesley Davis

Author:Lesley Davis [Davis, Lesley]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: Fiction, Literary
ISBN: 9781602820296
Google: qCQcLQAACAAJ
Amazon: 1602820295
Publisher: Bold Strokes Books
Published: 2008-08-02T00:00:00+00:00

LESLEY DAVIS

“Let’s hope I never have to use it.”

“Indeed.”

Melina was reading something from a fi le when Rogue entered the lighthouse after her workout and conscientiously tried not to slam the door behind her as she fumed.

Melina seemed to eye her carefully before she spoke. “Rogue, please vent some of that anger before you blow something. Is Pagan now fully aware of the danger she has placed us in?”

“I fear this Erith calls to something other than Pagan’s sense of duty.” Rogue gritted her words out between tightly clenched teeth.

“It’s taken her long enough. There was a time you worried she’d never fi nd someone to give her heart to.”

“Now is not the time! We have this Phoenix character starting to cause trouble in the city, and now she decides is the time to fi nd herself someone to get close to? She can’t afford the distraction.”

“It had to happen sooner or later. You couldn’t hold on to your hope of her not dating until she was over forty.” Melina put down the fi le and edged her chair closer to Rogue. “What’s really bothering you, Rogue?”

“We don’t know this woman. She’s no more than a girl. Pagan meets her, and suddenly she’s having to rescue her from the home of a man who just happens to be affi liated with the one stirring up trouble in Chastilian. Am I the only one who is thinking this is more than a strange quirk of fate?”

“I think you’re the only one seeing a twisted connection where the rest of us see merely coincidence.” Melina brushed a hand across Rogue’s cheek. “I don’t think there’s some nefarious plan here. I think it is merely what it is. Erith needed to be rescued and Pagan came to her aid.”

“Can it really be that simple?” Rogue dropped to her knees, and wound her arms around Melina’s waist, drawing her close. “Nothing is ever that simple for us.”

“We Sighted are supposed to see deeper into whatever evidence we are given. I can’t honestly see some hidden agenda in their meeting.

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