Web of Shadows by Susan Sleeman

Author:Susan Sleeman
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: BelleBooks, Inc.
Published: 2016-02-10T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter Eighteen

NINA WORKED HER way through the dimly lit parking garage, the space eerily quiet in the dusky night. Unease settled over her like the shadows cloaking the cars.

Stop it. No one was out to hurt her. At least not physically. But she was smart enough to listen to Quinn and see Sulyard had an agenda. One she suspected didn’t bode well for her. He clearly wanted her away from the investigation for the remainder of the day. She’d tried to talk to Becca and Kait about it, but they were nowhere to be found. Had Sulyard gone as far as isolating her friends so she couldn’t contact them? If so, he’d cut Nina off at the knees. No access to her friends made life so very difficult.

Enough.

They were just busy. Simple as that. She was letting the darkness and gloom of the garage get to her. She shook her head and strode toward her car, the staccato of her heels reverberating through the space.

“I wondered if you were coming.” Quinn’s deep voice came from the shadows.

She jumped, and her heart clutched. “You scared me.”

“Sorry.” He was standing at alert, his body ready to react to any danger, the muscles taut, his focus riveted to her. “I didn’t think it was a good idea to stand around where everyone could see me waiting for you.”

Was his cloak-and-dagger behavior really necessary? Or was he thinking like a SEAL on a covert mission to bring some excitement to a day that anyone could see had bored him to death?

“Why are you waiting for me?” she asked, hoping to find out.

He lifted a powerful shoulder in a shrug. “With everything that’s going on, I just wanted to make sure you got home okay.”

“I appreciate your thinking of me,” she said, as she was touched by his consideration. “But don’t you think you’re overreacting to this whole Sulyard thing? He may be up to something, but the only danger I’m in is falling asleep at the wheel on my way home.”

“You can play it down all you want, but my gut says it’s a good idea for me to see you home.” The tension in his shoulders and neck intensified, making her anxious. “I always listen to my gut.”

“Again, I appreciate the concern, but I’m fine.”

He moved closer and took her hand. His gaze softened. This tender, yet instinctive response to protect her nearly made her invite him to drive her home. But tomorrow would come, and he would go back to his team. The last thing she needed was to be alone with him at her house.

“I can text you when I get home, if that makes you feel better.”

His intensity returned. “You ever get one of those feelings that raises all your senses? The one that warns of imminent danger?”

“Sure. After eighteen years under my Mama’s roof, I get them far more than the average person. But I dismiss them just as quickly,” she said. She wasn’t exactly telling the full truth, though, since she’d just had a similar feeling, and she hadn’t blown it off so easily.

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