a Touch of Intrigue by L. j. Charles

Author:L. j. Charles
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Amentino Publishing
Published: 2014-11-24T16:00:00+00:00

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EVERY INCH OF ME REBELLED, and I shoved against Tynan’s chest hard enough to make him grunt. “Fred my ass!” I sucked in a breath. “You can’t be serious, so what are you really saying?”

“He trains his people hard. They’re the best.”

Holy crap, maybe Tynan was serious. No, he couldn’t be. I wandered deeper into this new hell-pit. “So, you want to send me to the Pentagon? Isn’t that where Fred… I scrambled out of his arms. “How did I know that? There’s no way I’d have a memory of a meeting between Fred and my mother. That’s not remotely possible, and yet it popped into my mind as though I stood right there with her.”

Pierce waited a beat. “Her? Not them?”

What was his point? The scene was fading from my mind, distracting me. “Huh? Um, Fred sat. Behind his desk. But Mom wouldn’t sit.”

Tynan gripped my shoulders and gave me a gentle shake. “What did you touch?”

“Touch? When? I’ve only been in the garden, and now here at the cottage with you.” I ran through my memory of the day. “The plants. There are four of them in Mom’s garden that aren’t native to Hawaii.”

His eyebrows arched in silent question.

“I used your vision gift, and could see the aura around them. It was clearly visible, sparkly white with a high-frequency vibration. Anyway, I touched one of them before the rainstorm interrupted my investigation. Why? Do you think touching that plant connected me with my Mom?” Adrenaline bombarded me. “That’s the answer. She can show me how to prepare the formula. This is fantastic news, Pierce.” I came that close to jumping up and down, but managed to corral four-year-old Everly.

He frowned, looking thoroughly underwhelmed.

“What?” I asked, backing away so I could get a good look at him.

Pierce snagged my hands, and kissed my fingers. Love poured into me. The strength, power, and truth in it completely derailed me.

“Scares me, Belisama. You connecting with her through those plants.”

“Yeah. There is that, and it’s uncomfortable. But I have to do this, Tynan. It’s not a whim, or something I can pass off to some unsuspecting scientist. I can’t let Fred, or any of his clones, have access to a lethal toxin. I couldn’t live with that.”

He pulled me tight against his chest. “Loyria was part of the conspiracy.”

The honesty of Tynan’s words hurt, but it wasn’t a pain I could back away from or ignore. My parents had conspired with Fred, and so had Aukele. “Yes, she was a part of it. But we weren’t there, and the best we can do is second-guess their motives. I’m uncomfortable with manipulation and deception. Conspiracy—just saying the word leaves a bad taste, however, I’m learning to understand how it happens. Sort of. Secrets, schemes, plots, machinations, they’re all part of the intrigue inherent in our lives. I’ve wondered if our life together would be better if it were free from these things, but I always come to the same conclusion. That kind of innocence isn’t why we were born.

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