Christmas Alpha by Carole Mortimer

Author:Carole Mortimer
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Publisher: Carole Mortimer
Published: 2014-11-07T23:00:00+00:00

Chapter 8

“What happened?” Eva didn’t dare to move, could only continue to stand frozen partway up the stairs, having absolutely no sense of her bearings, without the lights to see by, in this unfamiliar house.

“I would have thought that was perfectly obvious,” Finn muttered distractedly.

“Do you think it’s because of the storm?”

Finn certainly hoped it wasn’t anything more sinister than that. The problem was he didn’t know. Not for certain. Not until he’d had a chance to check the fuse box, and if necessary, call the electric company.

If it was a power outage then all was well and good.

But if it was something else...

He frowned grimly as he thought of the footprints he had seen outside earlier, and the fact that Moira knew where he was. “Wait here while I go and get the flashlight from the kitchen.”

“I’m coming with you!” Eva reached out to grab hold of him. “Oops! Sorry.” She quickly released him as she realized exactly where she had grabbed him.

“You certainly choose your moments, Miss Shaw.” Finn was deliberately flippant; there was still no point in alarming Eva until, or unless, he absolutely had to. And he was hoping he wouldn’t have to.

“It was an accident,” Eva defended indignantly.

“Of course it was.”

She gave an audible sigh of impatience. “Could you just get over yourself long enough for us to do something about this situation?”

“Such as one of us going downstairs for a flashlight?”

“Ha ha, you are such a comedian!”

“I aim to please.” Complete silence followed this last, even more flippant remark, and without visibility to aid him, Finn had absolutely no idea what Eva was thinking or feeling at that moment. “Eva...?” he finally prompted sharply.

“It’s so quiet when everything electrical just all goes off at once,” she spoke in hushed tones. “Spooky.”

Just what Finn needed to hear, when he still had no idea if this was a general power cut or if someone, Moira, had somehow physically turned the power off.

It all seemed a bit coincidental after Eva’s claim of having seen someone outside, along with those footprints Finn had seen in the snow, confirming that someone was watching the two of them.

He really wished he’d heard back from Lucien about when or if he could get some of his security people out here; he wasn’t worried for himself, but it really wasn’t fair for Eva to be dragged into the mess his life had become because of his stalker ex-girlfriend.

“The blanket of snow outside just adds to the eeriness,” Eva spoke softly again into that black silence.

Finn gave a disgusted snort. “I bet you were one of those kids who liked to hear ghost stories before bedtime, and then spent the rest of the night listening for strange noises, with your head under the bed sheets, too afraid to sleep.”

She gave a husky chuckle. “Strangely enough...”

Finn’s eyesight had now adjusted a little to the sudden blackness, and he could see shadowy outlines with the help of the light from the reflection of the moon upon the snow outside.

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