Dark Summer (2008) by Johansen Iris

Author:Johansen, Iris [Iris, Johansen,]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2011-02-15T15:58:02.453000+00:00

PACO.

Marrok opened his eyes and stared into the darkness. He hadn't dreamed about Paco for years. Not since he had come to terms with his death. Why now?

He got out of bed and moved toward the window and threw it open. The air was cool on his naked body, and he took a deep breath.

Jude Marrok doesn't sound like an Indian name, Devon had said.

Just a sentence, and all those memories from his childhood had tumbled back.

She was coming too close to him in many ways. Sex was basic, sex was safe. Memories were never safe. They twisted, they turned, and became something that could change and disturb.

Yet he wouldn't send her away. The lust was too intense. He was in a fever, and he could handle the rest.

Paco was gone. That bitter boy he'd been all those years ago had matured. Yet Devon had come into his life, and there were suddenly both here with him.

It was okay. He could handle it.

"YOUR ADDIE IS LIVING IN ONE of those houses?" Devon was looking out the window of the helicopter down at the huge mansions below them. "She must be spoiled rotten."

"She's a golden retriever. It's hard to spoil a retriever."

"No, it's not. They just make it so appealing you don't mind doing it." Devon shook her head as the helicopter started to descend. "These are incredible estates and the views . . ."

"It's the Seventeen Mile Strip. Some of the priciest real estate on the coast." He pointed to a huge mansion on a hill overlooking the Pacific. "That's Addie's place."

Devon gave a low whistle. "That's some kennel."

"And guarded like Fort Knox. The owner is a billionaire, and everything he owns is treated like the Hope diamond."

"How did you persuade him to take on Addie? Is he a dog lover?"

"Yes. And he loves his wife even more. She's the one who took Addie for me." He paused. "Though I didn't tell her why I wanted her to do it."

Devon shook her head. "Marrok, you're impossible. You can't go around manipulating people to suit yourself. It's not right or fair."

"I know." He grimaced. "I thought it best. And it was good for her, too. But now I have to face the music if I want her to take you in."

"Another homeless stray?"

"Yeah. I guess you could call yourself that. Since I took your home away from you."

There was a note in his voice that caused her to look at him. "Danner took my home."

"Domino effect." He reached for his phone. "I've got to tell her we're coming in, or we'll have the security boys all over us."

"I'd appreciate that," Walt said dryly.

Marrok dialed the number and waited until it was answered. "We're right above you. Tell Security, okay?" He hung up. "Sarah sounded tense. We may have a problem."

"Sarah?" Devon asked.

"Sarah Logan, Addie's guardian." He pointed to a woman standing on a pad beside the house and looking up at the helicopter. "There she is."

Devon could only make out a tall, slim woman with sun-streaked brown hair blowing in the wind from the rotors.

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