EAGLE EYE: Tiger's Eye Mysteries by Alyssa Day

Author:Alyssa Day [Day, Alyssa]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2022-05-26T18:30:00+00:00

20

Tess

I felt like a fool.

Susan had just walked in, and I was trying to explain the headache cure thing, instead of standing up, and naturally, that's when Jack and his grandfather arrived.

I gasped at the sight of Jed.

Even upside down, he looked like he'd aged a quarter century overnight. He was wearing a flannel shirt and jeans, but the change of clothing couldn't account for the difference.

I snapped my legs down, rolled over, and pushed up off the floor all in one movement, silently thanking the yoga I'd recently taken up. Then I caught Jed giving my face a funny look, remembered the cooling strip, and ripped it off my forehead.

Oddly enough, one or more of the oddball cures had helped, because my head felt much better. "Mr. Shepherd—Jed! Are you okay? What happened? Let's get you a seat and some water."

Jack said nothing at all. He just stood there, staring at me with the total and complete focus he always trained on me. Nobody had ever looked at me like that before in my entire life and, as always, it made my heart skip a beat.

But this—this was far more intense than usual.

"Jack?"

He didn't even blink, but sparks of amber started floating in the emerald green of his gaze, and I felt just the tiniest bit of panic. When Jack's eyes turned amber, he was either in total predator mode or feeling a different kind of predatory urge.

The kind that made him kiss the breath out of me in parking lots.

He took a step forward, intensity floating around him like magic.

I took a step back.

Susan moved to stand between us. "Jack!"

He stopped mid-stride and slowly turned his head to give Susan a blank look, as if he didn't know who she was.

Oh, no.

Oh, no.

Had they encountered another Fae artifact? Was he under its spell?

"You okay, Shepherd?" Susan studied him until he blinked and awareness slid back into his eyes.

"Yeah. Sorry." He offered nothing else.

I bit my lip and focused on Jed, who was leaning heavily against the wall but had a small grin playing around his lips.

"Everybody's fine," he said, winking at me. "Boy just realized a few truths on the drive over."

Jack's gaze turned unfriendly when he trained it on his granddad, who just laughed.

"Now," Jed said, looking around him. "Tell me about this wonderful general store and then let's go get some lunch."

It wasn't quite eleven, but okay. Like grandfather, like grandson. I resisted the urge to giggle like Shelley. Wow, the pressure must really be getting to me.

"I'd also like to see this box you found in the tree," Jack's granddad said in a more serious tone. "I might get a feel for something after all those years with the Fae."

"That's a great idea," I said, wanting to smack myself on the forehead for not thinking of it. "Maybe you'll come up with a clue about what we should do next!"

Eleanor, meanwhile, was turning her head from Jack to Jed and then back again, her mouth falling open.

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