Fading Shadows by Kathleen Brooks

Author:Kathleen Brooks [Brooks, Kathleen]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Laurens Publishing

17

Edie stood silently as the front door closed behind Tristan. Zain and Sebastian were talking quietly. Greer, Abby, and Layne were grinning at her while Dylan and Walker were frowning.

Edie felt as if she’d run an emotional marathon in the past hour. When her brother had hugged her and freed her from the fear that he’d be mad at her for moving on, it had released the floodgates of emotions she’d kept bottled up.

“Oh, Edie,” Layne said as she grabbed Edie’s hand. “He’s perfect for you.”

“I must admit, I didn’t see an assassin in your future. I thought school teacher or something,” Greer told her. “But Tristan is so much better for you.”

“You’re alive again,” Layne said simply. “Ever since you met him, you’ve changed. He’s helped you find yourself and I have to support that. Plus, he’s totally hot.”

“I like his dry sense of humor. I agree. I love him for you,” Abby added. “Now, we’ll just handle this little coup and you can live happily ever after.”

Edie shook her head. “I feel so stupid. I had no idea what you did. Greer, I thought you were a policy advisor to the president. Abby, I thought you worked on the farm. I thought Dylan was just a retired soldier.”

“Don’t feel stupid. Keeneston only knows because we had to have a home base and, well, you’ve met the people from Keeneston. They would figure it out anyway so the president gave us permission to fill them in,” Abby explained to her.

“Speaking of the president,” Greer said as she pulled out her phone. “As soon as I see the evidence Tristan has, I need to call him. For all that I do, I am still one of his advisors. This is about to become a political pissing match and the U.S. will stand with its allies.”

Edie took a deep breath to rein in the wild emotions she was experiencing. “You don’t have to do this. You all are putting too much on the line for me. All that money, all the politics of this. It’s too much.”

“Edie,” Layne said, grabbing her hand and forcing Edie to look up. “You might live in Shadows Landing, but you are very much a part of Keeneston too. You’re family and we will always help family.”

“But Sebastian,” Edie began to say. Sebastian seemed to hear his name as he looked up from where he was talking to Zain and pinned her with his gaze.

“What about me?”

“You’re doing too much. I can’t ask you to put all that money at risk to help Tristan and me. You don’t even know me well and you certainly don’t know him.”

“You have a silent strength I saw the night we met. I respect that. Plus, my wife thinks the world of you. That’s enough in my book. As I said, I’m getting something out of this too.”

Edie shook her head at him even as her heart swelled with gratitude. “You try to pretend you’re not, but you’re a good man, Sebastian.

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