Fatal Connection by Anna Blakely

Author:Anna Blakely [Blakely, Anna]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781683613992
Publisher: Decadent Publishing LLC
Published: 2020-02-26T18:30:00+00:00

Chapter Ten

Alex watched Eden closely as she took the card from his hand. She gasped, her eyes squeezing shut as her body jolted. It reminded him of someone being electrocuted.

He took a step toward her, ready to rip the damn thing from her grasp, but Garrett grabbed his arm to stop him.

“Wait.”

He swung his head around. “For what? Look at her, Garrett. She’s hurting.”

Torn, his partner shook his head. “I know, but she said not to interrupt her. I think we need to give her a chance.”

Alex looked at Eden again. The painful expression had eased, the muscles in her face becoming more relaxed. He drew in a slow, deep breath and forced himself to calm down.

Garrett was right. Eden had given him specific instructions not to intervene, but damn it was hard not to. His primal instinct was to protect this woman at all cost.

“Fine.” Alex pulled his arm loose and sat at the table. “But if it gets any worse, she’s done.”

With a jerky nod, Garrett agreed. For the next several minutes, the two men kept their distance as Eden continued seeing what they couldn’t. After a stretch of nerve-wracking silence, she began describing the vision.

“Horses,” Eden breathed out. “I see horses and…a buggy.”

Without speaking, Alex snapped his fingers and motioned for Garrett to get something to write on. In a flash, the man left the room, returning seconds later with a notepad and pen.

“Horses?” The other man whispered, frowning in confusion as Alex scribbled down the notes.

With a shrug, he waited anxiously for Eden to reveal more from her incredible gift. Alex knew from past experience Eden’s mutterings oftentimes didn’t make sense right away. Only later, after they were able to talk them through did they usually start to come together.

“No, Daddy.” Eden’s voice turned softer, almost like that of a young girl’s. “I didn’t mean to, I swear.”

The two men looked at each other, then back to her.

“Please, don’t!” She begged, her chest heaving with rough, ragged breaths.

Eden cried out, then. Over and over, her body jerked forward, her back arching as though something were striking her there.

“Please, Josiah! Make him stop!”

Alex shot to his feet, determined to end whatever hell she was living when her demeanor suddenly changed.

Standing taller now, Eden tilted her head to the side. The painful expression vanished, and the pitch of her voice became so deep, it no longer sounded like her at all.

“You shouldn’t have done that, Mary Grace. You know what happens when you do those ungodly things.”

She became the young, tortured girl again. “How is it ungodly if God, Himself, made me this way?”

“Because Father says it is.” Eden’s voice grew deep again.

Back and forth, she continued the conversation. Her voice changing with each of the different players.

“I don’t understand, Josiah. You have a gift, too, but he doesn’t beat you. Only me.”

“Because I’m careful not to let anyone see when I use mine. As is Mother. You continue to defy him when you should be doing as Mother does.

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