Proof of Life by Edwards Hailey

Author:Edwards, Hailey [Edwards, Hailey]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Fantasy, Paranormal, Romance
Amazon: B08FRQJSJ4
Goodreads: 54913408
Publisher: Amazon Digital Services
Published: 2020-10-31T07:00:00+00:00

Ten

A slim black dress swirled around Hadley’s knees, and Midas kept getting caught with his eyes roving her legs. The stilettos were new, and they did interesting things to her calves. He couldn’t tear himself away.

“You might want to dial it down a few notches,” Grier cautioned beside him. “This is a wake, not a rave.”

“She’s beautiful.” He hadn’t meant to say it, but he didn’t regret it either. “I can’t seem to help myself.”

“I respect that.” She twirled untouched wine in a glass. “I have the same trouble around Linus.”

“But this isn’t the time or the place.”

“We have one chance to sell this.”

Her own pale eyes were dark with what he would have mistaken for grief if he didn’t know it for worry. The room was filling with people come to pay their respects. Most were here for Hadley’s sake. The rest were part of their team. The mixture of the oblivious and the undercover kept his teeth on edge.

Women’s room is clear.

Men’s room is clear.

Parking lot is clear.

Kitchen is clear.

Alley is clear.

Voices whispered through his earpiece as the enforcers, all tested and cleared, made their rounds.

Drawn to her like a magnet, Linus’s gaze found Grier, and he inclined his head toward the door.

Behind him, his wraith, Cletus, hovered above the crowd in his tattered cloak, his cowl hiding the void of his face, as he searched for unseen dangers.

“I have to return to my post.” Grier lifted her glass in acknowledgment. “More guests are arriving.”

As people entered, Grier drew an impervious sigil on each of them, playing the gesture off as a necromantic rite of mourning. The sigil was an invention of hers, a close secret kept by her inner circle. It worked as advertised, making those who wore it impervious to harm.

Between Linus and Grier, Hadley and himself, they had taken every precaution. From the sigils to the location, the trap was set with as much control of the outcome as they could manage between them.

Hadley ended her most recent circuit of the room beside him. “I got nothing.”

“I haven’t noticed any peculiar behavior either.” A heavy sadness filled him. “We know everyone here.”

“We expected the bomber to be one of us.” She rested her hand on his forearm. “It sucks to have it confirmed.”

“It’s not confirmed yet,” he reminded her then checked his phone. “Mom says the party is in full swing.”

“I can’t see them targeting the Faraday a second time.” She kept her head down to hide her expression, but the words were spoken as more of a prayer than a certainty. “They know we’re on to them now.”

“I don’t mean to intrude,” a willowy teen all but whispered. “May I have a word, Midas?”

“Go.” Hadley nudged him toward the young gwyllgi. “I’ll be right here.”

Suspicion bloomed when the girl led him to a quiet corner, and he resented the coven that much more for making him doubt the young among his own people. “How can I help you, Amber?”

“I had an appointment with Doc Liz at the infirmary, but she didn’t show.

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