Shadows of Deception by Amy Hale

Author:Amy Hale [Hale, Amy]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: The Shadows Trilogy, Book Two
Published: 2016-03-10T06:00:00+00:00

The sun was beginning to set when the small group finally found one of the properties Wes had mentioned to Rachel. Most of the area had been cleared to make way for farmland and there were only a couple spots left that matched the descriptions Wes had given.

Rachel groaned as she got out of the truck. “Thank God. I hope this is it. I’m tired of driving and that packed lunch wore off hours ago.” She stretched her arms above her head. “Wes had better be here, or I’m killing him when we do finally find him.”

Jane snickered. “Not feeling very charitable?”

Rachel flashed a sweet smile. “Actually I am. If I were terribly angry, I’d torture him first.”

Colt and Jane laughed as the rest of their group walked up beside them.

“Talking about me again?” Brett said with an irritatingly clueless smile.

Rachel pinned him with a glare. “Did you hear me mention a baboon’s ass?”

Brett pretended to mull that over. “No, can’t say that I did.”

“Then no, I wasn’t talking about you.”

Brett placed a hand over his heart, his theatrics overly dramatic. “Why must you wound me so?”

“Since it’s illegal to murder you, it’s all I’ve got left.” Rachel turned on her heels and made her way up the dirt path leading to the vacant house in the distance.

Colt and Jane were close behind, carefully watching for even the slightest clue that they weren’t alone. Jeremy was on high alert, trying to tune all his senses into his surroundings. He felt something reverberating from in front of them. He wasn’t quite sure what to make of it, so he reached out for Jane.

“Jane,” he hissed in a loud whisper. “We need to stop.”

She turned and noticed the worry marring Jeremy’s features. “Colt. Rachel. Wait.”

Colt halted immediately, but Rachel was farther ahead and was too slow to react. She ran directly into something white hot—and invisible. She could see the house several yards in front of her, but there was a transparent barrier surrounding it. For a moment she felt stuck, as if she were in tar. She tried to pull away, but didn’t have the strength to break free. Worse yet, every moment she was trapped felt like an eternity of hell fire on her skin. She struggled not to scream, despite her pain. She was aware that any noise may alert the owner of the punishing trap—giving away their location.

It only took Jane a couple of seconds to realize that Rachel was in trouble. She carefully approached and focused her thoughts on building a protective bubble around Rachel, much as she’d done for Colt the day before. It was difficult, and she could almost feel the heat that Rachel felt as she slowly pushed her energy around her friend. Jeremy stood beside her, twisting his hands.

“Jeremy. I’m going to push really hard and try to briefly break Rachel’s connection with…whatever that is. When I do, swoop in and pull her back. Got it?”

He nodded and took the stance of a runner.

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