The Jenna Ryan Shadows Box Set Volume 1: Black Rose\Blood Orchid\Scarlet Bells by Jenna Ryan

Author:Jenna Ryan [Ryan, Jenna]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781460342695
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2014-10-26T16:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER THIRTEEN

Kate and three canvas bags full of shopping therapy purchases leaned against Duffy’s darkened third Pullman. Nolan banged his fist on the rear door. Ground fog swirled around her ankles, and high above the tree line, clouds stretched like bony black fingers across the moon.

“Maybe he’s at the local bar, having sex with the owner.” She offered an innocent smile when Nolan slid her a dangerous look. “What? Duffy has male body parts, too, and I bet they function almost as well as his brain.”

“One more visual like that, and the next time my brain questions my involvement in this mess, I’m going to take its initial suggestion and walk.”

Kate rested her head on the side of the car. “You could have done that at Shanghai Lily’s, but you didn’t, and the fact that you didn’t tells me you’re not the cold-blooded bastard you want everyone to think you are. I’d ask you why, but I have a feeling you’d tell me to piss off, and we’ve already had that conversation.”

Rather than respond, he left her to check the other cars.

It had taken them the better part of two hours to navigate their way out of San Francisco and return to Duffy’s farm. Kate had expected Nolan to drive straight to the church; however, their run-in with Miranda had apparently gotten him thinking. About what, she didn’t know, but Tallulah Black’s name kept running in tangled loops through her head. Too tangled, unfortunately, for her to do as she’d been directed and think about the night of Phoebe Lessard’s escape. Later, she promised herself. She’d go through all of it later tonight, after an hour of head-clearing yoga.

When Nolan returned, she climbed onto the step-up behind him. “Tallulah talked about bloodlines and how Leshad had both Madeleine Lessard and her sister murdered. Then she mentioned Phoebe Lessard and all the lines that tie her into this ever-expanding web of intrigue.”

“I was in the cave with you, Kate.” Pulling out his iPhone, Nolan swiped the screen with his thumb. “What’s your point?”

“Crucible either missed or dismissed the line between Tallulah and her sister, Twila, who was Leshad’s second victim. He got the connection between Madeleine and her sister, but not between Twila and Tallulah. Why?”

“One, no calling card on Tallulah’s body. Two, whether intentionally or not, Tallulah didn’t tell the man who found her that someone had attempted to kill her. And three, we don’t know whether Crucible drew the line between Madeleine Lessard and her sister before or after her sister died.”

“True.” Kate paused and frowned. “Why do you suppose Tallulah didn’t tell the man who found her that someone had tried to kill her?”

Reaching over, Nolan tucked a strand of hair behind her ear. “Speculate, Kate, or in your case, and seeing as Tallulah appeared mostly to you, intuit.”

“You think Tallulah wanted me to come to her tonight, that she needed to touch me so she could—what? See into my head? That’s borderline creepy, Nolan.”

“Yeah, it’s creepy, but it makes a certain kind of sense if you believe.

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