Whispering Woods Box Set by Brinda Berry

Author:Brinda Berry
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Sweet Biscuit Publishing LLC

“I tried calling you repeatedly.” Regulus’s voice was low and angry. “You could have called me.”

Several feet separated us. I couldn’t look into his eyes. “You sound like my dad.”

“I thought something happened. I’ve been worried. And angry. I should have been there. Maybe you didn’t want me to know what was happening.” Now he seemed uncertain.

“I told you there was nothing you could do. We had it under control.”

“So under control that you were in jail.”

“I wasn’t in jail. I was at the jail.”

“And Austin?”

“Well…” I shuffled my feet. “He was in jail. But it was a misunderstanding.”

I finally forced myself to look up and realized that Regulus wasn’t even looking at me. He had pivoted toward the woods, away from me. His back was straight and his hands clenched into tight balls.

“Not again.”

“What? Not again?” I asked.

“No missions, investigating, leaving my sight. You are no good to the IIA if you’re dead.”

“I can’t believe you said that. Is this the real deal? You’re looking out for the IIA?”

He turned toward me, came closer. “I can’t stand it. This feeling I have makes me say the wrong things. Think the wrong things. I completely understand the need for the rules of interaction.” He drew me into his arms and buried his face in my neck.

I breathed out in relief. I didn’t want to fight. I always waited for the touching, the feeling I craved when I looked at him or talked to him.

“I do not know what to do with you,” he murmured against my hair. “I don’t know what to do with my feelings. So, I turn to what I know. I know how to be a team leader. And I fail in every other aspect.”

“No. I know you were worried sick. Your instincts were correct. Bleeker is in Goliath.”

“I suspected it.” Regulus lifted his head to look at me. He kept his arms loosely around me. “He didn’t hide very well.”

“I know why he’s there. There’s a portal. I’m sure of it. I felt the draw of it. You didn’t tell me there could be another one so close to us. I wasn’t expecting that.”

“It is surprising.”

My dad’s face appeared in the window, and he rapped on the glass from inside the house. Regulus dropped his hands.

“Five more minutes,” Dad mouthed and held up his hand, fingers splayed. “Five.”

“My dad isn’t happy. He had to get Austin out.” I waited for Regulus to ask me about that. When he didn’t, I continued, “They said I was free to go, but Austin couldn’t. His mom wouldn’t answer the phone, so I called my dad.”

Regulus appeared irritated. “This is probably his doing. He wanted to spend more time with you, so he landed you both in the jail.” Then he laughed. “I know that’s not true. I’m sorry that I said it.”

“No, it’s nobody’s fault.”

He again slid his arms around my waist. He bent to kiss me, but I angled my head slightly to one side, glancing to my left where the imposing figure of my dad stood, pulling back the curtain.

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