Hear No (Hidden Evil, #1)
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“Can you hear me?”
This time, the warbling made sense. She blinked her eyes until they cleared.
“Eddy?” she asked, confused. “What’re you doing here?”
He smiled. “How was being dead?”
“What?”
“Was there a light? Did you see dead relatives?”
Kaylee tried to understand what he was talking about. She’d fallen asleep then …
No. Resting back against the bed, she realized she hadn’t just fallen asleep and awoken some random place with the satanic cult member. She’d been at the ranch house when Nathan came.
“Oh, god,” she whispered, tears squeezing from her eyes. “I died.”
I’ll be there when you wake up.
He wasn’t. Did he tell her that and kiss her, just to get her to go along with him? Had he killed her then walked away, and that’s when Eddy rescued her?
Had any of what she thought Nathan felt towards her been real, or was he lulling her into a false sense of security to make her easier to knock off?
The pain in her head was nothing compared to the pain in her heart.
“Yeah. Was it cool?”
“No,” she said. “There was nothing. Just darkness.”
“Maybe you didn’t die enough.”
“I don’t even know what that means. Why does it smell like toast in here?”
“Incense.” Eddy waved something under her nose. “Supposed to help you heal.”
She sneezed, the sensation sending pain shooting through her chest. Abruptly, she realized how ironic it was that Nathan stabbed her through the heart – both literally and figuratively.
“Where am I?” She opened her eyes and pushed herself up, taking in her rustic surroundings skeptically. It smelled like a hospital, but it wasn’t. There were no windows in her cement room, and only one beat up machine monitoring her vitals. A bag of some kind of fluid was connected to the IV in her hand. “Your basement?”
“Not quite,” Eddy said with a chuckle. “We’re in hiding again.”
“Ugh.”
“You hurting?”
“Yeah a little.”
“Is, uh, Shadowman around?”
She assessed herself, trying to figure out what the status of the creature was. He wasn’t a wet blanket but neither was he watching her from a distance either. His presence was distant, faint, as if he hadn’t recovered, even if she had.
“He is,” she answered. “It feels like he’s … sleeping? I don’t know.”
“Awesome. I won’t have to kill you now.”
She forgot how frustrating it was dealing with him. He made her feel at ease then threatened to cut her into tiny pieces. Too tired to let him freak her out, she rested back in the bed.
“You both survived Nathan killing you,” Eddy added. “I guess we got there in time. He was nowhere to be seen, so not sure what their plan was, if they had one.”
Just what I suspected. Kaylee was embarrassed to feel tears on her face. How could she be in love with someone who just murdered her? Even if it was for a good cause, she couldn’t imagine ever hurting him.
“Aww,” Eddy said empathetically. “You really liked him. Probably not a good idea, since they all want you dead.”
“You think?” she snapped, drawing a shaky breath. “So where are we in hiding?”
“Not far from DC. Everyone is looking for you. We had to take you to our secret lair,” he replied. “You get to meet the other members of my special family when you feel up to it. Might take a week or so for you to heal enough.”
“Special family,” she repeated, shivering. “You mean like …” Her eyes went to his necklace.
“Yep,” he replied. “We won’t let Nathan or 3G or any other guide get you.”
Great. What did she say to him? Did she thank him or curse him, because she knew she couldn’t off herself, if she had to?
At least Shadowman was dormant. She had time to figure out what to do next.
“By the way.” Eddy lowered his voice with a glance towards a closed door. “Keep these hidden.” He held out a familiar velvet dice bag.
Kaylee sucked in a breath, eyes flying from the bag to his face.
“Yes, I know what they are. Things will make sense later,” he assured her. “Do me a favor. Don’t run or try anything stupid around here and don’t let Shadowman know you have this.”
Kaylee nodded wordlessly and stretched to take the pouch.
“Help me, help you stay alive,” Eddy said in his friendliest camp counselor voice. “Rest up. Life’s about to get interesting.”
She watched him leave, too tired to try to understand what exactly just happened.
All she could think about was Nathan. He’d made love to her like she was meant for him and then killed her. How had he just walked away? He swore to help her, and she believed him. A man couldn’t kiss someone like that and just … walk away.
Apparently, Nathan can.
Did that make her a fool?
“If I see you again, Nathan, I’ll use that damn knife Eddy gave me. This time, for real.” She didn’t care that no one heard her words or the sobs that followed them.
Hidden Evil
Hear No (Oct 2013)
See No (Feb 2014)
Speak No (Summer 2014)
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Table of Contents
Prologue
Chapter One
Chapter Two
Chapter Three
Chapter Four
Chapter Five
Chapter Six
Chapter Seven
Chapter Eight
Chapter Nine
Chapter Ten
Chapter Eleven
Chapter Twelve
Chapter Thirteen
Chapter Fourteen
Chapter Fifteen
Chapter Sixteen
Chapter Seventeen
Chapter Eighteen
Chapter Nineteen
Chapter Twenty
Chapter Twenty One
Chapter Twenty Two