by Kay Hooper
“Madison. And this is Angelo. He was with us that night. He goes everywhere with me. Everywhere.”
“You can both go now,” Diana said gently. “And be with your parents.”
Madison sighed. “I thought they were here, you know. But . . . I was always good at imagining things. I guess I imagined them here. I miss them, though. Angelo and me, we’re ready to go now. Thank you.”
“You’re welcome, Madison.”
While they watched, the little girl carried her dog toward the doorway, fading into nothingness before reaching the hallway beyond.
“Jesus,” Quentin said.
Diana looked up at him, smiling a little. “Everything we went through last night, and you’re shaken by one little girl and her dog?”
“Well . . . I’ve been seeing her. Clear as day.” He frowned suddenly. “Since the morning we met.”
“Guess Missy was right. We connected.”
After a moment, Quentin reached for her hand and held it firmly. “I guess we did. How do you feel about that?”
“Hopeful.”
“You’ll go back to Virginia with me?”
“Well, I’ve got to meet Bishop.”
“Diana.”
Her smile widened. “I’ll make you a deal. You help me convince my father that despite the secrets he kept for my own good, I’m a sane and rational woman, and—we’ll go from there. Deal?”
“Deal,” he replied, and kissed her.
BANTAM BOOKS BY KAY HOOPER
The Bishop Trilogies
Stealing Shadows
Hiding in the Shadows
Out of the Shadows
Touching Evil
Whisper of Evil
Sense of Evil
Hunting Fear
Chill of Fear
The Quinn Novels
Once a Thief
Always a Thief
Romantic Suspense
Amanda
After Caroline
Finding Laura
Hunting Rachel
Classic Fantasy and Romance
On Wings of Magic
The Wizard of Seattle
My Guardian Angel (anthology)
Yours 2 Keep (anthology)
CHILL OF FEAR
A Bantam Book / August 2005
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This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents either are the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, events, or locales is entirely coincidental.
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Copyright © 2005 by Kay Hooper
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Hooper, Kay
Chill of fear/Kay Hooper.
p. cm.
1. Government investigators—Fiction. 2. Psychics—Fiction. 3. Tennessee—Fiction. I. Title.
PS3558.O587 C48 2005b 2005045264
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