Series: Fatal Truth Series
Author: Abbie Roads
Genre: Paranormal Romance
Out of darkness and danger…
You can't hide your secrets from Lathan Montgomery-he can
read your darkest memories. And while his special abilities are invaluable in
the FBI's hunt for a serial killer, he has no way to avoid the pain that brings
him. Until he is drawn to courageous, down-on-her-luck Evanee Brown and finds
himself able to offer her something he's never offered another human being:
himself.
Dawns a unique and powerful
love
Nightmares are nothing new to Evanee Brown. But once she
meets Lathan, they plummet into the realm of the macabre. Murder victims are
reaching from beyond the grave to give Evanee evidence that could help Lathan
bring a terrifying killer to justice. Together, they could forge an indomitable
partnership to thwart violence, abuse, and death-if they survive the forces
that seek to tear them apart.
Lathan laid Honey in his bed. Her body was dead weight and
awkward, so he adjusted her arms, her legs, her head as if she were a
life-sized ragdoll, until she looked comfortable.
He tore off his gloves, pressed his fingers to her neck, and
concentrated on finding her pulse. The steady pressure of her heartbeat tapped
against his fingertips in a Morse code rhythm all its own. He laid his other
hand on her chest, just below her clavicles, to ensure the rise and fall of her
breathing. He tried not to notice how close his hand was to her breasts.
Failed.
The side of his hand rested next to the gentle slope of her
breast. If he fanned out his pinkie finger—no. He pulled his hand away.
She must’ve just passed out.
He went into the bathroom, soaped up half the stack of clean
washcloths and washed the lingering scent of decay from her hand.
Her skin was rough and red, her fingers knobby and strong,
her nails ragged and short. She had the body and clothing of a stripper, but he
expected something more faux sexy than torn up fingernails and blistered feet.
What kind of job abused her hands and her feet? Nothing seemed to fit.
He had questions and not one answer. What was her name? Why
didn’t he get SMs from her? Why was he able to touch her? Where the fuck did
she get a human eyeball?
He stared at her face as if the answers were written in the
delicate arch of her brows, or in the gentle curve of her lashes. Or in the
small sickle shaped scar at the corner of her mouth that curved upwards giving
her the curious appearance of smiling out of one side of her mouth, while the
other side frowned.
Her eyelids fluttered. Opened.
“How are you feeling?” That question was more appropriate
than interrogating her on how she came into possession of a human eyeball. He’d
wait until she was fully conscious before tripping down that trail.
“Cold. So cold.” Goose bumps pimpled over her bare skin. She
scooted toward where he sat on the edge of the bed, wrapping herself around his
hips, seeking his body’s warmth.
He should get the heavy sleeping bag from the closet. He
should cover her with it and leave the room. He should, he should, he should.
He didn’t. He pulled off his boots, eased into the bed—she latched onto him
before he fully reclined.
She molded herself to him. His shoulder her pillow, her arm
around his middle, one of her legs draped over his thighs, her knee just a few
miniscule inches from his groin. Everything vanished, except the vivid
sensation of her feminine curves burrowing into him, seeking his safety, his
comfort, his warmth. She was cool where he was on fire. She was soft where he
couldn’t bend. She was sweet where he felt bitter.
She fit into his arms, against his body, and into his soul,
like she was designed especially for him. He wanted to believe he could have a
happy ending with her, but his reality was a cruel hard place where good things
just didn’t happen. Or if they did, they never lasted.
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