Immortal in Death
“The best course was the most familiar. She took to the streets. And she took to them alone.
She’d left Peabody with a pile of data to check, buzzed Feeney for an update, but she headed out solo.
She didn’t want to make small talk, didn’t want anyone looking too closely. She’d had a bad night and was well aware it showed.
The nightmare had been one of the worst so far. It had squeezed her by the throat, battered her awake in a sweaty, whimpering mess. Her only relief had been that da...wn had been breaking when it had reached its peak. And she’d been alone in bed with Roarke already up and in the shower.
If he’d heard her or seen her, she’d never have gotten past him. Perhaps it had been misplaced pride, but she’d used every tactic at her disposal to avoid him, then had left him a quick memo before slipping out of the house.
She’d avoided Mavis and Leonardo as well, and had only run into Summerset long enough to have been granted one of his freezing looks.MoreLess
She’d left Peabody with a pile of data to check, buzzed Feeney for an update, but she headed out solo.
She didn’t want to make small talk, didn’t want anyone looking too closely. She’d had a bad night and was well aware it showed.
The nightmare had been one of the worst so far. It had squeezed her by the throat, battered her awake in a sweaty, whimpering mess. Her only relief had been that da...wn had been breaking when it had reached its peak. And she’d been alone in bed with Roarke already up and in the shower.
If he’d heard her or seen her, she’d never have gotten past him. Perhaps it had been misplaced pride, but she’d used every tactic at her disposal to avoid him, then had left him a quick memo before slipping out of the house.
She’d avoided Mavis and Leonardo as well, and had only run into Summerset long enough to have been granted one of his freezing looks.MoreLess
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