Night Games (2013)
“The vehicle was a complement to the image the man projected. So was the deep-bass, spirit-digging rap that vibrated throughout the SUV’s interior. Like his ride, the almost painfully loud music spoke for him—angry, distant, a ruthless warning to be careful not to get too close.
Charlotte recognized his tough-guy facade for what it was and let him sink into the shallow comfort of it as he leaned back in the leather driver’s seat, one platinum-ringed hand at the wheel. His posture relaxed, he... seemed to have forgotten that she occupied the seat beside him, seemed to see only the stretch of highway before him, missing the series of pointed looks she shot his way as the speedometer’s needle swept past eighty. If the vehicle hit a pothole, it would probably go airborne and God only knew how it might land.
Junipers and ponderosa pines blurred to nothing but a tangle of color. Up ahead, clouds seemed to drape over the mountaintops and felt close enough to grab hold of.MoreLess
Charlotte recognized his tough-guy facade for what it was and let him sink into the shallow comfort of it as he leaned back in the leather driver’s seat, one platinum-ringed hand at the wheel. His posture relaxed, he... seemed to have forgotten that she occupied the seat beside him, seemed to see only the stretch of highway before him, missing the series of pointed looks she shot his way as the speedometer’s needle swept past eighty. If the vehicle hit a pothole, it would probably go airborne and God only knew how it might land.
Junipers and ponderosa pines blurred to nothing but a tangle of color. Up ahead, clouds seemed to drape over the mountaintops and felt close enough to grab hold of.MoreLess
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