~Rory~
While Elijah was getting ready for bed, I read through the files I have about Hickman. Things such as where he lives, who he’s living with, what he does in his free time, and even who he associates himself with when he’s not at school.
‘I had to do something productive,’ I thought, to ease the dreadful image of the redhead drowning in my head.
Elijah told me her name was Tala, a fae like Ali. He promised to tell me more about her and my vision tomorrow after I rested. It’s not something I would want to hear, that’s for sure.
There was nothing unusual in Hickman's file, which was kind of frustrating. I hoped to find anything suspicious to get my mind off of this galling sensation in my belly. It was hard to keep my feelings from
~Rory~After Tala’s revelation, I found myself right across from Hickman’s home.Elijah warned me about the danger of wandering off, especially when my emotions are all over the place.I closed my eyes, concentrating, hoping that I’d be in Elijah’s room again when I opened them.The icy caress of the midnight air on my skin told me this wasn’t a vision. I’m here physically, uncertain of why or what to do.I tried again, channeling all my energy into picturing Elijah’s room, his home, his arms, and the warmth his body provided before I fell asleep. It didn’t work.I glanced around, inspecting my surroundings. Empty streets on both sid
~Rory~We had too little time to investigate Hickman’s home thoroughly. We only had tonight because tomorrow, this place will be locked down for a different examination.Elijah and I had to be careful of what we touched, what we hauled. The danger of being linked to this case is so high that we had to creep like the lawbreakers.I took charge of the second floor, while Elijah took care of the first, including the basement. The fact that we had no idea what we were looking for made things harder than they already were.In his room, I found endless books about self-care, self-love, emotional health, and healing. This is the strangest thing I found about Hickman since I’d taken an interest in his life. How can a man who owns an overflowed set of inspirational bo
~Rory~A day working with the feds was exhausting physically and mentally; imagine an entire workweek with them swarming the station, questioning the investigation we did over the past five weeks, and impugning our faculty to do our jobs. Even Mayers look maddened in sharing the progress he had with them. I can sympathize with him. No matter how appalled I was at his treatment of me, there’s no questioning his dedication to these cases. He gave this case his one hundred and more attention, and now the feds had taken that chance away from him.A week has gone by since Zwick and Hickman’s death. A week of being a double agent for my daytime job and the nighttime task of helping the team locate Tauri. Even with the additional strong point brought by my shift as Lycan, my energy level was at rock bottom.Eli
~Rory~I can’t remember the last time I laughed my heart out. My cheeks were in pain from being pulled too long. God, how long has it been since I had this much fun?I wasn’t the best skater. Paul was much more graceful than me, but Elijah was worse. My fingers in both hands and feet weren’t enough to count the times he had fallen on his bum.“Cazzo!” if his curse words were boulders thrown each time he’d mutter them angrily, this rink would’ve been only debris by now.I circled the six-foot giant sitting on the ice, elbows on his knees, as he glared straight at the bleacher. He tossed his beanie long ago, and so did his scarf. The two offending materials are scattered at both ends of the rink.
~Rory~A hate-filled relationship grew between darkness and me since the beginning of this year. This is probably the only time darkness will redeem itself in my good graces.In the dugout, Elijah removed my skates and left my feet bare as he secured a black scarf around my eyes.“Are you nervous?” He needed confirmation even if he could hear my heart pounding on my ribcage walls.“A bit.”“And the rest?” he chuckled, leaving my side. Sounds of things tossed inside the duffle bag filled my ears.“Excited…” I bit my lip. “Aroused, and I’m wet.”He groaned. Two can
~Rory~“Sight,” I replied without hesitation. I figured it was my best option because he had my hand tied on a bed before. And I wanted to see him so badly.Elijah chuckled, standing up to remove my blindfold. My brows creased, eyes adjusting to the light to find him smiling down at me, amusement filtering his face. “What?”He shook his head. “Remember the rules.”I bit my tongue from further questioning him and remained standing. My eyes flitted across the room. Indeed, I was standing on the side of a king-size bed, scattered candles providing warmth, light, and a sensual aroma in the air. The source of the sultry tune was a record player on the side of the bed; beside it was a bottle of wine, a half-filled glass, and another filled w
~Rory~“Again,” I demanded.Elijah chuckled. “Again? I did it three times already.”I nodded, “please?” My eyes were dreamy, and my heart was warm with affection for this man.“Alright,” he conceded.Naked from waist up, hair tousled from our previous coupling, he cradled an acoustic guitar in his lap. His smile was mesmerizing, and the way he bit his lip as he glanced at the strings, strumming and changing keys, made my belly flip.Tonight, I discovered a lot of things about Elijah.One, I love his domineering side in bed more than the gentle giver. Just thinking about what we’d do
~Rory~Looking at Jace, holding the steering wheel with one hand, the other clenched into a fist pressed on his lips, elbow resting on the windowpane as we thread the route to Seattle made my stomach twist bitterly.“Stop staring,” Jace groaned, keeping his eyes on the road.It was his schedule to ‘babysit’ me, a joke going around my odd circle of friends lately. Today was Saturday, my day off from work. Eloisa and Gail guilt-tripped me into meeting them for a drink with a couple of our friends. For all I know, they just want insider gossip about my relationship with Elijah.“I can’t help it,” I leaned back in my seat, giving Jace a scrutinizing side eye.Can he blame me? I had known