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Karley rose fast, her indecision obvious They’d beenhis fear fro his shoulder "I’m sorry"
"All I need is a quiet rooood sign, even as he sensed theover theet the information and keep her sane"
His jaw clenched at the pity in his ex-wife’s eyes "It’s one or the other She’s not Suut twisted as Peri picked up on his sudden grief and one," Silas said "I know I can do both Are you going to help me or not?"
Brow furrowed, Karley strode to the fireplace She took a drink, ice clinking "I can’t believe I’ave in "You can stay until one, whether she’s conscious or not Sane or dead You understand? So you’d better impress the hell out of me and fix this, Doctor"
His breath caather Peri to hiht, hardly there, and he found his feet with a new determination even as his fear shook itself and becaer "Thank you," he said, and Peri’s eyes opened, scanning the ceiling before she choked and closed theh hi in hi over her shoulder as she walked to the stairway between the living room and kitchen "You don’t happen to know her safe place, do you?"
He tried to s eyes found his, and his hope leapt when she clutched at his arm "Don’t leave ht, and his heart soared as he followed Karley "Thank God you’re still here," he whispered, eyes on hers "It’s going to be okay I won’t leave you until there’s somewhere safe beyond the confusion"
Her breath ca frohts and colors hurt "Please hurry"
"She’s still cognizant," Silas whispered as Karley opened a door at the top of the stairs, and he watched Peri’s face for any sign of pain when he lowered her gently to the bed Her long lashes rested on her pale cheeks,the faded colors of the roo stark lines on the white pillow, and she shook, feeling it "I need coffee Can you get me some coffee?"
Karley nodded, lips pursed in disapproval as she left and shut the door behind her
"Silas!" Peri cried out at the soft click, and he took her hand as he knelt beside the bed to put his face near hers Her eyes opened, but he knew she wasn’t seeing hi Jack, and an unknown horror sheened her eyes as sheback into the chaos of memories Silas had unearthed
There was no way to separate therief and betrayal, he opened hisit in detail as she cried, shaking between the covers But he wouldn’t let her relive the together by using the fall of shadows and tiny details that she’d never focused on, he realized hoas going to hide her twin ht When he was done, she’d be able to rest her mind from the horror in the scent of polish, the darkness of the bealint of the Juke’sBox, and the ale
Slowly he shifted thethat e rage while shooting Jack, down to the glint of light on a nearby shot glass He blurred the voices until the hu her as she sold her memory for the chance to kill Jack beca she’d never noticed
He fragmented what he could, but the twin lines were there still, ruities they fostered wouldn’t be noticed, blurring everything into a monochrome that would let her sleep
And finally, she found it
Shaking fro ers twined in his Delicate, but strong, he thought as he looked at his blocky knuckles beside hers He listened to her breathe, thinking the s he’d ever heard But everything he’d done would last only until her intuition picked away at it She was too smart to allow such deception, even when she kneas to save her life
But that was not what pained him, even as she slept exhausted before hi thely become what they needed for this task, but she liked who she was, the power she held Tricking death and walking away to a fast car and cocktails at thirty-four thousand feet had addicted her to the high of being bulletproof, to the point where she ance and grace she wrapped herself in was a ly truth She’d becohly to cole" style="display:block" data-ad-client="ca-pub-7451196230453695" data-ad-slot="9930101810" data-ad-format="auto" data-full-width-responsive="true">