Between Darkness and Daylight by Gracie C. Mckeever Read Free Book Online

and where and I'll make sure he's there." Let me know when and where and I'll make sure I'm there.
    Zane shook his head, silently castigating his horny-teen hormones. He didn't know when his libido had decided to take center stage, but he must have been out of the sexual scene for longer than he had realized because he was looking forward to Ran's punishment like a submissive looked forward to his mistress's discipline.
    Would it be that much of a punishment if Nova was dishing it out?
    She stuck out her hand across the table for a shake. When he leaned forward, he got another whiff of her perfume. Then her fingers touched his and sent an electric current straight from his hand to his cock.
    "I'll see you two this Saturday then," Nova murmured.
    She would see them, but if his current state of arousal was any indication, there might not be much painting getting done.

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    Chapter 4

    Nova had come up with the house-painting scenario soon after recognizing Zane in the waiting room of the precinct. How shocked and pleased she’d been at seeing him there, finally, in the flesh, after so many fruitless weeks and months of searching!
    She had been speechless, yet so eager to speak to him that she’d almost forgotten herself, forgotten she needed to play things cool. If she’d marched right in there and blabbed her entire unbelievable tale—her near death experience, her visions—she might have scared the poor man off.
    Not all segments of mainstream society were as enthusiastic about all things supernatural or into the whole Crossing Over With... phenomenon.
    She didn't know if she would have been half as open-minded herself, if her mother weren't who and what she was. As it stood, she’d still had her doubts, even after all her visions, even after her NDE…until she’d touched Zane Youngblood.
    Just being in the same room with him seemed to enhance her abilities, and if she touched him, well then just forget about it. Major fireworks in her brain almost short-circuited all conscious thoughts and reason, and hot waves of longing swept through her belly, making her want to run her fingers through his close-cropped waves. God, her pussy became moist just thinking about him. How sexy he’d looked at the precinct, dark and serious, and so much more alive and real than her visions could have ever shown her. The man was enough to make her hormones go haywire and send her excitement levels—physical, emotional—through the roof.
    She’d never had as strong a reaction to any man, not even Matt, and they’d shared a pretty passionate love life. But with Mr. Youngblood, the passion was tempered with pure animal lust, with unfamiliar primal tendencies that had her wanting to jump his bones. And what lovely, bronze-covered bones they were.

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    She didn't know if her attraction had anything to do with their psychic connection or just the fact that Zane was so damn gorgeous, with his raven hair and tea-colored eyes framed by curling lush lashes and set beneath thick eyebrows that she wanted to lick .
    Then there was his body—Nova salivated now at the memory of it—
    the broad shoulders that tapered down to a flat washboard stomach and lean waist that made all her previous visions of him pale in comparison.
    Since when had parental guardians and uncles started looking sexier than centerfold models? No person, no man, should be that good looking, that alluring.
    It had taken everything in her not to throw herself in his arms at the precinct.
    Nova looked at the antique ivory clock on the fireplace mantel and noted the time. Zane had called a little earlier to say what train he and Ran would be on, and now she had just enough time to get to the station before they arrived.
    She was on the verge of euphoria, bordering on panic. She shouldn't feel this excited at the prospect of seeing a relative stranger, especially when she surmised the man probably didn't like her very