Fearless by Christine Rains Read Free Book Online

rest. Invite her to dinner, but say you want to have
a private dinner. Since I’m at the hotel, the other logical option is her
house. I bet she’ll suggest it on her own, but if she doesn’t, do it yourself.
She won’t say no to you. Then we’ll both show up tonight and have a chat with
her.”
    “Done.” Demetrius turned and went inside. Two minutes later,
he was back and handed her the backpack. “Dinner at her house at seven o’clock.”
    “Good. This has to end tonight.” Abby didn’t protest as he
put an arm around her to lead her away from the café. He was warm and strong.
She needed that right now. Night would bring the cold, and then she would have
to be the strongest one. If she wasn’t, she was certain she would die tonight.

Chapter 10
     
    The house at the end of the road . I wonder how much it’s like the one in the book . Tawa piped up from the
backpack.
    “It could be exactly the same for all it matters.” Abby rang
the doorbell. Her breath made small impatient clouds. There was still an ache
in her head, but from lack of sleep rather than her injuries. Her wrist was
wrapped up, and she had taken some Tylenol. She was at the best she could be
without more time to rest and heal.
    “Do you hear that?” Demetrius cocked his head to the side.
    “What? The cheesy jazz music Burrows just turned on in
there?” Abby snorted.
    Hey, that’s Sarah Vaughan . This is classic jazz .
Tawa asserted.
    “No,” Demetrius said in a quiet tone. “There’s no nightlife.
No birds or animals. It’s only seven. No kids or even teenagers out in the
neighborhood.”
    Abby had been too lost to her own thoughts to notice the
eerie quiet of the night. Even if it was cold out, it wasn’t late. She didn’t
get more than a few seconds to nod at Demetrius before the door swung open.
    Burrows smiled at Demetrius with lips painted too red. Then
she noticed Abby and her smile faltered. “Oh, hello. Good evening.”
    “A good evening to you, my dear Myrtle. I hope you don’t
mind. My sister was feeling better, and I didn’t want her sitting around the
hotel by herself, so I brought her along.” Demetrius grinned and walked inside
without waiting for an invitation. He unbuttoned his jacket and slid it off.
Rolling his big shoulders, he dropped the jacket over the back of a chair.
    “Oh, well, I suppose. I didn’t make enough food for three.”
Burrows fiddled with the rings on her right hand. She stepped back and motioned
to Abby. “Come on in then.”
    “Thanks. And it’s all right. I’m not hungry.” Not for food,
anyway. Abby walked near Burrows, but her hands didn’t glow. What was different
in the store the first time they met? She closed the door behind her.
    What’s it look like ? Is there a curving staircase ?
Tawa inquired. Two of her characters had their first kiss on it, and then
one of them was killed in the same spot .
    “Nice place you’ve got here. I see you got a lot of your
inspiration for your books from your own home.” Demetrius answered Tawa’s
question as he took a slow tour around the main room. He came near Burrows and
threw her a sexy little smile. “You look lovely tonight. That color brings out
your eyes.”
    Abby suppressed the urge to roll her eyes. Burrows wore a
hideous green sweater that made her look more like a toad than anything else.
She undid her coat and eased the backpack off, setting it on the floor. She
bent as if settling her bag and opened the top so Tawa’s head popped out.
    “Thank you.” Burrows cooed and flushed. “Um, perhaps your
sister would like to go into the TV room and watch something while you and I
have dinner?”
    Demetrius looked over at Abby, and she gave him a subtle
shake of her head. She wasn’t going to wait for them to have a leisurely meal
before they questioned Burrows. They needed answers as soon as possible. The
monsters would come out as soon as children started going to bed. There was no
time to waste.
    “If you don’t mind,