Page 169 of Obsession

He laughed.

Fucking asshole.

“There’s only one way you’ll let go tonight, but now is not the time.”

He looked at me, in the midst of the madness we were in, he found the time to wink, and I instinctively rubbed my thighs together. I didn’t want to think about why.

Don’t look at the mileage, don’t look at the mileage. I kept telling myself, so as not to make it any harder for myself.

The car swerved back onto the sidewalk and immediately onto the road, forcing other vehicles to brake. I had no idea what part of the city we were in, but I could see the Space Needle, and I winced. It was bigger than I had imagined, lit up and mesmerizing, almost like it was out of this world.

Harris turned right next to it, and I looked up, realizing only then that I hadn’t seen much of Seattle, let alone how spectacular it really was.

Everything sparkled around me as Harris accelerated and entered a storm of lights that looked like stars floating around us. Tall buildings, colors, people flying past us like faceless silhouettes, and our speed gave me the impression that nothing would ever catch up with us.

Lost in adrenaline and danger, I felt the purest sense of security, the most euphoric abandon.

I smiled in amazement, even though my heart continued to pound.

“Your world is fascinating,” I found the strength to whisper.

I didn’t think he would hear me, but he looked at me and smiled.

“You’re the fascinating one, Katherine,” he whispered back, letting go of the steering wheel to grab my hand for a few seconds.

I could feel my heart pounding in my temples.

“Ready to go invisible?”

I had no idea what that meant, but I knew it wasn’t the right time to ask, so I just nodded.

I caught a brief glimpse of his grin before everything went dark.

Everything.

I blinked in shock and waited for the car to stop, but I sensed it was moving at the same speed.

We were not downtown anymore, there weren’t as many lights and cars as there used to be, and at that moment I realized what Harris was doing.

That damn car was a black hole. He turned off all the lights inside and out and became invisible. You could barely see it during the day sometimes, I could only imagine what it looked like in the dark.

The demon.

I began to understand why they called him that.

I started laughing and then realized we were driving without headlights. Fucking shit!

I clung to the straps again and prayed that Harris knew the way, because I could barely see two feet ahead of us.

The others, who were always hot on his heels, lost him as soon as he became one with the shadows. I couldn’t see any of them, while Harris kept turning left and right, squeezing through various paths that I assumed were shortcuts.

“Here comes the fun part,” I heard his voice without being able to see anything.

He passed Ken, and judging by his sudden movement, I was sure the guy did not see him until the last second. It was as funny as it was scary.

“Another one?”

Before I could ask anything else, I noticed the lights coming from the railroad crossing ahead of us.

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