Page 74 of Beyond the Blue Horizon
A shiver rocked my body, and Theo suddenly stepped back, moving backward across the porch as he instructed, “Now go inside and get this little man warmed up by the fire.”
Flustered, I turned around and fumbled with the handle to let myself in. Basically running inside to flee whatever the heck had just happened between us.
But there was no escaping it.
Not when I set Finn on the floor in front of the fire so I could get him out of his snow clothes, but not before my phone buzzed in my pocket.
Hand shaking, I pulled it out to a message from Theo.
One-Star
Make no mistake, I’ll be thinking about all the ways I could warm you up later.
TWELVE
THEO
“License plate 7TXI924,”I growled into the phone as I went stalking down one of the sidewalks of The Sanctuary, eyes darting in every direction to make sure the area was clear.
I could hear the clack of Cash’s keyboard on the other end of the line.
Didn’t like the feel of that SUV that had come through the loop near the cabins.
I had a sixth sense about this shit. Could feel the vileness emanating from within.
We’d done our best to alter Alicia and Lucy’s appearances, but it wasn’t like her bastard husband wouldn’t recognize them if he showed up here.
My gut had told me to send them back to their cabin when they’d appeared outside. But fuck, how could I turn that sweet little girl away? Make her feel like she wasn’t welcome?
She’d been through so much horrible shit.
She deserved to live.
But now I was kicking myself for being so careless.
“It’s a rental,” Cash said as I rounded the building and stepped out into the main parking lot.
“Fuck,” I spat as I stalled out in the middle of it. Listening as I turned a full circle.
Peace echoed back.
“Rented out to a William Penn. Looks clear to me.”
It was nearly impossible for me to swallow that. “Dig up whatever you can on the guy.”
“On it. Think you’re in the clear, though.”
“Won’t take that chance until you tell me otherwise.”
“That’s why you’re in charge of them long term. You don’t let your guard down.”
“Think I might have, though. I let Lucy come out and play with Piper’s little boy.”
Too fucking lax and too fucking distracted.
Cash grunted like he had something he wanted to say about Piper before he decided against it, his voice twisting in encouragement. “Keeping them safe is our main priority, but you have to remember once we get them to their new home, they’re going to be out in public. We can’t keep them hidden forever.”
My chest tightened.
