Shadows of Desire
“Your café. Nine, ten, eleven. You watch for her over those hours. She’s been showing at ten-oh-seven more than once. If you see her, you text me the single word present. If she leaves, exit plus direction. If she meets anyone or uses the alley again, you add shadow. That’s all. No sentences. Your words are expensive now; spend less.”
I laughed, a small sound that eased the pressure in my chest. “The only time anyone has told me to write less.”
“It won’t be the last,” he said, turning back to the screens.
I felt Leo’s gaze on me again, warmer this time. “Cassie,” he said. My name held a memory I chose not to read too closely. “Thank you for the letter.”
Heat rose to my face before my brain c
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