Unholy December
A deeper voice responding controlled, measured, familiar in a way that made her skin prickle.
She descended the stairs, Catherine trailing behind. The living room smelled like cinnamon and pine. Her father stood by the fireplace, gesturing enthusiastically. And beside him—
Oh.
Nelson Ward had aged like expensive whiskey sharp and intoxicating.
The dark hair was threaded with silver now, his face leaner, harder. He wore dark jeans and a charcoal sweater that emphasized broad shoulders and strong forearms. But it was his eyes that stopped her breath—piercing, ancient, haunted.
Those eyes found her on the stairs.
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