Lines Cat Novels & Stories

"Annie! Annie Carter! Wake up! You, the boy next to her—give her a nudge." Someone gently nudged my elbow, pulling me out of the endless darkness. The blurry scene in front of me slowly cleared. I turned my head and saw Wade's face, and my heart skipped a beat. "For question sixteen, the answer's C," Wade whispered, covering his mouth. I ignored the answer and just stared straight at Wade, reaching out to touch his face. It was warm.

"The bloodline." "You smelled it the moment she crossed the line." "She's human." "She's *carrying* it." Elias turned. Same gray eyes. Same bone structure. Separated by thirty years and a devotion to purity Kael had never shared. "The Holt woman has the marker." "The same as 1893." "The same as your mother." --- Kael's hands found his pockets. The same habit as the library steps. Hiding the curl of his fingers. The need to hold something.

“Odds on Key One are vicious. Everyone thinks she’ll go the distance. All twelve. Clean run.” “She won’t make it past me,” I growl. My voice is steel twisted around bone. “I’ll ruin her before the second key’s even fucking warm.” Elliot barks a laugh, sharp and obscene. “You better. Because if she survives the lineup? If she actually makes it through every Key and walks out with the payout?” He whistles low. “That’s eight figures, Cross. Real money. Even for us.”

How she missed her! A rumble inside the lighthouse makes Kitty stir. Pulling the keys out of the sedan, she climbs behind the wheel of the SUV, retracts the chain, throwing it to the floor. The knife is placed on the seat next to him. He adjusts the chair to fit his height and tries the pedal with his foot. Nothing, it will do ... Turns the key in the ignition ...

I said as he looked at me oddly. “No, Kai, you’re so much better,” he said, and I was at a loss for words. “Please don’t be a hero tonight. Promise me, Dad,” I said to him. “I trust you, Kai,” he said, and walked towards the door. “Come on, you can’t be late.” Carter drove while Falcon and I sat in the back as we made our way towards the cathedral in town. Residents lined the streets and the noise was almost deafening. Twenty Zetas had cleared a space in front of the cathedral where the SUV could park.