Long Shadows David Baldacci Novels & Stories

The doctor nods in agreement, assuring David that the matter will remain confidential. The afternoon sun cast long shadows across the lavish clubhouse as both Terry and Jay are struggling to break the door. It is becoming difficult for Blackwood to keep them occupied inside. He is waiting for his master’s command, hoping that he won’t be recognizable. David Nashville, a man of hidden intentions, calls his loyal guard, asking him to release his children, Terry and Jay. The matter has been settled, and with the doctor's departure, David see no reason to keep his sons locked inside any longer. Blackwood silently follows the instructions, his stoic demeanor betraying no hint of his thoughts, as

Fuck. Something runs past me hiding in the shadows of the woods. I stop in my tracks, scared of death. I can almost hear my heartbeat. My blood is raging in my veins. "Show yourself," I yell angrily. I hear a low growl and see strange eyes focused on me for a second. I scream and fall to the ground. "Alice! Alice! Alice!" The voices have gotten closer. Something is definitely following me in the woods. I stand to my feet hurriedly. My cloth and shoes have mud stains on them. "Fuck," I grunt. The midnight bell rings from afar in the village. What a hell of a way to start my eighteenth-year birthday. I hear the growling clearly as it draws closer to me. My hands are shaking as I grab the dagge

The aristocratic nose, chiseled jaws, perfectly carved eyebrows, and sensual thin red lips were devoured by the darkness surrounding the room – highlighting the predatory gleam of his eyes. “Such a tiny thing can kill an angel without blinking,” Damon muttered as he stood at the end of the bed. With one move, he was now sitting at the corner of her bed. Her head which was revealed by her enormous wings gave him a peek of her sleeping face. One of his hands withdrew from his aristocratic posture, stretching towards the sleeping form. His hand reached towards her neck but was stopped midway by the cloak of darkness that her body emitted. “Shadow arts, I see. So that is the reason why the holy

What was underneath it was something I didn't have a quick word for — guilty and defensive and something softer than both of those, something that looked almost like relief that we had arrived here. "You had me followed," she said. "Alexander's people have been watching David's contacts. You're one of them." She put the glass down on the counter. "Of course he is. Because no one in this city gets to have their own life without Alexander Thorne keeping records of it." "Vivian." I stood up. "Stop deflecting and tell me. Are you working with David?" She looked at me across the apartment. The distance between the couch and the kitchen counter felt enormous.

" I choked out, clutching the manuscript against my chest as I backed away until my spine hit the cold stone wall. ​Gabriel smiled—a slow, terrifying curve of his lips as he stepped into the dim beam of light. ​"I told you before, little bird," Gabriel whispered, reaching out to take the corner of the parchment from my trembling hands. "There is nowhere in this town where my shadow can not reach."

I’ll handle it in the morning. I take my glass, with bottle of wine. I walk through the house, turning off the lights, making sure everything is locked up. Then, I head back upstairs to my bedroom and N*****x, feeling full and satisfied. I put the wine down with the glass, on the bedside table. I refresh the tv and press play. I curl up in the bed with a comfy blanket. Honestly, it’s moments like this that I do begin to miss New York. There’s no noise of the city, no friends like “Marcy” coming over to my house late night at eleven pm cause she was out have drinks and wants to crash. Owen getting pissed off cause he has to be awake for work in the morning. If that didn’t happen, he would get

Turning on his heel, he walked away from her, hurrying toward his private office located at the back of the establishment. Seven finally let out the long, shaky breath she had been holding, her shoulders sagging slightly. Carlos was the absolute manager of this high-end bar, but his authority extended far beyond inventory and alcohol. SN THIRST, like dozens of other lucrative businesses and properties scattered across the metropolitan area, belonged entirely to Master Dark. It was a front, a beautiful, heavily secured goldmine designed to launder money and gather intelligence, run exclusively by the shadow organization’s loyal sycophants.

It was quiet for a few minutes and he finally said, “Tilly and I have absolutely no secrets. People like you and me … we can’t be with just anyone. It’s either one night stands, fake short term relationships or nothing. You don’t just find a Tilly on every corner. A woman that will accept you, that if you are totally honest with her … won’t be afraid of you. I never had someone to … to help me. To direct me, and it damn near killed me. I wouldn’t wish it on anyone. I call it my dark shadow … it’s a part of me, but it’s a part of me I can mostly keep hidden, that I can control.

It’s a shadow I can’t escape, no matter how fast I walk, no matter how far I go. And as I walk down the sidewalk, I feel the undeniable weight of something dark pressing against me. The kind of dark that doesn’t just disappear. It lingers. Watches. Waits. And I know, with a certainty I can't shake, that whatever this is—whatever has started—it’s only just begun. Alessandro's POV

“Miss, I am Diana, the Manager here, I will take you to your friend and we can go from there.” “Thank you Diana, I don’t mean to be any trouble and thank you, I just hope she is okay.” Diana and Lucy rushed to the room. Diana used her Master Key to unlock the door and the scene before them was disturbing to say the least. There were several young girls sprawled across the floor, clearly high on something or severely drunk. Diana immediately called the police. Lucy searched frantically for Alisson and when she found her, her heart broke into pieces. Alisson was in the bathtub almost submerged in water. Her wrist was slit. Lucy screamed and rushed to find something to stop the bleeding.