Something To Hide: A Lynley Novel Novels & Stories

" Alicia began to loosen the embrace of her best friend's body and looked at Lylyan with a probing gaze. Lylyan could only look down to avoid Alicia's gaze" Lylyan's attitude, which seemed to not dare to look at her, made Alicia believe that Lylyan was hiding something from her. "Lylyan...? What's wrong? What are you hiding? Why do you look so sad and dare not look at me? What's wrong Ly?" Alicia asked as she moved Lylyan's body a little further away and looked back at her suspiciously. Lylyan shook her head noiselessly, but her cries were getting heavier, Lylyan's tears even falling on the floor of the hospital.

so he could finish the job? I looked around the room, desperate for a weapon. I found a small knife on the tray and quickly hid it behind a stack of books on the shelf. It wasn't much, but it was something. A few hours later, Anna returned with a stack of clean clothes. “Give me the knife, Lyra,” she said calmly. I froze. “What knife?” She sighed. “The one you hid behind the books. I’m watching the cameras, honey. Don’t make this harder than it has to be.”

One slip would ruin me. Not when suspicions were already rising. Not when Darius Blackthorn was casting his shadow so close next to mine. "You all right?" Darius asked as he breezed in and sat beside me. "Yeah..." I hissed as he rubbed the ointment on my wound. "Good. Now about the whole couple thing..."He let the sentence hang, and I squirmed in bed. The Hide That Binds Gossip swirled around me like that second skin which, once added to a body, could never be

Ethan flicked his eyes toward me for a split second before answering. “From Vivian Lee, Sir.” The air shifted. I watched Lorenzo freeze in place, his expression going completely blank. His eyes darkened, but he didn’t say a word. Before I could even process that name, the nauseating smell had once again crept up my nose even through my covered hand. I couldn’t help but let out a gagging sound, clutching my stomach as if it was being turned inside out. I couldn’t take it anymore. The scent was making me sick.

“Let me see it.” No ticking. No wires. Just a plain box sealed with tape. Alex opened it carefully on the counter while Alicia pulled Aiden closer instinctively. Inside was a single photo album. Nothing else. Alicia frowned slightly and lifted it out. Old leather cover. No title. She opened the first page slowly. And froze. Photos. Hundreds of them. Not Harbor. Not politicians. Her. Alex. Aiden. The first picture showed newborn Aiden asleep on Alex’s chest years ago in that tiny apartment Alicia had hidden in after running away.

I let Rend surface just enough to make my eyes glow, and the scent of my aggression reach across the street. He paled and remained frozen. I wanted him to know that I would kill him for the asking, given half the chance. For once, he did the smart thing and ran. I laughed and walked into the gate, locking it behind me and rounding the house to the back door that was closest to the kitchen. I went inside with the elk and found Vera in the kitchen with Yvonne, who was helping Cleo get things off the shelf, likely to pretend to help with dinner.

But my blood carried a price, and ever since the twins turned three, I could barely keep what they were hidden from the world. I turned slightly to watch Leo and Snow. Some mornings, I still caught myself staring at them like they were a mistake the universe might correct—too much goodness landed in the hands of someone who had nothing. But they were mine. Every stubborn, brilliant, dangerous inch of them. And I would burn this entire forest down before I let anyone take them from me. “Careful, Leo, don’t knock over the…” I paused as the air completely died around the cabin. The warmth from the stone hearth didn’t just fade. It was snuffed out. Frost crept across the windowpanes, turning the

I murmured as I remembered her telling me she had a godfather. “By the way, can you believe this Lexus guy?” Lily snorted as she picked up another object on the shelf and examined it. I considered telling her what I heard, but I thought it would be better to keep it to myself. If I am the only one who knows, maybe Lexus won’t find out I bought the shares. As I thought about it, I stopped messing with the stuff in the box and pulled my phone out of my pocket.

With evidence in her possession, Lady Seraphina knew she had to act swiftly to protect Isabella and the royal family from further harm. Quietly, she gathered the incriminating letters, carefully concealing them in a hidden compartment within her gown. She knew she couldn't confront Lady Elizabeth directly, as it would risk exposing her knowledge and put Isabella in even greater danger. Instead, she decided to make her way to the safety of Myriad, where Isabella and Alexander were hiding with the King.

“And I will discover it.” “What makes you think I am hiding anything?” Landry demands. He has to know what gave them away, so he can hide it better. It will not do for anyone else to discover Bernice’s secret. “It is your manner,” the traitor Alpha sneers. He is sweating in fear, squirming in his bindings, eyes nervously looking from Bernice to Landry. “You are secretive, not explaining yourself. I knew there was something, and so did my love–I mean, my spy!”