Virgil Flowers Novels In Order Novels & Stories

The flame only grew taller. Her frustration—her shame—triggered memory like a reflex. Suddenly, she was there again. The jungle heat clung to her skin. The Sombra estate at fourteen. The pavilion is open to the thick, suffocating air—the cloying scent of champaca and ylang-ylang. Not floral. Not sweet. Funereal. Rotting. Odesa kneeling beside her—perfect posture, unblinking. Hiraya is trembling, trying to hide it.

She felt assured and proceeded to take his hand to admit her faults. "Mr. Cadell, I was just worried about Mrs. Cadell doing something to Liam. That’s why I…" Lucas recoiled away from her touch. It all happened so fast that she could not respond. She clutched her hands forward in a desperate attempt and ended up tearing the paper bag Lucas held in hand apart. Thump! A USB drive and a divorce certificate hit the ground.