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When he lowered himself — way too close to me, I might add — onto the leather cushions, he held it out to me. “That’s the report we compiled from the first investigation. Any evidence we found is in there. You can read through it whenever you get the chance.” “Uh-huh.” I swung my knees away from him as I opened the folder. The report was only about a page long, but as I scanned it I noticed that they had included the feelings that Brad had and when Adrian’s hair had been pulled as well as the concrete evidence. “Wow, you guys really were thorough.” “We want to give them as much information as we can,” he pointed out. “Now, we’ll be taking in some different team members this time, this way there will be some unbiased minds to investigate. They won’t know what we’ve already found. So you need to be careful not to mention anything in front of them.” “Seems easy enough.” I couldn’t really have a conversation with him while I was facing the opposite direction, so I slid my knees back around. Unfortunately, I moved a little too fast, and they knocked gently against his. Once again that electric shock rocketed up my thigh, and I couldn’t help but glance down to see if there were actual sparks scattering from where we’d made contact. My head told me to move away, but my body didn’t want to. I left our knees touching. Tucker’s cheeks looked a little flushed. “Okay. So, um, next, you’ll need to know that we still can’t talk to the Masons about too much, unless they have direct questions. That report was written in a way that was meant to comfort them, not make them more alarmed.” I glanced back down at the paper, trying to read it and get an idea of what he meant. But every nerve in my body was completely focused on the sensation of my leg touching his. I wanted to get closer. I shouldn’t. But I wanted to. He granted my wish without even hearing it. He leaned to point at something on the paper. The print was just gibberish to me by then; I was too aware of the way his shoulder was pressing against mine. More of those pleasant, hot sparks were cascading down into my hand and the rest of my torso. “See here, how we 77
wrote that Adrian felt a slight tug on her hair, rather than a pull?” His breath was warm against my cheek as he spoke. I think I heard that faint voice of reason in the back of my head warning me not to do what my body was urging me to, but I was past the point of logic. My body was alive with the tingle he was sending through me with just an accidental touch. I needed to know what it would be like to really touch him. Slowly, I turned my head to face him. My heart was raving in my chest as it pumped adrenaline through me. His dark eyes met mine, and I searched them for just a second, hoping for a green light. Then I let mine close, leaned in, and gently placed my lips against his. The touch was so soft, but instantly the delicious warm sensation started at my toes and spread the rest of the way up my body. At first, he didn’t react, but after a moment he pressed back into the kiss. One hand reached up and gently rested on my cheek. Even more of those wonderful hot sparks rained down through my face, my throat, and into my torso. Yesss. Triumph joined the rush of emotions as I opened my mouth a little. His hand moved from my cheek down onto the side of my neck, then wrapped around the back. I brought one of my own hands up to rest on his chest. Even though he wasn’t a big guy, his body felt warm and strong beneath my fingers. I wasn’t sure how long we were making out on his couch for, but it was starting to get really difficult to resist the urge to let my hand wander a little lower. Luckily, Tucker pulled back from the kiss, but just far enough so his lips were out of reach. Those bottomless brown eyes latched onto my gaze and held me there. My heart was still furiously pulsing away, but I took the moment to catch my breath. “Wow,” he breathed softly. A small laugh bubbled up from inside me. I was on such a high from his lips; my head actually felt clouded and fuzzy. “You said it, dude.” He leaned a little closer and rested his forehead against mine. “You know, I’ve been wanting to do that for weeks.” 78
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Acknowledgements I have been writin
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Part One vi
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“Well, I mean, I’ll probably ha
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also sleep with a night-light on; w
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in Bethany, Massachusetts, had been
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Richard went on to explain to us th
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He waved his hand at me. “Get out
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Wow. Chelsea Keller just used ghost
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the couch. “Your first ghost enco
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“I had a few questions.” I reac
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a ghost right next to me at any giv
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“That’s awesome! You’re check
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“Usually.” He reached inside th
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Chapter 3 There had been a time whe
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Page 37 and 38: “Get out. That’s awesome. I’m
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Page 43 and 44: Chapter Four I spent the following
Page 45 and 46: “Yeah, well, we’ll see.” I at
Page 47 and 48: “That was so thoughtful!” I was
Page 49 and 50: Susannah. As in, Tucker’s friend
Page 51 and 52: movie and bolted from the room. Tha
Page 53 and 54: Ethan popped a little black device
Page 55 and 56: grounding myself like we had outsid
Page 57 and 58: Susannah and Ethan spend a lot of t
Page 59 and 60: What? I whipped my flashlight up to
Page 61 and 62: enough light for me to be able to s
Page 63 and 64: My face immediately heated up like
Page 65 and 66: “It was, um ...” I fumbled for
Page 67 and 68: Chapter Six “First of all, let me
Page 69 and 70: ocker hair that was wondering if it
Page 71 and 72: “You mean I can’t just go flop
Page 73 and 74: shaped black couch in another, and
Page 75 and 76: could smell whatever Old-Spicey aft
Page 77 and 78: “Primal Fear. That was Edward Nor
Page 79 and 80: Shortly after We Came as Romans bla
Page 81 and 82: “Hey. Listen, I know we haven’t
Page 83: “Nope. It was pretty slow today.
Page 87 and 88: Tucker didn’t answer at first, an
Page 89 and 90: I considered this for a moment. Up
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Page 93 and 94: Susannah’s hand instantly covered
Page 95 and 96: “Yeah, you look like you’ve see
Page 97 and 98: The blood rushed to my cheeks and I
Page 99 and 100: He shrugged. “Yeah. I mean, it wa
Page 101 and 102: “Trouble,” Gunner said proudly,
Page 103 and 104: he was gone, closing the door behin
Page 105 and 106: “Oh. Good point.” I immediately
Page 107 and 108: I gave them a little bit of backgro
Page 109 and 110: touch the soft black comforter that
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Page 115 and 116: He placed one more kiss in my hair.
Page 117 and 118: Now that she had his attention, Tim
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Page 121 and 122: “What about Timmy? Has he seen a
Page 123 and 124: was in the same situation, I’d ha
Page 125 and 126: anything else out of him when he wa
Page 127 and 128: “Hmm. Let me help you find your w
Page 129 and 130: volunteer to set up one of the vide
Page 131 and 132: “Is there anyone in here with us?
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nervous with the out-of-it look on
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Chapter Twelve Richard’s house wa
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that isn’t human, the rules chang
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kind of traumatic event it was goin
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Instead of answering right away, he
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“Gunner!” I exclaimed. I had ne
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I couldn’t help but laugh. “No,
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“You’re sweet.” He stood up a
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Now that I had smudged the place, I
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“To make you feel better? I’m h
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Instead, it was his words that gave
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“Stop.” I was surprised by the
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Chapter Fourteen The next few times
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“Seriously? You had me drive all
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to him with Trouble earlier, we cou
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something to say and wasn’t afrai
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Still he didn’t stop. He kept thr
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Chapter Fifteen The next morning, I
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When I got out of work on Sunday, I
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I sank back into the chair and allo
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The breath shakily emptied from my
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“He was in front of your car. You
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Chapter Sixteen Later that night, I
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“What do you do to help someone i
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But that didn’t change Tucker’s
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“Before we call in a demonologist
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“I’m off work at six,” he ans
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exact same spot where we’d first
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anything. Go ahead, bring your exor
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strength. “I love you,” the spi
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“And Susannah, what about you? Do
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Chapter Eighteen Gunner and I went
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After we were all effectively geare
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had seized control of his body long
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No one in the whole room, aside fro
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“That’s a little cheesy,” I c
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