The hair on the back of her neck stood on end.
She palmed her weapon, scanned the gloomy cemetery.
Someone was watching her. She visually searched the tree line of the woods that backed up to the cemetery.
Let that son of a bitch come. She would blow his damned head off. She was definitely in the mood.
Her cell vibrated.
Circling cautiously to ensure no one sneaked up on her as she made her way back to the SUV, she gripped the weapon with both hands, ready to shoot anything that moved.
By the time she reached the SUV, she’d broken a sweat despite the cool temp.
Moving more quickly now, she checked the interior of the SUV, climbed in, and pressed the lock button. She started the vehicle, took one last look around, and pulled back out onto the road.
A glance in the rearview mirror confirmed that no one was behind her. Her hand landed on the gearshift to move into drive.
She stalled.
Slowly, her mind spinning, she pushed the gearshift back into park. The words written in the road film on the rear windshield blistered across her brain, automatically reversing their order from what her eyes saw in the mirror.
Adeline drew her weapon and shoved the door open. She stormed to the back of the SUV, scanning the street ... the woods ... the cemetery as she went.
She stared at the words, fury exploding inside her.
Are you ready, princess?
Son of abitch!
She stepped away from the vehicle, both hands on the weapon, ready to fire if she caught sight of the bastard.
“Who the hell are you?” she screamed as she turned all the way around.
The wind shifted the moss in the trees.
“Show yourself!”
She clenched her jaw against a glimmer of fear, stomped toward the cemetery entrance. “Afraid this princess will kick your ass?”
The furious words echoed around her, shattering the silence.
Dammit!
How the hell had he gotten that close?
Ready to tear through those woods after the bastard, she grabbed back some semblance of control. There was stupid and then there wasstupid. Going after him alone would bestupid.
She marched back to the driver’s side door and climbed behind the wheel. Shifted into drive and spun away.
Her cell vibrated again, snapping her out of the raging thoughts of decapitating the bastard. She took a breath and checked her cell. Wyatt.
Damn. He was going to be pissed.
Before she could call him back her cell vibrated. She hit the accept button and struggled for calm. “Cooper.”
“Where in the hell are you?”
Don’t tell him yet. He would hunt her down and bring her in. There was one more thing she needed to do.