Kasey
watched him silently. She had to move. She had
three
weeks and then was homeless. It made everything
she’d
said last night seem even more of a reality to her. Here
he sat
in this house, sipping coffee, not looking a bit
disturbed
by the fact he’d gotten someone to pay her off
quietly
so she would find somewhere else to live.
Kasey
sat back and looked over at him again. “Make sure
you
bill me accordingly for your time.” She would not fall
apart
in front of him. She let out a hushed breath.
His
angry eyes met hers. “I didn’t do... it... for... the...
money,”
he said, pausing on each word.
Kasey
lifted her chin higher. “That’s fine, but I’m sure it
took
time away from more important things you had to do.”
She
crossed her arms and sat back, wishing she could melt
into
the chair.
Dade
hissed out a loud breath and sat back. “Well, I
don’t
know about the rest of you, but I’ve about had all the
light
brunch conversation I can stand.”
Several
heads nodded in agreement.
Kasey
stood up. “Why don’t all of you go relax on the
terrace,
and I’ll clear this up.” She began picking up dishes
and
stacking them.
“Enough!”
Chris bellowed as his closed fist slammed on
the
table hard enough that the dishes rattled.
Kasey
turned and glared at him, her hands on her hips.
“Oh, I
don’t think so!” she spat.
Chris
shoved his chair back and stood.
She
flashed a hand out at him, and an unseen force sent
him
flying back into his chair and sent it sliding back three
feet.
“Don’t!” she practically growled.
Chris
flicked a hand, and all the dishes from his end of
the
table went crashing onto the floor.
Everyone
scrambled back from the table as he slowly
stood
again. “Do. Not. Slap. Me. Back. Again,” he grit out
in a
low voice.
Dade
ran around the side of the table and stood beside
him,
his hands out to his sides. Chris didn’t even turn to
look
at him. “Stay out of it.”
Dade
lifted his hands and backed up a few feet.
Kasey’s
chest was heaving with ragged breaths. “At least
I slap
at you with something tangible instead of taking
cheap
shots with words, Christopher Larkin!” Her fists were
clenched
at her sides. She opened them, and the table shook
with a
force she’d never used before. The dishes lifted up,
and
then they dropped down hard enough several shattered.
Kasey
watched the glass and china scatter everywhere and
then
looked back at Chris. “Take that out of the payoff
money
you’ve swindled for me!” With that she ran out of
the
room.
Chris
stood there feeling every bit as angry as she had
looked.
He wanted everyone to go away and leave them
alone.
He started to step towards her and then stopped and
clenched
his hands at his sides. His knuckles were white.
Leena
went to go after Kasey and smacked up against an
invisible
wall. She felt her hand over it for a second, then
turned
and looked at everyone in the room.
“Someone
tell me what the fuck just happened!” Dade
bellowed.
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Kasey is a woman that
exudes energy and brightness; she is as equally passionate when angry as she is
when she’s happy. The energy she carries from life comes through in all her
magical workings with spells and stones, giving them great magical strength.
She is a dreamer and often wishes she could re-write her own story so that she
was charming and sophisticated enough to be with a certain wealthy male lawyer
she wants more than anything else.
Chris is a force of
strength and experience that is carefully hidden behind the easy mannerism he
has adapted so carefully. There is
nothing he cannot do where magic is concerned and he has tried all manner of
things, whether right or wrong. His
fortune has left him wanting for nothing else in life, except the one thing
money can’t buy him, the woman he feels too unclean to approach.
Separated by two
different life styles yet their passion and magic ignite sparks hotter than the
Solstice heat.
Can they work out a way
to be together as they try to stop a killer from striking again?
Available in several formats at: CLASS ACT BOOKS
Jacqueline Paige
Step into a world of magic and passions. . .
All Things Paranormal
http://j-risk.webs.com/
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