Page 46 of Dark Visions

He couldn’t refuse her. Taking her mouth, he devoured her next words. Lifting her easily, he wrapped her legs around his waist and drove hard. He felt her tighten around him, the clenching of her sweet walls squeezing him. Kane suppressed the growl that wanted to surface and plunged deeper until he felt her quiver around him. When he knew she was spent, he finished his own release.

Washing the passion from their bodies, they dressed quickly. Aislinn braided her long wet hair and stepped from the bathroom first. Her shaky legs were starting to feel better.

Adam, Flip, and Spook were shocked at the paleness of Aislinn’s skin. Her eyes seemed too large for her face, her skin almost translucent, devoid of color.

“Are you okay?” asked Adam, touching her forearm. He closed his eyes. Heartbeat steady, solid, pulse good, respirations slightly elevated, everything functioning normally.

“I think you know the answer to that,” she said, smiling.

“Sorry, it’s what I do,” he grinned.

“It’s okay. You could be handy to have around,” she grinned.

“What was that, Aislinn?” asked Spook.

“I wish I knew, Van. I’ve been having dreams like that my whole life. They happen when I touch someone. But up until now, it’s only been evil dreams. People who are committing heinous crimes.”

“Up until now?” he questioned.

“When I met Kane, things started to change. I used to get debilitating headaches afterwards. I wouldn’t be able to function, let alone speak to you. Now, I have a slight twinge of a headache, but for the most part, I’m completely fine. I also started having nice dreams, not just those bathed in blood.”

“Jesus, Aislinn! I felt the evil in the room. I literally thought someone or something was in the room with us,” he said.

“I know. It seems somehow, we are all connected. We don’t understand it fully yet, but you all have the ability to somehow feel what I’m feeling but on varying levels. Each of us has our gifts,” she said, looking at Kane, Adam, and Flip. “What is your gift, Van?”

“Pffft, my gift?” he said, dismissing her question. “I don’t have a gift, Aislinn.”

“Yes, you do,” she said quietly. “I can feel it and so can you. It’s why you felt the presence of the evil in my nightmare. You have a gift. It’s okay if you don’t want to share it with us, but it’s there, and sooner or later, we will need to know what it is.”

Kane raised an eyebrow at Adam, who looked at Flip.

“Breakfast is ready,” he said calmly. “Pancakes and sausage.”

They ate quietly at the bar, no one saying anything to the other. They knew that Aislinn was right. Spook possessed a gift, something that no one else knew about, but he would have to admit it to himself and the others if they were going to figure out what was happening.

“I have a tracer on Deborah’s phone. I can let you know where she is at any time, day or night, but that’s all I’m doing,” said Spook, standing.

He couldn’t be here. He couldn’t experience what he felt again last night. He’d never told anyone about the way his brain worked, his body. He trusted Kane, Adam, and Flip, and in some ways, he trusted Aislinn as well. He just wasn’t ready.

“Thanks, brother,” said Kane, reaching for his hand.

“Please don’t leave,” said Aislinn, rising quietly. “I need you to be here.”

He looked down at the pretty woman standing by his friend. She had the biggest eyes he’d ever seen, pleading for him to stay.

“I can’t do this, Aislinn,” he whispered.

“I won’t say anything else about it. I promise. Just please don’t leave right now.”

He looked down at her face again and then back up at his friends.

“Alright. I’ll stay here until we catch the woman.” Without warning, Aislinn hugged his waist, pressing her face against his chest. So shocked by the act he nearly passed out.

“Okay, okay, stop hugging my friends, or I’ll have to kidnap you to a remote location,” said Kane, smiling down at Aislinn.

She tilted her head to the side, staring up at Spook, who shifted uncomfortably from one foot to the other. He was very handsome, but there was something he was hiding from everyone, and she wanted to know what. Like the others, she was connected to Spook.

“It will be nearly impossible to find her now and catch her in the act,” said Flip.

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