Page 149 of Hyde and Seek

I disconnected and dialed again.

“Detective Oscar,” she answered after a few rings.

“Hello, this is Piper Skye.”

“Miss Skye, what can I do for you?”

“I got another email.” Though I tried to fake strength, the fear once again seeped into my voice.

“I’ll be right over. Your door locked?”

“Yes.”

“I’m on my way. I’ll announce myself when I get there, okay?”

After ending the call, I began to pace the room but stayed away from the big window. The way it let so much sun in had been one of the main reasons I bought this house.

At that moment, though, I hated it.

Leaning against a wall, I took some deep breaths in an attempt to calm down.

I knew I failed when the knock sounded and I nearly jumped out of my skin.

*******

After we got home that night from Voodoo, I took care of my bathroom stuff and got ready to go to sleep. I crawled up Jake in bed and snuggled my face into his neck.

“Jake?”

“Hmm?” he rumbled, his hands rubbing my back.

“What did the emails say?”

“Shit about how hot you are and how beautiful your smile is. Since the flowers have been comin’ more and they haven’t been able to track down from where, Detective Oscar and my dad think it might be connected.”

“What about the email tracking on my computer?”

“The locations are pinging from all over. Either there’s more than one person or they’ve got some serious tech skills. Until we figure it out, you’ve gotta be careful, yeah?”

I nodded as a shiver ran through me. Not wanting to think about it, I moved on to another subject I was curious about. “So, about Rhys—”

“Not my place to say.”

“Please?”

“Sweets, I don’t think Rhys even wants you to know. Ray shouldn’t have said anythin’.”

“But she did. And now I want to know. I don’t want to ask him, that’d be awkward. But you know I will,” I threatened, even though I totally wouldn’t. Not unless I was drunk, at least. “Is he… you know?”

“He’s in charge. Of Rye, but also of all areas of his life. I might like to fuck bossy, but Rhys takes it to a whole other level.”

“I never would’ve guessed that.”

“Everybody has their own kink.”

“What’s yours?” I dragged the tip of my tongue along his stubbled jaw.

“Corruptin’ and teachin’ my woman all the waysIlike control while makin’ her mine.”

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