Mystically Bound (Frostbite, Book Three)
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Another sudden squeak of the door had my heart once again leaping up into my throat. My flashlight was aimed at the door in 2.2 seconds and the door slowly creaked open.
“We’re all packed.” Gretchen covered her eyes, shielding herself from my flashlight aimed on her face. “Do you mind? I can’t see.”
With another sigh of relief, I lowered the beam of my light to her thighs. I really couldn’t take many more of these surprises without dropping dead.
More than ready to get the heck out of this old spine-chilling barn, I put a little fire in my steps, but Kipp’s icy fingers on my arm stopped me. Dane and Amelia strode toward Gretchen at the doorway with Alexander in tow, and I whispered to him, “What?”
He frowned. “I didn’t finish my thought earlier.”
With a roll of my eyes, I turned my back to the others and bent, pretending to fix my shoelaces and giving him the chance to continue, “The question has to be asked if Wayde thought Nettie became trapped in the Netherworld…”
My cell phone rang, causing me to jump a foot off the ground, and Kipp gave a disgruntled sigh. When my heart didn’t explode out of my chest, I laughed shakily to shed the fear engulfing me. “God, I’m on edge.” I raised a finger and whispered, “Hold that thought.”
Kipp crossed his arms, a frown marring his face.
Reaching into my pocket, I took out my phone, and looked down at the call display. I glanced over my shoulder at Dane, who stood at the doorway with Alexander, Amelia, and Gretchen. “It’s Max. I need to get this.” Then I raised the phone to my ear. “Hi, Max.”
“Get out of that house now!”
At his urgent tone, I scanned the dark barn with my flashlight, since suddenly it seemed darker and all I could hear was things crawling about, bat wings fluttering…scary things around me. “Pardon?”
“We’ve zeroed in on a suspect.”
I looked at the faces around me and while I suspected it wasn’t Dane or Amelia, in this moment, I experienced a second of terror that maybe I’d been entirely wrong. I forced the whisper out of my tight throat. “Who?”
“Wayde.”
I blew out a very long breath, releasing the images of Dane suddenly turning on me and killing everyone here except the ones he wanted to live. “No, that’s impossible. Wayde’s the one who made me bind the promise to help him. It doesn’t make sense. Why do you think he’s responsible?”
“Because Wayde Hagen is, in fact, dead.”
Stay tuned for Tess and Kipp’s final adventure in…
ETERNALLY DEVOTED
Frostbite, Book Four
Coming March 2013
Author Biography
Stacey Kennedy’s novels are lighthearted fantasy with heart-squeezing, thigh-clenching romance, and even give a good chuckle every now and again. But within the stories, you’ll also find fast-paced action, life-threatening moments, and a big bad villain who needs to be destroyed. She lives in Southwestern Ontario with her husband and two children. If she’s not plugging away at a new story—which is rare because her muse is annoying—you’ll find her camping, curling up with the latest flick, or obsessing over Sons of Anarchy, Games of Thrones, Supernatural and Dexter.
Stacey welcomes comments from readers. You can find her at www.staceykennedy.com.
Table of Contents
Chapter One
Chapter Two
Chapter Three
Chapter Four
Chapter Five
Chapter Six
Chapter Seven
Chapter Eight
Chapter Nine
Chapter Ten
Chapter Eleven
Chapter Twelve
Chapter Thirteen
Chapter Fourteen
Chapter Fifteen
Chapter Sixteen
Chapter Seventeen
Chapter Eighteen
Chapter Nineteen
Chapter Twenty
Chapter Twenty-One
Chapter Twenty Two
Chapter Twenty Three