by Faith Gibson
When Lucy finally decided to have Lucius’s equipment removed from their home, they discovered another secret door. It opened into a long, underground tunnel that came out by the lake. That explained how Lucius was able to move the bodies into the house without being detected. With Jonas’s help, Lucy determined the DNA she’d been studying hadn’t been that of Gargoyles, but humans with special abilities, such as those in the lab.
Maveryck had found a letter from Vera addressed to Lucy among the notes. The woman who raised Lucy had secrets of her own, and instead of taking them to her grave, she explained them to Lucy in the letter. One day, Vera walked past the door to Lucius’s office just as he was stepping out of the secret passageway. Vera’s weekly garden club meeting had been canceled when the president had fallen ill. Lucius didn’t realize she’d come home early, but instead of asking him about the secret room, Vera waited until Lucius had flown out of town for a seminar. What she found made her sick.
She went on to tell Lucy how she’d been a nurse the first few years of their marriage. When Harlow asked the Balls to raise Lucy, Vera quit her job to stay home full-time. She never regretted her decision. What she did regret was the fact that Lucius had been a monster, and she had to make sure his influence over Lucy didn’t carry on any further than it already had. Knowing a little about certain medications and how they reacted together, Vera mixed several into Lucius’s coffee every morning with him none the wiser. It took almost two years, but by the time Lucius realized something was wrong, the damage had been done.
Vera left the letter in the secret room. If Lucy never found the room and what type of male the man who raised her had been, she could go on with her life believing the best about him and Vera. If she happened upon the atrocities, Vera wanted Lucy to have the whole truth. Vera’s last words were those of a desolate woman begging Lucy to forgive her.
Almost a year later, Lucy was still coming to terms with the truth, but most days, she didn’t show it. Their lives were filled with helping the Hounds deal with the Ministry accompanied by their duties as King and Queen. Now, they had their daughter to look forward to in a few months. Tamian spent every day doing his best to keep a smile on his mate’s face. Like the one she wore when Desi took the stage. All the bad was forgotten as Lucy jumped up and down, screaming along with the crowd as her favorite rocker brought his music to life. All in all, their lives were perfect, and he could only see them getting better.
Coming Soon
Waging War
The Hounds of Zeus Book 1
Deacon
Stone Society Book 12
Finding Home
The Music Within Book 4
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About the Author
Multi-genre author Faith Gibson began writing in high school, and through the years, penned many stories and poems. As her dreams continued getting crazier than the one before, she decided to keep a dream journal. Many of these nighttime escapades have led to a line, a chapter, or even a complete story.
“Love is love, and there’s not enough love in the world.” This belief she holds strongly, and it's the prevailing theme in her works, all of which come with a happy ending.
Faith believes her purpose in life is to entertain the masses, even if it’s one person at a time. Living just outside of Nashville, Tennessee, with the love of her life, when she’s not hard at work writing her next adventure, the two of them can often be found playing trivia while enjoying craft beer or off on an adventure of their own.
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Other Works by Faith Gibson
The Stone Society Series
Rafael
Gregor
Dante
Frey
Nikolas
Jasper
Sixx
Sin
Jonas – A Stone Society Novella
Julian
Urijah
Dane – A Stone Society Novella
The Music Within Series
Deliver Me
Release Me
Finding Me
Tap Dancing with the Devil – Standalone MF Suspense
The Samuel Dexter Books
The Ghost in the Mirror
The Ghost in the Water
The Ghost in the Desert – Prequel Short Story
The Guardians of Truth – YA Fantasy
(writing as Andi Copeland)
Oracle
Seeker
