Restless Spirits, page 23
part #1 of Spirits Series
“Are a powerful combination we can’t achieve separately,” Vincent agreed. “As for Lizzie, let me explain things to her. I’m sure she’ll come around.”
“I’m prepared to grovel,” Henry assured him.
“That will help.” Vincent’s expression turned serious, his dark eyes gazing solemnly down at Henry. “The night on the tower, you could have left the phantom fence up. Stayed safe behind it. Instead, you risked everything to save me.”
“You’re the one who put me inside the fence and then went out to face the ghosts by yourself,” Henry countered. He swallowed thickly. “It was one of the bravest things I’ve ever seen anyone do.”
“Desperate, perhaps.”
“Brave,” Henry insisted. “Just as it took courage to come there in the first place, to guard Miss Devereaux from what you feared awaited. To remain even when I’d given you every cause to leave me to my fate.” He looked down at their joined fingers, a latticework of copper and ivory. “A man like you doesn’t come along every day. Even if you hadn’t agreed to go into business together, I would have wanted to find some way of-of remaining friends. Lovers, if you’ll have me.”
Vincent’s grin turned wicked. “Hmm...you’ve convinced me of the business part of your proposition. I think I still need persuading as to the rest.” He stepped back in the direction of the bedroom, drawing Henry after. “I think you’ll have to make your case again, at least once. Possibly more.”
Henry’s face felt as if it couldn’t contain his smile. “Don’t worry,” he said. “I’m willing to dedicate all night to the task.”
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Other books from Jordan L. Hawk:
Hainted
Whyborne & Griffin:
Widdershins
Threshold
Stormhaven
Necropolis
Bloodline
SPECTR
Hunter of Demons
Master of Ghouls
Reaper of Souls
Eater of Lives
Destroyer of Worlds
Summoner of Storms
Short stories:
Heart of the Dragon
After the Fall (in the Allegories of the Tarot anthology)
Eidolon (A Whyborne & Griffin short story)
Remnant, written with KJ Charles (A Whyborne & Griffin / Secret Casebook of Simon Feximal story)
Carousel (A Whyborne & Griffin short story) in the Another Place in Time anthology
About The Author
Jordan L. Hawk grew up in North Carolina and forgot to ever leave. Childhood tales of mountain ghosts and mysterious creatures gave her a life-long love of things that go bump in the night. When she isn’t writing, she brews her own beer and tries to keep her cats from destroying the house. Her best-selling Whyborne & Griffin series (beginning with Widdershins) can be found in print, ebook, and audiobook.
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Restless Spirits © 2015 Jordan L. Hawk
ISBN: 978-1-941230-10-7
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This book is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents are products of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual events or locales or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental.
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