Total pages in book: 115
Estimated words: 109695 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 548(@200wpm)___ 439(@250wpm)___ 366(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 109695 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 548(@200wpm)___ 439(@250wpm)___ 366(@300wpm)
My brows shot up. “How do you know? There were explosions. It could have everything to do with it.”
His jaw tightened, and his gaze hardened. “It doesn’t. It’s in the past. It’s over.”
I studied him, seeing the way his whole body had tensed up. That had been a bad time in his life. I let out a breath and softened my voice. “You knew I was here to touch things. If you didn’t want me to touch it, you should have said something.”
Swallowing, he shook his head. “I came in as soon as I remembered it, but you already had it in your hand. I just reacted.” He absently rubbed the rock with his thumb, like it was something he’d done many times before. Realizing what he was doing, he hastily set it back on his dresser. “Look, let’s just forget it, okay?”
“It could be important.” I wasn’t trying to be a jerk, but I got my visions for a reason.
His mouth pulled into a frown, and he shook his head again as if fighting back strong emotions.
I softened my voice. “I saw a battle. It looked like you were in the middle of a war zone. There was an explosion, and guns were shooting, with bullets flying everywhere. You were helping someone—dragging them to safety—”
“Stop.” Stone tensed, the muscles in his arms tightening. “You don’t need to tell me the rest.”
I paused. “You were a soldier?”
“Yeah.” He glanced away. “The… rock was kind of a… good luck charm.”
“Oh.”
He shook his head. “But I’m sure it has nothing to do with what’s happening now.”
I raised a brow. “But what if it does? Where were you when this happened? It looked like the Middle East. I’m guessing you were in the army?”
He took a deep breath. “It happened a long time ago.”
“Sure. But at least tell me what happened to the other soldier. It looked like you were trying to help him.”
He closed his eyes and rubbed the bridge of his nose.
Unsure if he would tell me, I pushed a little harder. “You were dragging him toward a gated compound. The soldier looked pretty bad. I lost what happened after that because you pulled me out of the vision. I know you made it out, but… what about the other guy? Did he make it?”
Shaking his head, Stone let out a sigh. “I was in the service for six years. My specialty was security—kind of what I do now.” He swallowed and rubbed the back of his neck. “I was good at what I did, but that doesn’t matter when all your intel is wrong.” He swallowed, a haunted look in his eyes. “Everything went tits-up— it went all wrong, and a lot of good guys died.”
Stone dropped his arm and met my gaze. “So, to answer your question—no, he didn’t make it.” Glancing away, he let out a long breath. “I got out as soon as my time was up.”
I raised my brows. “I see.” It didn’t take a psychic to know it bothered him. A lot. He could probably use some counseling. Still, even knowing that, I couldn’t shake the feeling that this was linked to his current predicament. “So, you’re sure your service there isn’t related to what’s going on now?”
His steely-eyed gaze met mine. “Positive.”
Rubbing my forehead, I licked my lips. “Okay. But I think you might be making a mistake.”
“I’m not. Unless you saw something else?”
“No.” I closed my eyes. “It’s just a feeling I have that it’s related. That’s all.”
“Well, I have a feeling that it’s not.” He huffed and took a calming breath. “You’ve been wrong before, but I’ll try to keep an open mind.” He glanced around the room. “Is that your ‘vision-quota’ for the day, or was there something else you wanted to touch?”
I followed his gaze to the bed.
A smile twisted his lips. “How about my pillow or the comforter? You might get something from that.”
Naturally, he was goading me. Probably payback for pushing him so hard on the rock. I opened my mouth to tell him no, but the smirk on his face sent me over the edge. With a show of bravado, I reached down and grabbed his pillow.
“Sure. Let’s see what other secrets you’re hiding.” I closed my eyes, ready to make up an embarrassing story, but my vision went dark.
Chapter 13
Stone
Serenity froze and her eyes glazed over.
Oh, shit. I hadn’t expected her to actually see something. Was she seeing me with one of my exes? I cringed. That would be the worst. I opened my mouth to interrupt her, but that hadn’t gone so well last time, so I bit my lip instead. Closing my eyes, I prayed to God that whatever she saw was the clue we needed, and not me with another woman. I shook my head. What was I thinking?