Page 87 of Midnight Obsession
He hesitated for a moment, and she knew the answer to the question wasn’t something he spoke of with outsiders.
I’m not an outsider.
Right. Okay, like, the Marshall cousins are all werewolves.
She might have thought he was joking, but she knew from his thoughts that it was true.
I’ll fit right in.He made a dismissive sound.In fact, I used to feel jealous of their powers. Wait till they see what I’ve got.
She laughed, liking the sound and the new sense of freedom enveloping her. They had gone through hell in the past few days, but they had come out together, and she knew the future would be glorious.
“Something else we have to take care of,” he said aloud.
She caught the thought in his mind.
“Your aunt. She hired Gabe to find out what happened to Travis.” She paused for a moment. “Does she give any credence to the paranormal? Would she believe...” She lifted one shoulder. “That you were dead, but you found me and held on, and then Gabe gave you a body again?”
“She’d probably think I was trying to get out of admitting failure at not saving him.”
The scene when Gabe interviewed the feisty old woman made her shake her head. But she wasn’t going to give up on the idea. “What if you told her something that Gabe Bowman couldn’t possibly know?”
“That might work.”
“Is the guy who rented Jake the boat going to remember him?”
“I don’t think so.”
“It’s gonna be hard to explain how it ended up in pieces at Smith’s estate.”
“Maybe one of the others will have some ideas about that.”
“Or it’s gonna be the St. Stephens mystery of the century.”
They talked for a few more minutes, warm and cozy in bed. But they were both too tired to keep their eyes open. As Olivia drifted off, she found Gabe’s hand again, secure in the knowledge that he would be there when she woke beside him.
