Here's an excerpt from the new book. I'm trying out the new title as well. Enjoy!
Nick circled the block in the borrowed car then parked
the next street over. The scent of fire wafted through the air; he was back in
California and it seemed something was always burning. It had been a long time
since he felt this kind of fear and excitement. He watched and listened, all of
his senses heightened by the adrenaline pumping through his veins. He had to
stay calm and focused; his son’s life depended on it. Whatever demand Angel made
he would do it. All that mattered was seeing his son back safely in Kathy’s
arms. He knocked on the door He took a deep breath and tried to steady his nerves
before he knocked on the door.
“Come in,” a
muffled voice yelled from behind the door.
His breath left him when he saw her in front of the
window. Her skin glowed and light danced on her hair. Bathed in the soft glow
of sunset she looked like an angel, and in that instant she was his Angel, then
and forever.
His anger turned inward and all he wanted to do was touch
her, to feel the flesh, to hear her sighs. He realized he was hers and a piece
of him always would be. He had never stopped craving her, any more than he
would a line of coke or a shot of Jack Daniels. Each woman he loved carried a
piece of him with her; only death could break that bond. Angel was a painful
part of his past and had no place in his future. He wondered if you ever stopped
loving someone you once loved.
Angel’s breath caught in her throat. At long last the man
she loved stood before her, but the look of hatred in his eyes was for her. She
scanned the room quickly for a way out, or a weapon if she needed it. Deep down
she knew she’d never be able to hurt him anymore than she already had. What
could be more painful than killing his wife and stealing his child? Yet somehow
her fate was worse, never having held or seen her child before it was taken
away. How long did she have to wait to feel her daughter in her arms? She
inched her way towards the hallway. This was all a horrible mistake. His dark
angry eyes never left her for a moment. She’d forgotten how lethal he was, like
a cat - quick, silent, deadly. His silence was what terrified her most.
“She’s not dead.” In a heartbeat Nick closed the distance
between them. “You bitch, I can’t believe you did this to me!” he screamed.
Angel backed into the wall; the broken pictures sent
shards of glass falling around her feet. To see her again was like opening an
old wound; the pain leaked from him like the blood of his victims; it covered
him, engulfed him until he thought he’d drown in its depths. His sins had been
cast upon his son.
