Promise Cove (A Pelican Pointe Novel Book 1) (224 page)

D
e
s
p
i
te
the
ener
g
y
-
d
r
aining
s
e
x
,
N
ic
k
could
n
’
t
get
back
to
slee
p
.
J
ordan,
how
e
ve
r
,
s
noozed
peac
ef
u
l
l
y
b
e
s
ide
hi
m
.
A
fter
l
y
ing
a
wake
fo
r
the
better
pa
r
t
o
f
fo
r
t
y-fiv
e
minu
t
e
s
,
h
e
could
n
’
t
ta
k
e
i
t
a
n
y
lo
n
ge
r
.
H
e
de
c
ide
d
to
ge
t
up
an
d
ta
k
e
Q
uak
e
ou
t
s
id
e
to
pe
e.
A
s
quietly a
s
h
e
coul
d
h
e
slippe
d
out
o
f
be
d
an
d
into
h
i
s
bo
x
e
r
s
,
then
man
a
ge
d
to
ge
t
h
i
s
le
g
s
into
a
pai
r
o
f
s
wea
t
pan
t
s
on
e
-h
anded
.
W
hen
h
e
g
o
t
to
the
fo
o
t
o
f
the
bed
,
h
e
s
topped
to
s
c
oop up the
slee
p
i
ng
Q
uak
e
f
ro
m the
r
u
g
.
A
s
h
e
c
re
p
t out
into
the
ha
l
l
w
a
y
h
e
realize
d
a
wa
l
k
ou
t
s
id
e
woul
d
do
them
b
o
th
good
.
E
ve
n
i
f
i
t
w
a
s
t
w
o
-thi
r
t
y
i
n
the
mo
r
ni
ng
an
d
one
o
f
them
w
a
s
s
til
l
hal
f
aslee
p
.
T
h
e
do
g
looke
d
up
at
hi
m
through
blea
r
y
e
y
e
s
a
s
i
f
to
s
a
y
,
“
W
hat
the
he
l
l
did
I
e
ve
r
do
to
y
ou
?
I
w
a
s
dreami
ng
a
b
out
dig
g
i
ng
up
a
whole sle
w
o
f
bon
e
s
.
”

C
ar
r
y
i
n
g
the
do
g
,
he
did
h
i
s
b
e
st
not
t
o
make
a
s
ound as
he
opened
the
back
door
and
s
t
epped
out
in
t
o
the
c
r
i
sp
nigh
t
ai
r
.
The
s
t
a
r
s
t
w
inkled
down
at
him
as
he
made
h
i
s
w
a
y out
on
t
o
the
l
a
wn.
H
e
had
n
’t
bothered
w
ith
sho
e
s
and
the
l
a
wn
under
h
i
s
bare
feet
tickled
wet
w
ith
de
w
.
A
chill
shiv
ere
d
throug
h
hi
m
a
s
h
e
sa
t
Qu
ak
e
do
wn
t
o
pe
e
an
d
caugh
t
a movement
out
of
the
co
r
ner
of
h
i
s
e
y
e
.

A
shadowy silhouet
t
e s
t
ood near
the end of the
hou
s
e
a
bout
thi
r
t
y
y
ar
d
s
a
w
a
y
.

G
rea
t
,
though
t
N
ic
k
.
Sc
o
t
t
had
n
’
t
sho
wn
u
p
a
t
the
ceme
t
e
r
y
for
t
wo
d
a
ys
in
a
row
and
he
pic
k
s
now
t
o
put
in
an appearanc
e
.
N
ick
did
n
’t
fi
g
ure
it
w
as
a
c
o
in
c
idence
that
h
e
’
d just
cr
a
wled
out
of
J
or
d
a
n
’
s
bed,
eithe
r
.

B
ut
Q
uake
let
out
a
g
rowl.
A
s
N
ic
k
stepped
cl
o
s
er
and
g
o
t
a
better
look
at
the
f
i
g
ure
he
realized
it
did
n
’
t
wa
l
k
l
i
ke
Sc
o
t
t
.
A
nd
it
sure
a
s
he
l
l
w
a
s
t
o
o
b
i
g
fo
r
a
damned
r
ab
b
i
t
.
N
o
t
a
gh
o
s
t
,
n
o
t
a
r
ab
b
i
t
.
N
ic
k
k
new
the
minute
the
shadow
o
f
a
man
sp
o
tted
hi
m
.