"Shadow Game" - читать интересную книгу автора (Feehan Christine)

the project immediately if he thought she was attracted to his subject. "I just
saw him. He's got these shoulders on him and he lookedЕ" She couldn't say "hot"
to Rosa. She fanned herself instead of coming up with words.
"Oooh, he's sexy. A real man then."
Lily burst out laughing. Rosa always helped to rid her of demons. "My father
wouldn't be too happy hearing you say that."
"Your father wouldn't see a woman if she had a perfect figure and stood naked in
front of him. He'd only notice if she could speak in seven languages at the same
time." Rosa pushed a plate of vegetables and dip into Lily's hands.
"The picture is too awful to contemplate," Lily said as she slipped to the
floor. "I've got to spend some time tonight studying." Lily blew Rosa a kiss as
she skirted around her toward the door. "This new project I'm working on is
giving me a few problems. Dad just dumped it in my lap with hardly any data and
it isn't making sense." She sighed. "I really needed to talk to him tonight."
"Tell me about it, Lily, maybe I can help you."
Lily snagged an apple as she passed the fruit bowl and added it to her plate.
"You know I can't do that, Rosa, and you'd just roll your eyes and tell me it's
all so silly anyway. This is a project for the Donovans Corporation."
Rosa did roll her eyes, "All that secrecy. Your father is like a little boy
playing secret agent games and now he has you doing it, too."
Lily couldn't help smiling. "I wish it was secret agent stuff. It's all paper
and lab work, nothing exciting at all." With a little wave she went on down the
wide spacious hall, not looking at the huge open rooms. The library was her
favorite sanctuary and she headed right for it. She preferred working there to
her own office. John Brimslow would have left her briefcase on the desk for her,
knowing right where she would go.
"Because I'm so darned predictable," she muttered aloud. "Just once I'd like to
shake everybody up."
The fireplace was already lit, thanks to John, and the room was warm and
comforting. Lily flung herself into the deep-cushioned armchair, ignoring her
briefcase containing her laptop and the work she'd brought home with her. If she
had the energy she would have turned on music, but she was bone weary. She
couldn't remember the last time she had willingly, without apprehension, gone to
sleep at night. In her sleep, all her natural protections came tumbling down,
leaving her vulnerable and open to attack. Normally, because the house had such
thick walls, she felt safe in her home. Lately, thoughЕ
Lily sighed and allowed her lashes to drift down. She was so tired. Little
catnaps during the day and during work hours weren't cutting it. She felt as if
she could sleep for weeks.
Lily! Almost at once she heard the water, the sound loud and persistent. Lily
jerked upright and looked around, blinking to bring the room into focus.
She had no anchor, nothing to hold her to her world, but the safety of her home.
She was in familiar territory and she hoped that would help. Whatever was
lurking outside, riding the waves of energy to find her, was insisting she reach
for it. Lily took a deep breath and resolutely opened her mind, allowing all her
protective walls to come down so she could embrace the flow of information.
Waves rolling and pounding. It was loud. So loud she pressed her hands over her
ears while she forcibly turned down the volume. She smelled the salt-water.
There were warehouses, unfocused, as if her vision were blurry. The stench of
fish was strong. She had no idea where she was. But the warehouses were growing