King of Spades (22 page)

Abra hissed again from her hiding place, this time louder and much more fierce.

Goose bumps prickled Annie’s skin and her nipples pebbled beneath her T-shirt.

“Too much wine, sugar,” she murmured as she pulled off her glasses that were now too fogged to see through. “This is why you don’t normally drink.”

Although hallucinating after only having two goblets of wine was mighty strange.

Lightning flashed in the picture again and Annie jumped. In the brief illumination she saw the magnolia bloom—only this time a man was holding it.

A man. In the picture. Looking directly at her.

He moved closer so that he filled the scene and she could hardly see anything around him. Wind tugged at his black hair and clothing which were soaked from the rain. He was dressed in an equally black shirt and pants, but he was too close for her to be able to see what he wore on his feet. His eyes were black, too. Dark and haunting.

The man held his free hand out to her, and she took an automatic step back.

“Come, Annie,” he said in a deep, husky voice that caused a thrill to zip from her belly to her pussy. “It is time.”

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