Backwater Bait (DEEP, DARK SWAMP #2) by Ever Lilac EPUB & PDF – eBook Details Online
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- Authors: Ever Lilac
- Language: English
- Genre: contemporary romance
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The bayou’s my sanctuary, a place where the wild embraces me in its primal
arms. I prefer it this way—just me, the trees, and the whisper of the water
moving through the reeds. My life is simple. Solitary. The bayou’s secrets
are my own, and its silence, my only companion.
Tonight, the air is thick with humidity, clinging to my skin and every breath
feels like labor. The moon hangs high and full, casting a bright sheen over
the landscape, illuminating the water’s surface like a mirror. I wander along
the bayou’s edge, my senses attuned to every sound and shadow. This place
is alive.
But something is slightly different this time. The pulse is quicker and more
frantic and it makes me pulse with it. As I move through the dense
underbrush, I notice a silhouette in the distance. Immediately seduced, I
stop, my heart suddenly pounding in my chest. There, in the middle of the
bayou is a young woman, her naked skin glowing in the night. She moves
with a grace that seems almost supernatural, her long hair trailing like dark
silk over her shoulders.
The water laps at her curves, and a dangerous hunger flares in me.
I’m captivated, unable to look away. I’ve never seen her before and I have
no idea what she’s doing out here in the middle of nowhere, all by herself.
My mind races with questions, but all I know for certain is that I have to get
closer. Driven by an urge I don’t fully understand, I take a step forward, my
movements careful and deliberate, to avoid startling her.
The water is cool as I slip in, silent like a predator stalking its prey. She
continues to bathe, blissfully unaware of my presence, and I’m drawn to her
like a magnet. As I close the distance between us, my heart pounds harder,
louder. She turns her head slightly, and for a fleeting moment, our eyes
meet. Her dark eyes widen and there’s something in her gaze—innocence,
mystery, a calling I can’t resist.
I dive, reaching out to catch her, to yank her to me and introduce my body
to hers. But she’s quick, slipping through my grasp like sand. I feel her
fingers brush against mine for a heartbeat, then she’s gone, vanishing into
the night. I resurface, gasping for breath, bewildered and desperate.
I scan the murky waters, but she’s nowhere to be seen. My chest tightens
with a longing so deep it feels like a physical ache. I call out, my voice
echoing across the bayou, but only silence answers me. She’s gone, as if she
were never there, and I’m left standing alone in the moonlit water, my heart
still racing, my mind still haunted by her.
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