Code Violation (RECLAIMED HEARTS #4) by Elle Keaton EPUB & PDF – eBook Details Online
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- Authors: Elle Keaton
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- Genre: contemporary romance
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Raven – Thursday Morning
Fluttering gracelessly from one precarious mossy limb to the next, Raven
followed the Walking Man. Earlier, she’d been on watch when he’d
emerged from the hidden lair, much like a bear after awakening from
hibernation. After sniffing the air around himself like a predator, he’d
nodded, reached back inside to grab a bag, slung it over his shoulder, and
began his walk.
Raven’s larger wings made flying in the thick stands of trees
bothersome. But she was intent on keeping the nasty human in her sights.
The time was now. There would be no more hiding. No more secret graves.
No more secret deaths. Not in Raven’s woods.
A breeze left over by the windstorm gusted through the deep
undergrowth, strong enough to make the emerging fronds of the sword and
lady ferns nod back and forth as if they too accepted the decision. They
were resolute. It had been agreed upon. Things had been set in motion.
Monsters took many forms, too many to imagine them all. Some
monsters took no effort to identify and were easy to steer clear of. Others
appeared harmless at first, second, even third glances. Those were the most
appalling ones.
As if life in the forest here wasn’t complicated enough already.
Things couldn’t stop now. The actors had been called upon to play their
part. Everyone was finally in place. Where they needed to be.
Even so, Raven stayed vigilant, making sure the process didn’t grind to
a halt. Again. Far too often, humans could not be trusted to stick to the plan,
to not be distracted by shiny objects, no matter how important their part
was.
This secret was not theirs to keep.
The man continued walking, following a lesser-known trail that had
been in use by forest dwellers far longer than Raven’s memory.
Occasionally, he checked back over his shoulder, but he didn’t see Raven
over his head. He thought he’d outsmarted everyone, including Raven.
This arrogance would be his downfall.
Eventually the monster came to a man-made trail and began following
it. The path was a wide, violent slash of a thing that burrowed through the
trees and shrubs with no regard for what had been there before people
arrived. It didn’t belong. The forest tried to reclaim it but the humans
returned year after year, removing barriers and treefall, equally determined
to keep it open for their use.
As she flew, Raven heard the sparkling, laughing creek that ran
alongside the path. Many winters, it flooded its banks, rising high enough to
wash the trail away. But, again, the humans always returned and put it back
once the waters subsided.
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