Dark Love: A Darker Shade - Book 2

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Zee's eyes grew huge with alarm and when she looked at the rear-view mirror, the car was nowhere in sight. It seemed to have disappeared into thin air. What she saw behind her was an approaching Peugeot.

It felt like she was reliving the last few minutes as the group of trailers that had made her stay behind the mysterious beetle, slowly approached. She did not realize that she had slowed down until she began to hear the impatient blare from the Peugeot behind her.

"Come on, step on it." She heard a man's voice yell from the vehicle but she was still too shocked by what had just happened to move any faster.

Buried in shock, she managed to keep driving until the trailers finished passing by her, and then the Peugeot fell into line beside her with the driver cursing out at her.

"Damn you!"

As he drove past her, Zee could not respond. She did not even bother to try because he was the least of her problems right now. At this point, shock at the familiar dark words was all she could think about and she could feel the cold hands of fear, gripping her and letting her know that disaster was in the air, for she was in deep trouble.

Zee was still driving at a slow pace until three cars that seemed to be moving in a convoy breezed past her.

The harsh breezy sound they made as they sped past her was enough to jolt her out of her state of shock. She took a glance at the time on her dashboard. It was hard to believe that fifteen minutes had already passed since the last time she had checked.

Zee took a deep breath and tried to calm herself from her fears driven by the ugly episode of the last dare's warning.

She would have words with that damn spiritualist. The old bat probably left important details out. She had thought that she was free from the game but from what had just happened, she was far from free.

Her mind drifted to Inara and she felt a pang of guilt stabbing at her stomach. Where the game was concerned, she had not been entirely truthful to her friend.

She had been selfish. To save her skin, she had gone behind her back and found a way to cheat the game, or so she thought she was doing. Nevertheless, it seemed like the act had only bought her some time while her friend was forced to dive headlong into the game. Luckily for Inara though, despite all she had suffered, everything had turned out well for her and she was entirely free of the game. And hers was just beginning.

A couple of cars sped past her and an approaching lorry blasted its horn, the sound, loud and piercing. The noisome sounds were enough to jolt her out of her gloomy thoughts a second time.

Zee cast her gaze on the time again and swore under her breath. Despite the disturbing event that had just played out, she had to be strong and focus on achieving her purpose for leaving the house. She was already late by an hour.

She stole a glance at the back seat of her truck to confirm that she had brought her proposal with her. It was a relief to see the small brown envelope lying back there. After coming out of her hangover, she had prepared and left the house in a rush. She remembered grabbing it from her bedside table but it was only human to check again and ensure that everything was in order.

Exerting pressure on the accelerator, she gathered speed and propelled the truck forward. She had to achieve her major goal for the day and see if she could use her creativity to good use.

Thinking outside the box was the only thing she seemed to be good at and she must make good use of it. It's not like she needed to work, anyway. Her parents made enough but if she didn't do anything with her life, boredom would kill her.