Starcrossed (Starcrossed 1)

Jerry decided to stay the night with Kate and bring her to her

house when she was discharged. The doctors told Kate she probably

shouldn?t drive for a few days, so Helen offered to take Kate?s

car and bring it over to her on Sunday. Kate thanked Helen for the

favor, but Helen had her own reasons for wanting Kate?s car. There

was one more detail she had to take care of before she headed

home.

She had just enough time to get scared as she drove across the island

on Milestone Road to the Delos compound in Siasconset. The

closer she got, the more she found herself shaking, but she had no

choice. She had to make sure Lucas kept his mouth shut about the

attack or she could get into s

erious trouble. She didn?t think he

would tell anyone. The Delos family worked very hard to appear

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normal when Helen knew they were anything but. No one of regular

human strength could have stopped Helen from strangling him

if she set her mind to it. Lucas was like her.

The thought made her stomach heave. How could she be anything

like someone she hated so desperately? First, she had to

make sure he never mentioned his involvement to the police, but

after that she was determined to hate him from as far a distance as

she could without falling into the ocean.

Helen had to concentrate to see through the fog. In the dim predawn

light, way the heck out on private property, she wasn?t sure

where the turn onto the long driveway started. She pulled the car

over and got out, heading on foot toward the sound of the ocean.

She had only seen this particular compound from the beach, and

she was trying to scour her memory for any landmark she could recognize

from the opposite direction. Then she heard a stumbling,