Hate

Her Shadow. . .
A short story in the HATE Anthology

#9 BESTSELLER, September 2006

     Lucky for Scarlet Bennett, Dalton Callahan has a sixth sense.
     Since she was a child, Dalton has been her shadow—standing behind her as a friend, confidant, and protector.
     In the pre-dawn of a muggy, summer morning, he arrives in time to pull Scarlet from a burning house, but is too late to stop the assailant who attacked the family—disfiguring Scarlet and murdering her parents.
    Scared into silence and unwilling to re-live the horrible experience, Scarlet is keeping her feelings inside, refusing to speak.
     Unless Dalton can get Scarlet—the one person who has always accepted him for who he is—to open up, he knows that the fear and terror slowly consuming her will eventually take over.
     When she finally tells her story, Dalton is shocked to learn that Scarlet’s trauma is the result of a mistake he’d never make again.

"The authors of this wonderful Anthology have the reader turning the pages. Filled with intrigue, murder, and mystery, these stories reflect the title accurately. I recommend this wonderful collection highly. Just make sure you have plenty of time to read it, because you will not be able to put it down."

-MaryReviewer, Coffee Time Romance