Begin Where We Are by Knightley Diana

Author:Knightley, Diana
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2018-10-07T16:00:00+00:00

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I guess it could be called sleeping. It was a lot more like passing out. I had checked the whole room, every surface, every drawer I could access. It had been a fast scrabble and I had been squinting, opening my eyes just barely. Peering around then slamming them shut again. The light made it feel like my retinas were burning.

I couldn’t find anything. Nothing for a weapon. The door was locked. The bathroom was bare. A toilet in bidet style. A small hand towel that looked used. The thought made me gag. He had touched it? His stinking filthy raping hands had been on this towel?

Then I collapsed until something woke me. I forced my eyes open to the same blaring terrible painful light. Lady Mairead’s voice coming through the walls, “—Do you know who that is?”

A man’s voice, probably Donnan’s, “Of course I know who it is — she told me when she was begging me to let her go last night.“ His chuckle sent chills up my spine.

“This is a very dangerous game you’re playing. Let me take her away. I’ll take her to Florida, leave her, return with the vessel. Then you’ll have them all and I’ll be rid of her again.”

“Certainly not.” His voice had an air of joviality to it. “Mairead, what would you have me do? Return a gift? She was sent to me too perfect to refuse. I think Magnus will be better controlled if faced with the woman from his past.”

“I don’t even think he misses her. I think you’re mistaken on this.”

“Doesn’t matter if he wants her or not, he won’t want me to have her. He won’t like how I’ve cut her pretty face. And I need him to be ready to fight. My brother, Samuel, has decided to kill him in the arena. Samuel is very lethal. He has never lost a battle.”

“You should let Magnus heal first—”

“Don’t tell me my business, Mairead. I will not stand for more interference. You mean to advise me? I am the king, how dare you — and what are you?”

His question was met with silence.

“Exactly. You are only Magnus’s mother, nothing more. I let you live here because you fill my coffers.”

“He will kill you.”

“He is imprisoned. He kills who I tell him to kill. My enemies lie dead at his feet. He kneels at mine. If Magnus dies, I’ll make the man who killed him kneel, and I will mourn for Magnus only for the amount of time it takes for that to happen.”

“So she will stay here in your rooms during your Gala?”

“Oh no Mairead, she will join me. Magnus will be there with his mistress. Samuel will be there, hoping to kill him. Would you like to be there, Mairead, to watch the fun?”

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