Bloody Kingdom: A Paranormal Romance (The Crimson Crown Book 1) by Kayleigh King

Author:Kayleigh King [King, Kayleigh]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2021-05-20T16:00:00+00:00

“They’ll be done in the next hour,” Della assures me as she finished squeezing yet another lemon. She’s making another batch of lemonade because the universe likes to find little ways to remind me of that night. “Or so they tell me.”

Popping the last bite of food in my mouth, I rise from the table. “Okay, I just want them to finish sooner while Ira is still having a good day. He won’t want to come down here and see if he starts to feel horrible again.” The nurse in me knows it’s only a matter of time before he’s back to spending his day sleeping the pain away.

“I’ll keep going out there to keep the pressure on them. If it helps, I’ll keep looking at my watch and sigh dramatically, so they’ll hurry,” Della promises me, a true smile on her face. Those are rare, but today’s an exciting day. She has a good reason to smile.

Ira’s roses are here, and they’re being planted as we speak.

“Sounds like a plan.” I laugh, tossing my plate into the dishwasher. “Holler when they’re done, I’ll go sit with Ira while we wait.”

Walking the halls back to the stairs, I take in the beautiful features of the house. Even after over a month of being here, the design of the house never ceases to amaze me. The original features mix perfectly with the modern updates and touches. No doubt whoever Silas paid to make the renovations was a talented individual.

Taking the curved staircase back upstairs, I pause at the top. The internal debate I have with myself each time I stand here starts up again. One direction will take me to the wing where Ira’s and my bedrooms are, the other will take me to Silas’s forbidden wing.

Biting my lip, I battle with myself as I stare down the hallway that is always so quiet. Devoid of any life or movement. I’m not convinced Silas even lives here, it’s so still down there. He’s gone till the wee hours of the morning doing hell knows what, and during the day, I have no idea where he is. Come to think of it, I’ve never seen him during the daytime hours. So that begs the question, is he even here during the day?

The need to find out drives me forward.

Halfway down the hallway, I expect an alarm system to start blaring and red lights to start flashing, but they never come. The only sound is the pounding of my blood rushing in my ears as my adrenaline spikes. This is a bad idea. I know this, but I don’t stop until I reach the doors that I know lead to Silas’s office.

My time in there my first night here is a total blur, I just remember it distinctly smelling of his cologne.

Creeping silently to the door, I press my ear to the wood and wait. Just like I expected, there is no movement, not even the slightest rustle of papers moving across a desk.

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