Crown of Blood by Keary Taylor

Author:Keary Taylor
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Keary Taylor Book, INC

Chapter 13

Together, we walk back across the grounds, and through the doors into the ballroom.

Inside, I see a man, a look of focus on his face as he heads from the kitchen toward the bedrooms. But when he sees us, he does a double take, instantly stopping in his tracks.

“Well, hello, Logan,” he says dramatically. He saunters over, his eyes stripping me down.

“I’m a little taken,” I say with snark. “I’d be careful if you know what’s good for you.”

He smiles, as if undeterred. Elle laughs.

“Logan, this is Christian Kask,” she introduces the man. “And this isn’t really flirting. It’s just the Kask way.”

His smile grows even more flirtatious as he extends a hand for me to shake. “Pleased to make your acquaintance.”

I smirk at him, shaking my head, but take his hand.

He’s good looking. That’s for certain. But he’s a player, through and through.

“Trust me, there are too many reasons for me to not lay the real charm on,” he says with a smile.

“Oh?” I question, raising an eyebrow. “And what are those?”

He smirks, and I can totally see how he operates. That charming smile, those bedroom eyes…

“One,” he begins. “There’s the fact that you look so much like Liv. Don’t get me wrong, Liv is a beautiful woman, and I certainly would have banged her in the beginning.”

I fix him with a look, but he only smiles again.

“But she’s family, has been for a long time.” And now I see the genuine spark in his eyes. “And then, two: your husband had my father killed, pretty brutally, a long time ago.”

Bam.

Smack me in the face.

My blood chills and I feel my expression slacken.

“Don’t worry, doll face,” Christian says. “You didn’t do it.”

I don’t know what to say or how to react. But thankfully I’m saved when someone else walks into the ballroom.

“So this is the woman who put Mom and Dad into such a tizzy.”

The man looks terrifying. Honestly.

His hair is bleached blond-white, but his features are sharp, hawk-like. His eyes are dark. His lips set in a thin line. I’m pretty sure he could cut me clean through with his gaze.

But he smiles this…smile. Wicked and gleaming.

Mom and Dad…he certainly doesn’t look like he should be calling them that. He looks like he’s close to forty.

“If you have any issues with my presence, you can file an official complaint to Roter Himmel,” I say, straightening, fixing him with my own gaze.

The look in his eyes changes, and his smile does, too.

“It is a pleasure to finally meet you, my Queen,” he says, bowing deep before me. “I’ve heard so much about you.”

I stand straight, tall. Rising above and reminding myself of who I am.

“Wow, Smith,” Christian says. “Think you can grovel any deeper?”

Smith looks over to Christian, his eyes darkening. “She may be Alivia’s daughter. And she may look like she should be in high school. But I will not forget who she really is, mate. I don’t see the harm in showing respect to the Queen who rules over us all.

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