Fractured Destiny by M.R. Staxx

Author:M.R. Staxx [Staxx, M.R.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2023-10-30T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Nineteen

Another mate? I don’t know what the hell is going on here, but you have exactly ten minutes to grab your shit and get the fuck out. No one assaults my employees without repercussions. You’re lucky he’s still alive, otherwise you’d already be dead.”

So, this was Madame Pauline. My eyes widened at the realization of what Lysander had just said about Rhiannon, but I pushed past him to speak to the establishment owner.

“I apologize for the disruption and will pay for all your employee’s medical expenses and pay double the fee agreed to for his services. I never intended for this to happen.” I pitched my voice so she could hear my sincerity. I mean, I’d just wanted a good lay and then the dragon had to show up and throw this mate shit around. And what the fuck was this about Rhiannon?

Lysander followed behind me, standing so close that his heat blanketed my bare body, making me shiver for reasons other than the room’s coolness. I stood a few feet from Madame Pauline and waited in silence as she studied me.

“What is your name?”

“I am Donyale, Captain of the Miscreant.” Even though I was naked and almost a foot shorter than her, I straightened to my full height as I shared my name and title.

“Rhodes’s daughter.”

Shock ripped through me at the mention of my mother. “You know my mother?” I spoke in a whisper of a sound, but she heard me clearly.

“You look like her—your features, I mean. Though your coloring is more like Poseidon. But yes, I know her. She and I were good friends once, a long time ago. There aren’t many I don’t know in this world.” Her gaze softened slightly as she said this.

There was a long pause where no one broke the silence.

She came to some conclusion and gave me a brief nod. “It looks like you have things to work through with these two. You will pay double the fee for the injuries sustained by my employee and triple the normal fee for the room and services rendered. If you agree, then you may stay the rest of the night. Again, you are lucky he was still alive when I arrived. Otherwise, none of you would have left this establishment intact. I don’t take kindly to anyone abusing my employees.” Her eyes hardened and flicked to Lysander, who stood so close behind me that I felt the fabric of his clothes grazing my backside.

“Agreed.” Voice shaking in trepidation at what would happen next, I nodded.

Her eyes landed on my face again. “Come see me before you leave. There is something that I’ve been holding on to that belongs to you.”

Confused, I nodded my head once in agreement.

Satisfied, she glanced sternly once more at Lysander and then Rhiannon, who had somehow found a robe to wrap around herself during the confrontation with Madame Pauline. She departed with a soft click of the door, leaving me with what was now two mates to contend with.

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