Ghost Ship's Dark Spell by Leigh Ann Edwards

Author:Leigh Ann Edwards
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Fiction, Romance
ISBN: 9781964703718
Publisher: Tule Publishing Group, LLC
Published: 2024-08-30T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twenty

Lorcan watched Fiona greet Rohese and Tamira, hating Jaycee for having this much control over everything. He’d insist Fiona accompany them tonight, then go on to Cal’s time period. Once Jaycee’s baby was born—well then they’d make some decisions about their future.

The gentle Fae woman hugged Fiona, then Rohese, who was beaming. Lorcan was happy for them—and a little envious.

He’d breathe easier when Fiona was safely in elven lands, even though he’d miss her like mad. It was true—LAMB didn’t have jurisdiction there. They wouldn’t start a conflict with either elves or Fae.

Wishing he could be almost anywhere else, Lorcan returned to Dalton’s office. Jaycee was still there but James Kavanaugh, the arse, was gone—thank God—as were Michael and Minerva.

Then the back entrance to the office opened and a woman about Dalton’s age joined them. Dressed to the nines, with silver-streaked reddish-blond hair, she looked enough like Jaycee for Lorcan to know this was Janet Clare, her ancestor who’d begun LAMB with Dalton during another era.

She eyed Lorcan closely and extended her hand. “I’m Janet Grady,” she said, in a Southern accent. “You may know me as Janet Clare.” Lorcan wasn’t keen on shaking it, for she emitted an off-putting vibe. When he did, he found it oddly cold. Dead cold. Like…a vampire?

No. Surely she was just suffering from poor circulation. She and Dalton were contemporaries and, while no one knew his age exactly, it was measured in centuries. Lorcan didn’t know why neither aged. Janet Clare was serpentine. They could live long lives, but not centuries. Dalton’s only other supernatural ability was seeing spirits. Why the partial immortality? Could he be a demigod?

Gossip said LAMB was into cryogenics, but if LAMB were guilty of all they were rumored to do, Lorcan was pretty damn sure he wouldn’t want to know. Or stay in their employ.

“I’ve heard much about you, Mr. Wright,” Janet Clare said. “May I call you Lorcan?”

“You can call me anything you like, just don’t call me late to dinner.” He aimed a tight smile at Jaycee. “And so long as you don’t try to govern every aspect of my life like your… What is she, great-great-great-granddaughter a few times removed?”

Janet Clare narrowed her wrinkled eyes to slits. “Sit down, Mr. Wright.”

She was so off-putting he was relieved when she chose the chair next to Jaycee, then stroked the younger woman’s belly.

Her thick makeup didn’t conceal the scales near her eyebrows and a few peeked out from beneath the fashionable scarf on her neck. She was serpentine, too, and more powerful than Jaycee, in both position and supernatural ability. Reptilians had once tried to overtake the human world and some believed they were still scheming to do so. Janet Clare would be a formidable foe.

“I do hope you are this child’s father, Mr. Wright. Since apparently you will sire no others.”

Jesus, she knew about the vasectomy? Kumar wouldn’t have told her, but it would be on his LAMB medical records.

“A grandchild of the late great Dark Lord Odhran would be magnificent,” Janet Clare said.

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