Hunt Me (The Heed Me Novellas Book 3) by Elodie Colt

Author:Elodie Colt [Colt, Elodie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2018-07-18T16:00:00+00:00

The words leave his mouth at the same time the air leaves my lungs. I blink, repeating them in my head as Daniel’s concerned gaze rests on me. He looks as if he sits just short of bolting out of his seat to catch me, should I fall from my chair.

“How would you know?” I require in a low but steady voice.

“My men found her.”

“Where?”

“On my territory,” he concedes, dropping his head as if guilty.

“How?” His eyes dart up to mine, but he keeps silent. “Tell me.”

“It was an accident.”

I don’t miss him sidestepping my question, and I shoot out of my seat in a fury. “How?”

“She had an argument with your father and threatened him with a knife. It got out of control and—”

“He killed her,” I conclude, horrified.

“No.”

I scrutinize him, not trusting his words. My father never forgave my mother for leaving him. It drove him mad. I experienced his rage attacks firsthand. “Do you have proof?”

“Yes. We have an eyewitness, and there were no fingerprints of his on the knife.” My heart lodges in my throat as I picture my mother getting stabbed. “Leonara…” Daniel starts in a gentle voice, slowly rising from his chair so as not to scare me.

“I need air.” Pivoting on my heels, I storm out on autopilot. When I reach the entrance doors, Emilio steps in front of me, blocking my way.

I’m short of shouting at him to get out of my sight, but Daniel beats me to it. “It’s okay, let her go.” Then he adds in a lower voice, “But keep an eye on her.”

The night is warm and humid as I amble along the pool. I feel the guards watching me from a distance, but I don’t pay them any attention. I halt on the bridge connecting the pool with a round seating area that looks as if floating on top. A waterfall on the other side lets the surface ripple, reflecting the green and blue lights from below.

I’ve always been a loner, content with my solitude, but now that my mother is gone, I’ve never felt lonelier. I always wished I’d see her again, dreaming of impossible things like opening a gallery together with her or introducing her to my future husband. Deep inside, I knew it was just wishful thinking, yet the finality of it all shatters my heart.

I wonder what the fight with my father was about. Considering Sofia felt the need to defend herself with a knife, he must have cornered her until she had no other way out.

I see Daniel walk up to me in my peripheral vision. He halts beside me, hands in his pockets. For a few minutes, neither of us speaks as we listen to the waterfall’s soft swoosh and the nocturnal animals chirping.

“I’m sorry…” he whispers.

I don’t understand the guilt lacing his voice. “Why? It wasn’t your fault.”

“I’m sorry you had to learn it from me. And I’m sorry that you hurt.”

“Did she get a funeral?”

“Yes, I saw to it personally.

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