Midnight Hunter by Brianna Hale

Author:Brianna Hale [Hale, Brianna]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2018-02-06T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Seventeen

Evony

“Did you take your pill?”

Reinhardt asks this as soon as I enter the kitchen. Frau Fischer has her back turned toward us and is stirring something on the stove, but I notice her ears prick up.

“Good morning, Evony, did you sleep well, Evony,” I mutter while helping myself to coffee from the pot.

He waits, watching me narrowly. I feel safe with the housekeeper in the room and merely take an ostentatious sip from my cup. If he’s so interested in me not getting pregnant then I feel safe from him in that way, too, for at least a week. Maybe longer if I can pretend I’m not taking the pills.

He slaps his paper down and rounds on me, his face a snarl. “Listen to me. I gave you those pills for a reason and I’m not in the mood to play silly games. Now, did you take your pill?”

I’m startled by how quickly he’s erupted into a burning temper. I give him a look that I hope conveys how detestable I find the idea of both him and the possibility of his children, and say, “Yes. Of course I did.”

Somewhat mollified, his shoulders unclench and he speaks in a softer tone of voice. “And will you take them as per the instructions and inform me when you need more?”

“Yes,” I mutter.

“What was that?”

I match his volume from a moment ago and shout, “Yes, Herr Oberstleutnant!”

Reinhardt straightens the belt on his already perfectly straight uniform jacket, his expression seething. Why couldn’t he have just asked when we were alone? Why does he have to make such a drama out of it? I stare him down, thinking with pleasure about the plan I’ve concocted to spy on him, right under his very nose. Let him see the defiance in my face. I know I should try harder to pretend I’m going along with this man’s wishes but I can’t.

Reaching for his cap he pulls it down onto his head. “I’ll be downstairs by the car and will expect you there at zero eight hundred and five hours. Don’t keep me waiting.” He storms out, his polished boots flashing in the morning light.

I sit down and notice Frau Fischer watching me, her eyebrows raised. I give a half shrug, as if I don’t know what has got into the Oberstleutnant this morning either.

At exactly five past eight—or as he puts it in his punctilious military manner, zero eight hundred and five hours—I close the front door and sweep past Reinhardt with a sunny smile, relishing how good it feels to provoke him. He narrows his eyes at me as Hans opens my door but doesn’t say anything. When he’s in a temper with me he doesn’t try to kiss me or give me little presents so I only wish it would last longer.

After lunch I type up an important letter incorrectly three times and Lenore banishes me to the filing room. I didn’t even mess it up on purpose. Lately I’ve given

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