Midnight Secrets (Midnight Dynasty Book 4) by CR Robertson

Author:CR Robertson [Robertson, CR]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2021-09-15T18:30:00+00:00

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Chapter Fourteen

Ash

I shouldn’t have sent for Lucrezia. It was stupid and selfish, but right now I was unravelling fast and needed an anchor to stabilise me. Her phone calls were the only thing keeping me sane right now.

The corruption in the Council went deeper every day, with Jordan wading through the shit in an attempt to find its source. Xavier had fallen head-over-heels with a woman he met in the Midnight Rooms, who was also a solicitor at the law firm dealing with our property transactions. I would normally have spoken to him about Dad, but he seemed unapproachable since he found Cassandra.

The only person who spoke to the real me was Lucrezia. Her voice soothed my nerves and her quirky text messages made me smile. I needed her right now because I was suffocating and she was the oxygen I needed to breathe.

My phone pinged with a message to tell me my jet was in the air and returning to England. The beast inside me clawed at my chest and demanded an escape. To stop myself from driving and waiting at the airport, I went to my gym and used the punching bag to burn off my excess energy.

Michael was marked for death and there was nothing I could do to save him. Every day the Grim Reaper stalked closer, ready to launch an attack and steal him from our family. He was a horrible human being with a streak of evil that he inherited directly from Dad, but he was my brother.

I wasn’t sure if I was punching Dad, Michael, or myself in the end. Pain burned from my chest in waves until my knees gave way and I collapsed on the floor. Today had been the last straw when I saw Mum’s face. He’d lost control and went further than he had before. Dad revelled in psychological torment. He knew exactly which buttons to press to hurt or destroy someone, but today he’d reverted to using his hands against a woman who’d stood by his side no matter what shit he pulled.

He’d gone too far, which resulted in me paying him a visit. It wouldn’t surprise me if I was the next one to appear on the Council’s official hit list. It was worth it just to remember the look on the sanctimonious asshole’s face when he was lying on his ass on the floor.

Fuck it, I should never have dragged Lucrezia into this. It was true that she was needed to organise some of the details for the show, but in a pinch I probably could have stepped in. I just didn’t want to anymore. Watching Xavier with Cassandra, I needed someone in my life right now. Selfishly, I wanted that person to be the woman who haunted my dreams.

We went to Krakow after we’d visited Lucas and took care of his problem. I tried to forget Lucrezia, but every time I’d tried to have sex with someone on that trip, my dick had gone on strike and refused to work.

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