One (Angels of Wrath Book 1) by Paulina Ian-Kane

Author:Paulina Ian-Kane [Ian-Kane, Paulina]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Paulina Ian-Kane Books
Published: 2023-08-22T18:30:00+00:00

Chapter 11

MICHAEL

When I come out of the bathroom, finally presentable again, Raph is on the phone. It’s a work-related call, and I make my way downstairs alone to give him some privacy. Meg is coming out of the empty dining room when I arrive. Thank God everybody left, because Raph’s too-large shirt and my quite disheveled appearance scream ‘thoroughly fucked’ to the four winds. I’m still riding my afterglow train and facing his brothers again right now would ruin that. Although I’d love to chat more with Sari.

“Good, just the person I wanted to talk to.” Meg’s smiling, but there’s still a strange thread of uneasiness between us. “Come with me.”

We turn into a long corridor studded with doors. After stopping in front of the last one, she gestures for me to enter a nice room. It looks like an office. A huge, old wooden desk sits on the right. It has a Tiffany lamp on one side and some papers on the other—guess Meg is not a messy-bessy like me. My mind goes back to the morgue and the disaster I still need to organize.

My gaze snags on the big fireplace in front of me, flanked by two big windows. Through the white curtains, I can see part of the garden at the back of the property, which tells me this room is at the corner of the house. This place is so big, I can easily get lost.

Two small sofas face each other on the left, but Meg points to one of the two armchairs near the desk and sits on the other one. When I park my ass down, she asks if I’d like a drink, but I politely refuse.

“What do you want to talk about?” I know I can be direct with Meg; there’s no need to use a more diplomatic approach.

“You and Raphael.”

Maybe she isn’t as approving as I originally thought? “What about us?”

“When he said you were his boyfriend… you looked as surprised as we all were by his claim.”

“Yes, I was surprised since we never talked about what we are to each other beforehand.”

“Did it bother you?”

I suddenly feel like this is a psychiatric evaluation, more than a chat between friends.

“Of course it did. But I kind of like it as well.” I feel my cheeks heating.

“Do you know why he behaves the way he does?”

I narrow my eyes at her, feeling the uneasiness crawling under my skin.

“He told me… about his past,” I say, not feeling comfortable enough to talk about it without him present.

Meg nods. “That’s not the main reason why he acts differently than most people.”

“What do you mean?” I ask her, my shoulders tensing. A thought that has tried to infiltrate my head multiple times comes slithering back again.

“I think you know exactly what I mean,” Meg utters without giving me the possibility to not face the truth.

“He’s a psychopath, isn't he?”

Meg nods. “He’s what they call a good psychopath.”

“Good psychopaths are able to successfully integrate themselves into society, right?”

Meg seems surprised by my knowledge of the subject.

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