Owned by Nicole Edwards

Author:Nicole Edwards [Edwards, Nicole]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Nicole Edwards

TWENTY-THREE

TALON

It would’ve been easy to shirk my responsibilities and stay in bed with Braelyn for the rest of the afternoon. Too easy.

Unfortunately, I wasn’t the sort of man who could ignore pressing matters, so I forced myself out of her bed, kissed her gently, then padded naked out of her room, leaving her soft and warm in that rumpled bed while I took a detour to grab dry clothes before returning to my office to finalize a few details and confirm the fires had been put out.

I tied off loose ends with my Zafiro staff, reviewed and signed off on the seven Owners we’d welcome tomorrow morning, and listened to three voicemails from Trent Ramsey, who, growing increasingly angry with every message, demanded I returned his call, before venturing over to the Owners’ Retreat to check on the three new possessions we’d acquired.

“Any issues?” I asked Gideon and Memphis when I joined them in the resort’s intimate yet spacious dining room.

Both men had finished their dinners, their empty plates sitting in front of them, both nursing beers.

“All three have been catalogued and are put away for the evening,” Gideon explained.

“Plans for the week?” I inquired as I took a seat at their table, motioning for Auberon to bring me a beer.

Gideon was quick to walk me through the initial plans to integrate them into the training program, who was assigned to which trainer, and so forth.

“How’d the others do?” I asked. “Any disruption to their routine due to my request?”

A smile curved Gideon’s full lips. “Not at all. We run a tight ship, boss. All’s well.”

“It’s going to be a busy week.”

Memphis nodded. “That it is. Zion informed us he’s got three additional trainers coming in.”

“Yes. That should be enough. Just assign possessions to various tasks related to caring for the guests, and I think we’ll do fine.”

“It’ll help,” Gideon agreed. “I plan to have them manage the new possessions while we work with each Owner and their potential possession.”

“Twelve possibilities?” I asked. While an Owner was only permitted to acquire one possession at a time, they tended to entertain more than one during the selection process.

“Correct. Three I see as pretty much guaranteed,” he said after taking a pull on his beer. “Two of the Owners are returning for a second time, one of whom I don’t see making a final decision this go around, either.”

I knew exactly who he was referring to and I agreed. It wasn’t rare for Owners to be discriminating. After all, they paid a pretty penny to acquire the perfect possession.

“I might be overstepping,” Memphis prefaced, “but is there any word on what Ransom’s role will be here?”

I leaned back, took a drink. “I want him to take his time adapting. I figure it’ll be a month or two before he finds his footing. Ultimately, I’d like him to take on the role as chief operations officer.”

Memphis was the one who seemed surprised, but I knew that was because he was well-versed in the world of executive management.

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