Princess of Passion (The Calegaris Book 4) by Caprice Langden

Author:Caprice Langden [Langden, Caprice]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Thorned Heart Press
Published: 2022-01-24T16:00:00+00:00

“SHE SEEMS BETTER,” Fabian said as I returned to my office with a full plate of food. I lied to Lilly. I was starving, but I couldn’t stay with her to participate in a conversation I didn’t want to have.

“Keep an eye on her. I’m sure this momentary peacefulness is just because she’s hungry.”

“I’ll have Jared continue monitoring her.” He started typing into his phone while I sat behind my desk and shoved a good size bite of the quickly made omelet chef had prepared for me into my mouth.

“They should be at the house soon,” he added as he took a seat across from me.

I had three men on their way to the safe house to get Darion. We had maintained radio silence with him as a precaution, but we should have heard something from them by now.

“Are his travel arrangements made?”

“Everything’s secure. He has a passport and a plane ticket. They’ll go straight from the house to the airport.”

Darion wasn’t a complete idiot, but he also wasn’t cut out for this line of work. “Are you sure he’s left? He’s not in Connecticut anymore?”

“Intel said he’s gone. He never went back to Calegari, just like you told him.”

“Okay. I want to know the minute they–”

Fabian’s phone buzzed. “Speak of the devil.” He swiped right. “Go. Yeah? You’re sure? How long? Stay close. Don’t go anywhere yet. I’ll call you back.”

Fuck, that didn’t sound good.

“He’s not there,” Fabian said. “The place hasn’t been touched. Darion never showed up.”

“Tell them to wait. Not there, though. Have them stay in town until I tell them to leave. They can drive over every hour and see if he’s there.”

If things had gone to plan, Darion should have arrived at the house yesterday. I sat back in my chair, hoping I didn’t have to call my big sister and tell her that her only son wasn’t coming home—ever. If he hadn’t been so insistent on joining my team, he’d be safe at home or in a college dorm where he belonged.

Instead, he was tending bar, playing limo driver to the Calegaris, and getting himself into more trouble than I imagined a dumb kid like him could.

By midmorning, I was concerned enough to break the protocol we had established. The men had been to the house twice and there was still no sign of my nephew. I called Darion’s burner cell, and he didn’t answer.

“Give him four more hours. If he doesn’t show up at the house, get Will on the line.”

“Yes, sir.” Fabian answered with his usual lack of emotion.

“Don’t we have cameras there?” I struggled to believe that the house hadn’t made it to the modern era with the rest of my gadgetry.

“No. Part of the idea of it being a safe house. Safe from all prying eyes.”

He looked at me as if he were expecting more, but for the time being, I had nothing for him. But he knew me, and he knew...there was always more.

“Keep tabs on Lilly. Let me know the second you hear anything about Darion and.

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