Spellbound-Legend by Claudy Conn

Author:Claudy Conn [Conn, Claudy]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2011-10-13T06:00:00+00:00

~ Fifteen ~

MARY NEWTON’S THIN but firm young arms were overladen with a stack of legal files. She balanced them and opened the glass doors whose lettering identified the offices of Moore and Associates, Ltd. Dumping them on her paper-strewn desk, she took a moment to smooth her form-fitting gray suit jacket over her trim figure. She pulled at her skirt and inspected it for wrinkles. Satisfied, she began stacking her files into a semblance of order.

She was the ‘new girl on the block’, the youngest of Shamon Moore’s team of lawyers, and she always took on more work than was necessary. At first, it was so Shamon Moore would notice her. However, he seemed to do so from the very first day. It wasn’t long before she thought Mr. Moore was casting admiring eyes at her for quite another purpose. That was fine—whatever it took was what she would do to get ahead. She loved her work and believed she was fully qualified in what she thought of as the art of business law.

Shamon was the founder, the head of the firm, and a brilliant magistrate. He had on more than one occasion displayed an affection of sorts towards her. He took the time out to walk her through some of her more difficult cases, and she learned to appreciate his skill. When Mary suddenly realized that he saw her in the role of daughter, she’d immediately switched tactics.

She investigated the history of Moore and Associates and read how over the years Shamon Moore had brought to the law offices he had established many valued, high-end accounts. His unexplained absences were accepted as part of his eccentricities. As of late, however he was scarcely available even by cell phone.

Mary did not quite understand this but was told that his genius was that he didn’t have to be available to his office staff because he handled his major accounts himself. She shrugged it off. She was there to make a name for herself. That was all she needed to concentrate on.

If she were going to make junior partner, she would need to control at least one of his larger accounts and then handle it perfectly. No mistakes. Others at the firm who had seniority no doubt would be ready to step in the first time she slipped. She had an edge. That edge was Shamon’s affection for her.

Mary was more than ambitious—she was driven, and thus, the queen of the Fae had asked Breslyn to keep watch over her interactions with Shamon. He did so from another dimension. She was a wildcard, and her relationship with Shamon could put their plans at risk. Indeed, Breslyn had reported back to the queen that Mary Newton would need monitoring. She might put her nose where it didn’t belong.

She watched the clock because she knew that Shamon Moore was due any moment for a meeting he had scheduled with her. He had an old account he had always handled himself in the past, and she was overjoyed that he had decided to actually put it in her hands.

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