The Adversary by Lindsay McKenna

Author:Lindsay McKenna
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2010-09-25T07:00:00+00:00

Chapter 10

“What the hell were you thinking?” Victor roared at Yellow Teeth. He’d felt the attack by the Skin Walker on the male Taqe and could barely contain his rage. He’d hauled the shape-shifter back to the Tupay fortress.

“It’s my right to go after him!” Yellow Teeth snarled. “His walls were finally down! Do you know how long I’ve been waiting for that to happen?”

Balling his fist, Victor glared across the desk at the arrogant Skin Walker. “You’ve a lot to learn, Yellow Teeth. You’re under my direction and orders.” He rose and bared his teeth as he leaned forward. “You never disobey an order I give you. There’s a reason why I gave it, you stupid idiot!”

Smugly, Yellow Teeth shook his head. “This is a vendetta. My revenge.”

“I don’t care!” Victor shouted, his voice rolling like thunder around the office. The very walls trembled in the wake of his anger. Yellow Teeth’s thick eyebrows suddenly rose. Victor had unveiled five percent of the power that he owned and blasted the Skin Walker. It had hurled the shape-shifter into the door. When the spirit fell to his knees, shock registered in his expression.

“It appears that your kind needs a lot more discipline,” Victor rasped as he came around the desk and put his face into the Skin Walker’s. “From this day forward, all Skin Walkers are going to be coming back to basic-training school here at the Tupay fortress every week!”

“But…”

“Shut up!” Victor shouted at him, spittle flying out of his mouth and upon the man’s tense face. “You’re under my command! You’d better get it, Yellow Teeth. If you don’t, I have the capacity to once and for all destroy your soul.”

Eyes widening, Yellow Teeth leaned back as the rage of the Dark Lord finally penetrated his arrogance and confidence. Staring up into the fathomless black eyes of Victor Carancho Guerra, he got it. “Y-yes, my lord. I—I won’t do that again.”

Straightening, Victor walked back to his desk and sat down. “Damn you. You’ve compromised our ability to track this couple. All because you want revenge, you defied my orders.”

Scrambling to his feet, Yellow Teeth opened his hands and walked to the desk. “Please, my lord, don’t send me away! I promise, I’ll wait until you tell me it’s time to kill Colt Black. I killed his sister. Surely, you’ll let me kill him? His father killed my body. I want this revenge.”

Victor glowered at him. “Not over the importance of this mission, you dolt! My knights are trained not to give in to human emotions. They are the best of the best here in the world of the Tupay. In comparison to them, you are a child spirit. You have no discipline. No greater understanding of anything outside yourself!” Shaking his index finger at Yellow Teeth, he said, “Do you realize how important this mission is? Do you even understand the emerald sphere and what it can mean to all of us? No, you don’t. And you don’t care because all you want is your stupid revenge.

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