The Devil's Soldier by Rachel McClellan

Author:Rachel McClellan [McClellan, Rachel]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Amazon: B0152EPFR6
Goodreads: 26791321
Published: 2015-11-22T16:00:00+00:00

23

Eve had never been happier. Boaz was gone. Lucien was in bed next to her. The world was as it should be.

Her phone on the nightstand buzzed. She picked it up. A text message from Charlie read that they were all meeting at Bella's for dinner at 9:00. She glanced at the time on her phone. That was in five hours. She turned back around and rolled on top of Lucien. His arms came around her.

"Don't you ever sleep?" she asked.

"And miss a moment with you?"

She kissed him on each cheek and finally on his mouth. In between kisses, she said, "Dinner's at Bella's at nine."

"Where's that?" he asked, but his words were muffled because she was still kissing him.

She sat up, her long hair falling to the sides of her face and reaching Lucien's chest. "Downtown. Not too far from here, actually."

"I'd like to go downstairs first," he said. "I want to see what's been going on with Alana."

"Not until I'm done with you," she said and kissed him again.

***

"Hello, you two," the secretary said when Eve and Lucien walked in.

She was an older woman with strawberry blonde hair and a kind smile, but Eve's heart still stung whenever she saw her sitting in what used to be Sarah's chair. Eve still blamed herself for not being there when Sarah died.

Lucien pressed his palm to the small of her back as if he knew what she was feeling.

"Charlie's in the conference room with Liane and Alana," the secretary said. "Henry should be here shortly."

Eve turned the corner down the hallway to the conference room, but Lucien stopped her just before going in. "I don't think Liane should be a part of our conversations."

Not this again.

Eve turned around. "Liane has been through just as much as the rest of us. Why won't you give her a break?"

Lucien glanced through the door's window to inside the room. Eve followed his gaze. Liane was listening to Alana telling Charlie something. Her hands were folded in her lap, and her eyebrows were drawn together as if she was upset or frustrated.

"Her timing," Lucien said. "It feels off. Don't you think it was strange the way she just suddenly showed up?"

Eve had considered this at first, but after talking to her and seeing the fear of Boaz in her eyes, Eve knew she was telling the truth. "Liane was lucky she got away from him when she did. You need to let this go. Liane is staying, and I'm going to help her any way I can."

She opened the door before Lucien could say anything else.

"Sorry we're a little late," Eve said. "What did we miss?" She scooted into the seat next to Liane.

Lucien sat across from her next to Alana.

Alana groaned. "I hate repeating myself, and I don't want to do it a third time. Where's Henry?"

Charlie glanced down at his wristwatch. "He should be here by now. I'll go call him."

When he left the room, Eve asked Liane, "Did you get some sleep?"

"It's the first time I've slept in months.

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