The Girl Who Dared to Think 7: The Girl Who Dared to Fight by Bella Forrest

Author:Bella Forrest [Forrest, Bella]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Nightlight
Published: 2018-05-09T18:30:00+00:00

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“No, you didn’t,” said an elderly voice, and I leaned to the other side of the chair to see Astrid Felix, former Knight Commander and longtime family friend. She’d led the investigation into Ambrose’s death, and my mother’s, and while I hadn’t been able to trust her at the time, seeing her filled me with a small sense of relief, as I knew from the files I’d recovered from Sadie’s office that she hadn’t been involved with the legacies.

But that didn’t explain why my father was here. Our relationship was beyond damaged; it had been obliterated after my mother died, with each of us blaming the other for her death. I blamed him for not listening to me like she had—and for turning against her when she did so—and he blamed me because, why not? I was the problem child, and had been my entire life, according to him. Even Alex, who had turned his back on our department, had been preferable to me in my father’s eyes, although Alex didn’t like him any more than I did.

“Hey, Astrid,” I said with forced cheerfulness. “Good to see you! Quick question: What’s he doing here?”

“Liana!” Dylan exclaimed, her tone appalled, and I gave her a sharp look filled with warning, telling her she in no way understood enough about my relationship with my father, before turning back to Astrid.

The older woman was frowning at me, but I ignored it and got to my feet. “Sorry, I just find it a little hard to believe he’s actually on my side. What’s up, Dad? Salvatore send you to plant the dagger in my heart personally, or…”

“Liana, stop it,” my father cut in sharply, looking down and away, his face contorting to something that looked like pain. Seeing it gave my anger pause, and I took a step away from him, disconcerted by what I was seeing. He looked damn near remorseful. I’d never seen an expression like that on his face, and it was so alien that it scared me for some reason.

“What is this?” I asked, unable to help myself. “Why are you on my side?”

He looked up at me, his dark eyes heavy with anger… that wasn’t directed at me. This was getting weirder and weirder by the second. “Astrid and I were meeting with Lieutenant Kellin to find out why Salvatore and his wife had been arrested, when the power went out. We were in the process of trying to figure out what was going on when Scipio sent his message. I knew Maddox’s loyalty to you extended far beyond her role as a Knight and Lieutenant, and started to arrest her—”

“You what?” I sputtered, suddenly furious that he’d even dared to try that. “You better not have hurt her, you rat bastard. If you did—”

“He didn’t,” Astrid cut in, frustration roiling off of her.

I knew she didn’t like the idea of us airing this particular family drama in front of the rest of the people in the hall, but I really didn’t care.

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