The Queen's Dance: Book 3 of The Emerging Queens Series by Jamie K. Schmidt

Author:Jamie K. Schmidt [K. Schmidt, Jamie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: mate, mates, shape shifter dragons, Paranormal romance, mated
Publisher: Jamie K. Schmidt
Published: 2018-08-26T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twelve

Margery’s head whirled at the quick movement. Normally, she wouldn’t mind staring at Remy’s broad, muscular back, but right now it was a little annoying.

“We’re investigating your alibi,” Reed informed him in a cool voice.

“He’s not responsible for this,” Margery said, trying to get between them but blocked each time she went around.

“Then he has nothing to worry about,” Reed said.

Remy and Reed still glowered at each other, but the testosterone diminished considerably. Margery hoped Reed didn’t believe Remy was capable of smuggling dangerous drugs over his lake.

The first mate continued, “We figured that since Champ’s boat was used, we’d give you to him in order to continue with our transactions.”

“I was not behind any of this,” Remy said.

“I know,” Margery soothed, rubbing his arm. “I believe you.”

“It would have taken a dragon with international connections to make all this come together,” Reed answered.

“Right,” Margery said. “Smythe has that, and, unlike Remy, he has a motive.”

“All studs have the motive,” Reed said bleakly. “That’s why this is going to be very difficult to unravel.”

“Difficult. Not impossible. And someone’s worried. Otherwise, they wouldn’t have dropped a bomb in your backyard,” Margery pointed out.

Reed’s lips tightened at her reminder.

She returned her attention to the men in the cell. “And how long have you been doing this?”

“Almost a year.”

Margery made a note to find out when the Smooshie dolls started to ship and to see if there were any similarities. Not all dolls would have the pills in them, though. So it was possible Smythe didn’t know about the special shipments. She wouldn’t put it past the Queens to set him up as the scapegoat.

Shit. This was going nowhere fast.

“I need to go over all the reports,” Margery said to Reed, sighing in defeat.

“They will be put on your new laptop and brought to you by this evening. Now, please allow me to escort you to your chambers while Remy sees my assistant for some paperwork that needs to be filled out.”

Remy crossed his arms in front of him.

“He can do that later,” Margery said, hooking her arm through one of Remy’s. She wasn’t going anywhere without him.

“He hasn’t been cleared by security to go up to your temporary lair.”

“He is my protector and my consort,” she said, forcing herself to look into Reed’s fathomless black eyes without flinching. “I’ve cleared him.”

His lips twisted again. “As the Queen commands.”

Reed didn’t like that much. But too damned bad.

He led them out of the dungeon and into a nicer part of the building. Then they took an elevator up to the top floor. Margery was surprised to see that the entire roof was made up to look like an apartment suite. Less surprising was that Casimiro had made himself at home behind a well-stocked bar and was mixing drinks in a steel shaker. A martini sounded good about now. When he added some olive juice to the drink, she was touched that he remembered how she liked it.

“A dirty martini for a dirty girl,” he said, handing it to her.

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