The Snow Leopard's Love by Raines Harmony

Author:Raines, Harmony
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Harmony Raines
Published: 2021-06-17T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Fifteen – Belle

“This is not exactly how I wanted to introduce you to my family.” Rift watched the children as they ran around on the sand. He’d brought them here after they’d all eaten so that they could talk.

Katrina was back at the hotel resting in the spare room of Valerie’s apartment. Belle was unsure if she was as tired as she’d made out or whether she thought Belle needed some time alone with Rift.

“I don’t think either of us could have foreseen the kind of day we’d have today.” Belle folded her arms across her body. Her mind was filled with a constant stream of thoughts that circled around and around like vultures over a dead body.

“You can say that again.” Rift laughed lightly. “Part of me is just incredibly grateful I’ve met you at last, but part of me wonders if we hadn’t come to the house, you wouldn’t have told Jack and Rosie to play in the backyard...”

“And they wouldn’t have found the tiara.” She cocked her head on one side as she studied him. “I don’t think that would have been better than this.”

“You don’t?” he asked warily.

“Those men would still have come after us. We wouldn’t have given them what they wanted...” She shrugged, shying away from thinking about that outcome. “And anyway, we’re here, it is what it is. I’ve learned that there’s no point in what-ifs.” She opened her arms. “This is where we are. This is what we have to deal with. So let’s deal.”

“That’s one way to look at things.”

“How is your brother? He seemed kind of freaked out when he saw the tiara.” She looked down at the sand and dug her toe in the soft grains until it was half-buried before she asked, “Is he really a dragon shifter?”

“Yeah. He really is a dragon shifter.” Rift stuffed his hands in his pockets and swung around to look out across the ocean. “The dragons live on an island someway off the coast. They rarely come here. We’re inferior to them.”

“Wow!” She lifted her head and stood shoulder to shoulder with him as they looked out at the horizon. “Inferior, huh?”

“Yeah.” He lowered his gaze, watching Jack and Rosie as they knelt on the sand, scooping it into a mound that would no doubt be fashioned into a castle for a princess.

“Do you think Reggie knew where the rest of the treasure is hidden?” She didn’t look at him. Had her uncle been responsible for the death of Ivan’s parents and Aiden and Caleb’s? What kind of monster was she related to?

“I have no idea,” Rift confessed. “And I don’t know how we’d find out.”

“We could go through his stuff in the car,” she offered. “And I suppose we could go back to the house and take a look around. We could dig up the backyard.”

“I don’t think we’d need to,” Rift replied. “If Ivan went there, he would sense it, I’m sure. It’s like a part of him. I’ve never seen him like that.

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