The Tiger King (Paladin Shifters Book 1) by Patricia Logan

Author:Patricia Logan
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Publisher: Westburg Publishing
Published: 2017-09-30T06:00:00+00:00

Chapter Eleven

“W hat did you say?” Damiano blurted, realizing as he spoke that the boy hadn’t said anything out loud at all. The Seer had not spoken a word out loud.

“I didn’t say anything, sir.” “Be careful what you say aloud. Stevens is listening outside the door. I’ve rarely spoken aloud because I haven’t known who to trust until now.”

Damiano realized Theo had spoken out loud to intentionally make it sound as though they were actually having a conversation. “Repeat what you just said then.”

“Our Majesty awaits your help, Primero. He’s been waiting a long time.”

Damiano nodded. “Then, we will carry on two conversations. One out loud for Stevens and one where you will explain exactly what you mean about Pasha Raab.”

Carefully schooling his words, Damiano spoke out loud. “You will speak to me. I want to know what happened to the doctor. Paladin Stevens said you were the last person who saw and spoke to the doctor. Is that true?” “Tell me what the fuck you mean about Pasha Raab, boy!”

“Pasha Raab is being held in a secret room in a sub-basement below this one, Primero.”

“I last saw the doctor after he examined Primero Johansen. He said he had a heart attack,” Theo said out loud.

“But he didn’t die of a heart attack, did he, Theo?”

Theo shook his head and frowned. “He was poisoned.”

“Do you know where the doctor is?” Dami asked out loud.

“No, Primero Satriale,” the boy answered quickly. “The doctor is dead by his own hand. He was a very conflicted man, Primero and he drank poison.”

“You must tell me everything, Theo.”

“Meet me outside the palace at 2:00 a.m. If anyone asks, say you want to take a solitary run. No one will question that and I will tell you everything I know.”

“You’ll take me to Pasha Raab?”

Theo nodded. “I will try. No one has seen him for years but I know he lives. Cook takes him meals.”

Damiano nodded. “Well, this has been a waste of time,” he said for Stevens’s benefit. He stood up and walked to the door, opening it to find Stevens standing outside the door playing on his cell phone. “I got nothing out of him.”

“The boy didn’t speak to you either?” Stevens asked, glaring down at Theo.

“He spoke to me. He just swore to me that he knows nothing. He repeated what you already told me.”

Stevens seemed to buy that but of course Damiano knew he would. He’d been listening on the other side of the door with his sharp cat ears.

“Get out of here, Theo,” Stevens growled. The boy shot by him and ran down the hall before Stevens turned back to Damiano. “Well, now that you’ve met Theo, would you like to address the rest of your paladin before the banquet, sir?”

Damn. I forgot all about the fucking banquet.

“That would be fine, Paladin Stevens.” Damiano was almost anxious for the distraction. The very thought that Pasha Raab was still alive and being held captive below the palace was tremendously exciting.

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