Time Bound by Lora Andrews

Author:Lora Andrews [Andrews, Lora]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Lora Andrews
Published: 2018-11-04T16:00:00+00:00

TWENTY

“That is not a request, but an order, Simon. Get your ass, here. I tire of your games.”

The stupid bitch had no idea the games he played. Anger rose inside his chest, mimicking the rolling thunder and darkening clouds swirling in the skies above. He would topple the Morelli Empire before her very eyes and crush every last vestige of power until not a trace remained. Only then, when the dust had settled and the Morelli name was long forgotten and replaced with his own, would he relish his kill and drain the life from her mirthless eyes.

“Games?” Loosening his grip of the cell phone at his ear, he inhaled slow and deep to calm the fury raging within. “Hardly, Cordelia. I am simply following the plan you have outlined. Even now, my men and I scour the countryside in search of the stone. By your command, I might add.”

A command he would use to tie the noose around her neck.

Just wait, my dear. The fun has only just begun.

“However,” he added for good measure, “should you need me by your side, I can delay the stone’s procurement and immediately settle matters here without delay.”

“You are so very shrewd, my pet. What are you hiding between those cleverly placed words, I wonder? Perhaps it is I who should visit so I can see firsthand the fruits of your labor.”

The “fruits of his labor” stumbled through the church’s entrance. Caitlin Reed turned and closed the door behind her, hands lingering on the solid wood frame. Tall and lovely like his recently departed aunt, Caitlin’s dark hair fell in tousled waves, half over her shoulder, half inside the windbreaker’s hood. When she turned, their eyes met. Her wide-eyed expression fell, quickly replaced with a look of surprise and a flush of color to her cheeks.

Hmm…a guilty conscience? How interesting.

Blah, blah, blah. Cordelia’s incessant tone droned on and on in his ear.

Caitlin descended the stairs and hesitated at the last step, obviously waiting for the warrior to vacate the building. A seer with the ability to sense the power of the stones. What else did his cousin hide from him? For there were bound to be other secrets. Of that, he was certain.

“Are you ignoring me, Simon? Must I question your loyalty—”

Fools. His loyalty was his and his alone.

“—you who we saved from a pitiful existence would dare betray your benefactors?”

Ah, yes, his pitiful existence, but to which one did she refer? His time before or after Tereus? He supposed he did owe them some semblance of gratitude for the hand they played in his creation.

“I would never betray you, my mistress.” He swallowed the acid burning in his throat. His act of subservience would be worth the prize in the end, making Cordelia’s downfall all the sweeter. “My apologies if I have been remiss in my duties. I will depart Scotland within the hour.”

“Very well, Simon. But plan for my arrival all the same. Perhaps an extended visit at your lovely highland manor will remind you of the debt owed my family.

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