Turner's Vision by Suzanne Ferrell

Author:Suzanne Ferrell [Ferrell, Suzanne]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Historical Romance, Romantic Suspense, Romantic Action/Adventure
Publisher: Suzanne Ferrell Productions
Published: 2015-03-04T06:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER FOURTEEN

With his peripheral vision, Micah watched Claudia and Gibson circle the dance floor, never taking his attention off Julia—a feat of supreme self-control. What he wanted to do was strangle the bitch in front of him, storm after his wife, and drag Claudia home to the safety of their home.

None of that would help him rescue Patrice or stop the storm of sedition threatening the country. He’d taken every precaution to protect Claudia and he had to play out his part in this little drama.

He was very glad Claudia had chosen the colors and material she had for her gown—if not necessarily the design. The distinct color, matched with her own glorious riot of hair and unusual height for a woman, made her easy to follow. He also knew many of Cain’s men as well as Henderson, the boys, Simon and Kelly milled through the crowd to ensure her safety.

“Really, Micah. How gauche of you to bring such a strumpet into our family.” Julia opened her fan, lightly waving it back and forth in front of her face as she spoke. Despite the South’s loss in the war, she still maintained the motions of the southern belle she pretended to be.

Only Micah knew her for the poor imitation of a lady that she was.

“One must meet his baser needs when possible, Julia. I believe you were the one that taught me that adage.” He tried to keep the bitter edge out of his voice as well as control his temper. He wanted to keep her talking he needed information from her.

“But darling, you should have just come home to Grand Oaks. It wasn’t necessary to take a wife.” She lightly tapped his arm with her fan.

“I could have done so, but you see I have needs that can only be met here in Washington at the moment.” He needed to convince them he was dependent on their drug and that Claudia meant nothing to him. He needed to be their target, not her.

“Something you couldn’t find in your blessed mountains?”

“I may not be able to ever return to my mountains, Julia.”

“Why ever not?”

“You will recall my injuries from the war.”

“The one that nearly took your life?”

“I never really got over the pain that bullet left with me. There are things I need that I can only find here in the cities. Things that will ease my suffering.” He watched her lick her lips, as if she could taste the opium he alluded to. He had her attention now. “So you see, I had to find an excuse to stay here in Washington without drawing attention to my real reason for returning from the west. I need to be near the one thing in this life that will keep me going. Even the pleasure of the gold I found out west can’t compare to the release from my torment I get here in the east.”

“Gold?” Now he had David Gibson’s attention as well.

Good.

“A small vein. Enough to keep me happy and free of work the rest of my life.

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