Consort (Beyond Ontariese 6) by Cyndi Friberg

Author:Cyndi Friberg
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: paranormal romance, futuristic romance, steamy romance
Publisher: Anything-but-Ordinary Books

Chapter Seven

“Anyone you know?” Nasrin handed a holotab to Eagin and watched him carefully. She knew the answer, but she was curious to see if he’d admit this was the man he’d hired to terrorize Indric’s guests. They were on the railed patio beside her private swimming pool. She’d slipped on an ankle-length robe as Eagin arrived, but hadn’t bothered to tie the belt. All she wore beneath was a miniscule swimsuit designed for lazing about in the sun rather than actually swimming.

Triggering the news file, Eagin watched the short report explaining how the body of an unidentified man had been found behind a popular bar not far from the palace. An image of the man’s face was shown and then close-ups of the elaborate tattoos that covered his arms.

His gaze narrowed and his nostrils flared then he handed the device back to Nasrin. “How’d you find him so fast?”

“Me?” She laughed, setting the holotab aside before continuing the conversation. “What makes you think I had anything to do with it? Indric had half of San Adrin looking for that man.”

“How’d you know he was the shooter?” His brows arched, reinforcing the challenge.

She hadn’t expected Eagin to make the connection so easily. Perhaps he wasn’t quite as useless as she thought. The possibility resonated for a nanosecond before she dismissed it. Eagin was good in bed, but that was his only value. She wanted Indric. Always had and always would. All she had to do now was figure out a way to so ingratiate herself with him that he’d have no choice but to make her his consort.

“Don’t be so paranoid.” She strolled to one of the loungers and slipped out of the robe. “They haven’t released the man’s name, but I was sure I’d seen him before. I ran his image through a facial recognition database and turned up a record that goes back decades. He seemed like the type of man who wouldn’t have a problem shooting at children.”

He crossed his arms over his chest and glared at her. “No one was hurt. Get over it already.”

“I think it was incredibly stupid, but I’m over it.” She draped the robe over the back of a nearby chair and sat on the lounger.

“Are you going to try and convince me it didn’t shake him up? That he hasn’t slept a little lighter since plasma blasts whizzed by in front of his face?”

She wasn’t sure where Eagin had been for the past day and a half, but it was obvious he hadn’t heard about the relocation. “It was a little more serious than that, my dear. One of the boys was hurt and Indric moved them to the palace to make sure they’re safe.”

“He moved who to the palace?”

His ignorance reinforced her disdain. A true leader would have demanded a full report from his henchmen shortly after the attack. Not only was his strategy flawed, but his follow-through was nonexistent. “Indric’s mistress and her son. They’re both at the palace being treated like honored guests.

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