Hollywood Lies by Mari Carr & Lila Dubois

Author:Mari Carr & Lila Dubois [Carr, Mari]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 978-1-941641-52-1
Publisher: Mari Carr

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Beatrix looked around the small stone room. Unlike the medallion room, this small chamber seemed like a dungeon cell. Admittedly, a dungeon cell that had been converted into a conference room.

“Now it’s time to teach you the secret handshake.” The handsome, dark-haired man with a slight accent laughed the stereotypical villain laugh only ever heard in comedies.

The more serious man, who’d brought her to this room, slanted a glance in the dark-haired man’s direction.

“Next time,” Beatrix suggested, “try to have the laugh come from lower in the torso. More like this.” Beatrix did her best villain laugh, and the sound bounced off the stone.

“Ha! That’s fantastic.” The dark-haired man was seriously hot, with his accent and hint of dorky funniness. Was this the kind of man she might expect to be marry?

Her thoughts slipped to Levi and then to Stefan. She swallowed heavily, and luckily the serious man started talking, forcing her to focus and not think about her ex or the very attractive former Ranger she’d left upstairs.

After the drama and formality of the initiation ceremony, this meeting was far more relaxed. The Grand Master had unwound the chain and left, seeming to simply disappear into the dark. Before she could wonder what she was supposed to do next, the serious man had appeared and beckoned her to follow him into the darkness.

She’d felt rather than seen that they’d passed through some sort of doorway or opening. She’d hesitated because of the utter darkness, and the man had paused and reached back, cupping her elbow. They’d walked in darkness for several minutes—during which her relief that the initiation hadn’t included any chalices and bloody daggers faded as each step she took made her surer she was headed for something dark and grisly.

Instead, she’d been greeted by the dark-haired man’s friendly smile and a dungeon with an incongruous conference table and folding chairs.

“Why don’t we have a seat?” Her guide pulled out a chair for her.

Beatrix took a seat as the two men did the same on the other side of the table. They both wore robes, but their hoods were back.

“Hi, I’m Franco.” The smiling dark-haired man held out his hand. Beatrix shook, sighing inwardly as she saw his wedding ring.

You don’t really want him anyway. You love Stefan.

No. She hated Stefan.

The proof that she was over him was her attraction to Levi.

“Beatrix,” she said as she shook Franco’s hand.

“Sebastian,” the other man said. “Welcome to the Trinity Masters.”

“So, you two are...the welcoming committee?” Beatrix asked with a smile.

“Yep,” Franco said at the same time Sebastian said, “No. Not exactly.”

The men looked at one another. Sebastian’s jaw muscle twitched.

“We—” Sebastian turned to her, “—are going to explain all the rules and traditions of the society so you have clear expectations.”

“Levi explained all of that when he brought me the invitation.”

Sebastian shook his head. “No, he would have explained the main things, the biggest perks and a top-level idea of what you’re giving up.”

“The trinity marriage,” Franco said.

“Yes,

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