Into the Light of Day: The Five Clans Series Book 2 by Karoline Rayne

Author:Karoline Rayne [Rayne, Karoline]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: anonymous
Published: 2023-10-08T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Nineteen

The exhaustion settled deep in his bones and the headache was building behind his eyes. Tobias loved his duties and responsibilities. It gave him a sense of purpose, of being able to contribute to the greater good. To take the skills he had spent so many years honing and share them with others.

The paperwork, on the other hand, might be his undoing. If it wasn’t that time of the year for new recruits, it wouldn’t be half so bad. Instead, it was twice the usual workload. Yes, Tobias had captains whose insight he valued, but he liked doing recruitment himself. Maybe because this is what he’d spent his entire life working for. He wanted to prove to everyone who ever second guessed him (even to himself) that Antony had been right in giving him this position. That he earned from his own accomplishments and not because of his long-standing relationship with Antony.

It actually still bothered him that this was something he would think about still. It had been enough years, and no one in the lower ranks questioned his authority anymore. But it was a dangerous thought that liked to rear its ugly head every once in a while. Especially when he’d had a long day and he was too tired to try and fend them off.

Tobias’s feet took him where he needed to go without too much thought. He had known about Antony’s intention to try and spend some time with Isobel. Antony had been fighting it for over a month and all Tobias had to do was nudge him in the right direction. It would be different now that her family was gone, since that was one of Antony’s major hang ups and there was less of a worry of getting caught by either Sebastian or Ilaria.

He would have preferred to bathe and simply go to bed, but he knew he had to find Antony first. For his own peace of mind.

He arrived at the conservatory a few minutes later. Slipping inside, it was relatively quiet, which was either a good thing or a bad one. There was no deciding which way it was going to go. However, Tobias kept an optimistic attitude about the whole thing. If there was anyone who knew Antony better than himself, it would be Tobias.

He followed the familiar path to Antony’s typical hiding place and despite his optimism, he was still surprised at the picture before him.

Antony leaned back against the leg of his desk, the sketch pad in his lap, and the tips of his fingers already black from charcoal. He looked up when Tobias’s boots crunched on the gravel. He raised a finger to his lips and nodded towards the sofa. Isobel was still laid there, her eyes closed and her breathing even. Her head resting on a small pillow over her arm, her long smooth legs stretch out from beneath her short slip. She really was breathtaking.

Tobias dropped down on the ground beside Antony, making quick work of his jacket before tossing it aside.

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