Rhapsody by Heather McKenzie

Author:Heather McKenzie [McKenzie, Heather]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Clean Teen Publishing, Inc.

Being stuffed in a closet wasn’t on my agenda, so I threw my weight around and broke a few noses, bruised up a few shins—nothing too exhausting—and made them work for it. I knew escape was futile, but I wanted to give Luke enough time to get away.

There was no chatter amongst the men who stood guard in the empty guest suite, just a lot of moaning and wincing. I hadn’t recognized anyone in this batch of Henry’s minions. They all looked… odd. Something about them not quite right. Their eyes just seemed empty.

A knock at the door startled me. “Are you decent in there?”

It was Henry. If I had any hair on the back of my neck, it would have bristled. The closet door opened, and there he stood, smug as a cat who caught a mouse. His black hair was slicked back, eyebrows groomed and waxed, and his suit tight enough to show off the fact that he had a very good team of personal trainers. Was he wearing eyeliner? He was positively comic-book villainous. Slithering next to him was his lawyer in white boots polished to a blinding shine, as well as a thin, pugnacious man with glasses perched on a bird-like nose. These two were unaffectionately known as the snake and the hawk.

“Time to come out of the closet there, Oliver,” Henry said, then laughed. He was in a good mood, which meant something bad was about to happen. I noted that the guards were back far enough that they wouldn’t be able to stop me from killing my ex-boss with my bare hands.

“Looking good, Henry,” I said, eyeing his naked throat.

“What? You’re not calling me ‘sir’ anymore?” he said, feigning being offended. “Ya know, Oliver, that hurts.”

“Oh, darn.”

He slapped his leg like I’d said something funny then followed it with a chesty laugh. “But tell ya what, since you will be marrying my daughter in, oh, four minutes, why don’t you just call me Dad.”

His words floated through my ears. I was only half listening because whatever scheme he was dreaming up, I would not be part of it. I figured I might as well kill him now and face the consequences. It wouldn’t take long. In a split second, I could deliver a two-knuckle blow to his windpipe.

He saw it in my eyes. “You’re not going to hurt me, Oliver,” Henry said, although he backed up a few inches. “That would be a really bad idea.”

“Why?” I asked.

“First, because if you don’t go along with today’s events, I will kill Stephan and Davis. And second, because I am about to give you everything you’ve ever wanted.”

I inched closer. The guards raised their guns in unison. “And what might that be?” I growled.

Henry smiled. “My daughter.”

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