Silent Knight: A Fog City Novel by Layla Reyne

Author:Layla Reyne [Reyne, Layla]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781734175370
Publisher: Layla Reyne
Published: 2021-05-02T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twelve

The door to the visitation room opened, and Lily spun on Holt’s lap, her little body vibrating with excitement. Amelia appeared from behind the guard who’d opened the door, and Lily squealed with delight. “Ma-Ma! Ma-Ma!”

The guard met Holt’s gaze, and Holt nodded, giving him the go ahead to remove Amelia’s cuffs. They always asked; he always conceded. Was it a risk? Yes. Amelia was almost as good as Helena at hand-to-hand combat, and she had a particular skill with pressure points. If she got a hand on Holt’s neck, squeezed in just the right spot, he would fall like a giant redwood tree. But while there was a lot Holt no longer trusted about his ex-wife, he did trust the adoring look in her eyes whenever they landed on Lily. Over the past nine months, she had proven, at least in this setting, she wouldn’t do anything that might risk Lily or the limited time she got to spend with her.

Holt wouldn’t begrudge their daughter that either.

“Give her just a minute,” he said to Lily, holding her around the waist as the guard removed Amelia’s cuffs.

Holt looked Amelia over as they waited. Not the vibrant, confident presence she’d once been—even at her over-mom’ed and overworked worst—but she looked the best she had since being incarcerated. Her long dark hair was pulled into a neat ponytail, her green eyes were sharp and alert, and the bags under them weren’t so pronounced. One might even say she looked settled. Because she thought she might have found a way out? Because revenge was on the horizon? Except the genuine joy in her eyes and her wide smile as she wrapped Lily in her arms belied the ill will Holt suspected. But he hadn’t suspected before either. For years, Amelia had lied to him, had used him to manipulate others, like Max Bailey, and had watched over his shoulder as a means to later betray him. Was she doing that now? Fuck. He was so tired of being turned around. Of not knowing which end was up. Of not trusting his own fucking instincts.

“This is a pleasant surprise,” Amelia said, snapping him out of the mental merry-go-round.

“Belated Easter,” he replied. “I’m sorry we missed swinging by.”

“Probably for the best.” She tickled Lily’s tummy, eliciting a peal of giggles that also made Holt smile. “Between visitors and a food poisoning incident, it was a madhouse here. I got to help out in the infirmary. Didn’t even mind the overtime.”

Maybe that was the reason for the light in her eyes. She was getting back to the work she loved, able to apply her training as a nurse. Holt hoped that was it, but he still had to find out, for his and Brax’s sake.

“How was yours?” she asked.

“No food poisoning, thankfully.” He retrieved the soft feely box out of Lily’s go bag and dumped the animal toys inside it out on the table for Lily. “A bit nontraditional, for us. The lamb was familiar, but the spaghetti pie thing, carrot tart, and Italian Easter bread were new additions.

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