Taken By The Vampire King by Roxie Ray & Lindsey Devin

Author:Roxie Ray & Lindsey Devin [Ray, Roxie & Devin, Lindsey]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2021-06-25T23:00:00+00:00

In my quarters, I grabbed a quick drink, threw myself under the shower, and dressed in a clean shirt and pants. Black to suit my mood. I grinned weakly at my own pathetic joke. Black suited my mood every day. It was all I owned.

My cellphone rang just as I stepped through the double doors and bent to lock them behind me.

I glanced at the caller display. Jason. “Yeah?”

“Dealt with.” He used as few words as I did on the phone, and I didn’t ask what he’d done. The bayou was nearby. And alligators were always a convenient excuse for a shredded body or three.

“I need you to see Francois.” I’d thought about it on the way home.

“Smelling like three of his dead minions?” Jason rarely challenged me, but I continued telling him the plan anyway.

“The helicopter will meet you at the airport. Too risky to use The Neutral Zone helipad again, I think.”

He made a murmur of acknowledgement.

“But Francois needs to know our deal is off.”

“Fuck, Nic,” Jason ground out. “Then it would definitely be too risky for me to try to hop on the chopper on his roof. And you want me to deliver this message? You sure it’s not just a suicide mission? Might not need a chopper at the airport after all.”

I nodded as I looked over the balustrade to the hallway below, my fingers reflexively tightening and loosening around my phone. “You’re there, I trust you, and more importantly, Francois knows I trust you. He’ll know if it’s coming from your mouth, it’s ultimately coming from mine. And he wouldn’t dare try to hurt you.” I ground out the last words, believing them and hoping they were true at the same time.

Jason sighed.

“The deal is off. The truce no longer exists. The bayou land remains mine. I can’t trust him. My mate couldn’t even walk down the street safely in Francois’s territory.” My stomach clenched over the fact she shouldn’t even have been out there. If she’d have just stayed in the restaurant as I told her to, I’d have taken her anywhere she wanted to go.

My sudden vehement thought surprised me. But it was true. I would have taken her anywhere, bought her any trinket that caught her eye.

Jason sighed again. “I think you should—”

“Not interested in what you think.” I snapped the words out as my concern narrowed into irritation. Worry for Leia had become claws buried deeply in my chest, and each breath I drew in dragged them deeper.

A clock ticked on the wall behind me as I listened to Jason’s regular inhales. Finally, he spoke again. “Maybe wait a few days. Make a decision then.” He left off the fact that this was the thought I’d just told him I didn’t want to hear, but my phone screen still cracked worryingly under my tightening grip.

“That’s your suggestion for my next move, is it?” My voice was soft, almost a purr, but Jason’s reply was strong.

“Yes, it is. Don’t burn a bridge you might need to come back across.

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