Tempting Ballad by Katherine McIntyre
Author:Katherine McIntyre [McIntyre, Katherine]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Evernight Publishing
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00
Chapter Fourteen
Ever since Leo stopped off at the lab, he’d been stacking stones to build a fortress around the plan that began forming. He’d stopped for a brief respite back in the hotel room with Renn, however they hadn’t broached the topic of his discovery. His lover continued surprising him in the way he didn’t push, offering the distraction he needed in the moment. Leo tried to remain on the surface, knowing this thing between them was temporary, but the frozen lake he skated on cracked a little more every day. He’d grown far more attached to this man than anticipated.
Yet Leo would never be able to keep Renn—the man would bolt at a whiff of commitment, and his own trajectory was a downhill mudslide he wouldn’t subject anyone to. Apart from Marisa at least, because his sister was too stubborn and involved in all of this to let go.
Leo pushed away from his laptop, straightening from his hunch. He stretched his arms overhead and listened to the crack of his back. He’d been sending emails for the past few hours, trying to draw upon the necessary connections. If the drugs led to what he imagined they did, their success revolved around finding a way to sleuth through the Harrod mansion.
He always found the best avenue for investigation was in plain sight. Lucky for him, even in the middle of a war against the hunters and the dissolution of their Accords, both the Seelie and Unseelie Courts lived for parties and soirees.
His phone buzzed. He pushed up to stretch his legs as he checked the message.
One word, from Renn.
Renn: Incoming.
Kincaid leapt into motion, popping up the buttons of his shirt, smoothing his slacks, and straightening the stray pieces of clothing littering the floor of the bedroom. By the time he finished tidying those, a knock rapped on his door.
Who needed a business front when everyone from here to the Otherworld seemed to know his location? At least this time, he’d gotten the heads up, but the lack of explanation with Renn’s text set him on edge. Blindness meant he couldn’t plan, and Leo Kincaid was nothing without his plans.
Leo had begun to pull his door open when an unfamiliar voice came from out in the hall.
“If this is a secondary location trap, trust that I’m carrying platinum and know at least seven different ways to incapacitate all of you,” the female said.
Renn pushed the door open the rest of the way, poking his head through first as he entered. He cast an apologetic glance back. “The gang decided you’d want to be involved in this one.”
Not for the first time, Leo questioned his decision to let the entire band of unruly fae on board with this. The word indiscretion was apparently foreign to the lot of them.
Leo heaved out a sigh and cracked the door open as the rest of their clown car tumbled into his room. Kieran, Liz, Trevor, and Jett all entered, followed by an unfamiliar woman with dark hair and cutting eyes.
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