The Complete Treasured SeriesTreasured SecretsTreasured LiesTreasured Dreams by Kendall Talbot

Author:Kendall Talbot
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Escape Publishing

Chapter 25

Nox found the money. It wasn’t hard. Obviously the two fools were unconcerned about theft, as they hadn’t put any thought into hiding it. Once he’d dug through the multi layers of clothes, bundles of cash were lying there, strewn about with little regard for its value.

He clutched at handfuls of notes and flicked through the variety of denominations. He’d never seen this much money before. In fact, he’d rarely held any cash at all. As a Brother of the St Apostoli Church, all his food, accommodation and living expenses were provided for. The only times he’d actually had a decent amount of money was when he stole it from the collection box.

As he contemplated just how much was here, he wondered if it was enough to finally get the medical treatment he needed. It had taken him decades to learn how to cope with Trimethylaminuria, the rare disease that caused his excessive body odour. A lesser man would have crumbled under the pressure of the ostracising and ridicule Nox suffered daily. But he’d learned to use it to his advantage. While people fled from him, scurrying away like his stench was some kind of poison, he’d been able to hide in the shadows and listen, watch and wait for the perfect moments to exact his revenge.

But now, after the lifetime he’d been forced to endure, he wanted more. Money was just the beginning. With the Calimala treasure in his hands and his disease treated, Nox would return to Florence as a new man and take his rightful place at the top of Florence’s nobility. That’s what he wanted.

Nox pushed most of the clothes over the edge until finally the bed was a canvas of cash. It was impossible to estimate how much was here, but whatever the amount, it was more than enough to help him once he got off the island.

He grabbed a tattered pair of jeans, tied knots at the feet and began stuffing wads of cash into it. The first leg filled quickly and he’d barely made a dent in the money stash. With the second leg he chose the money more carefully, fishing out the higher denominations and placing them meticulously into the pants. It was therapeutic … find the note, stuff the leg, find the note, stuff the leg. It seemed like the most constructive thing he’d done in months.

He was back in control of his life.

With the jeans now full, he tore a threadbare shirt into a long thin strip, wove it through the belt loops on the jeans and pulled it together into a tight bunch to seal up the top. The end result looked like he was holding half a man. He laughed aloud and despite his ribs hurting, his head throbbing and his injured hand stinging, he felt good. No, it was better than that. With a sense of purpose back in his life and a plan to escape, it was like he could feel his body healing itself.

He

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