The Wrong Kind of Angel by Ruby Moone

Author:Ruby Moone [Moone, Ruby]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: JMS Books LLC
Published: 2016-12-12T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 10

Charles stared at the faces at the window for a second and then turned to Harry.

“Calm yourself. Who are they?”

Harry was shaking, his eyes wide and terrified. “I can’t believe they found me here. How did they find me here?”

“I have no idea. Tell me who they are.”

Harry flinched as the man banged on the window again and shouted. “They’ve been sent by the man I owe money to. Dante sent them.”

“Dante is the man that you owe money to?”

Harry nodded.

Charles looked at the men in the window. He had no idea how the bastards had found him, but there were not getting Harry.

He pulled his shoulders back and stared at them. “You must go to the front of the house,” he shouted through the window.

The response was abusive but Charles ignored it. After some shouting and gesturing they set off grudgingly, so Charles ran for the study with Harry on his heels. He grabbed a key from the drawer of his desk and opened his cabinet. Inside was his brace of pistols. He checked them. Both were primed and ready and in perfect condition. He lifted his coattails and shoved one down the back of his breeches.

“Can you fire a pistol?”

Harry looked horrified. “No.”

“Fair enough.” He shoved the other beside it and grabbed his knives. “Put this inside your coat where you can get to it.” He secreted his own throwing knife and then gestured for Harry to follow. He spoke over his shoulder as he opened his safe. “You came to me to get the money you owe. Right?”

Harry stared. “Harry. Listen to me. You came to me to get the money. This is what I will tell them and then I will give them the money.” He held up a pile of notes and then shut the door and closed the cupboard.

“Charlie, they are dangerous—I mean really dangerous,” Harry said, apparently coming to life. He grabbed his arm, genuine fear in those dark eyes. “Let me deal with them. You don’t have to do this. All they want is me. I will hand myself over to them and they will go. Charlie, you can’t get involved. I can’t let you get involved in this. I can’t let them hurt you. We are outnumbered.”

Charlie took his hand and kissed the back of it. “This is my home.” He didn’t feel the need to say anything else.

* * * *

Harry could only stare at the man who stood before him, arming himself and preparing to take on Dante’s men for him. His gentle, charming angel had transformed into the soldier that he apparently was. Charlie stalked into the hall, flung open the door, and stood looking at the men. Harry’s heart sank. Bill Mosely. Bill Mosely hated him with a passion and would gladly take any opportunity to disembowel him. With him were two men that he had seen at Dante’s but didn’t really know. All of them were big, ugly, and hard. They didn’t stand a chance.

Charlie looked them up and down.

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