UnFairest by Layne Daniels

Author:Layne Daniels [Daniels, Layne]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2023-10-10T16:00:00+00:00

Eight

Hunter

The officiant, a local judge the family has had access to for years, turns with me to watch Glory as she descends the wide staircase to the foyer. Her sparkly open toed heels catch the light from the chandelier overhead and make it look like she’s walking on diamond clouds. This is the first time I’ve ever seen her toes. That random thought strikes me and steals my breath with the simple knowledge that soon I’ll bare every inch of her striking body to my eyes. Only my eyes.

“Eyes on me, Williams. Glory is mine alone to behold.” Jealousy is not a vice I’ve ever indulged in before, but I find myself wanting to own every particle of air that touches Glory. Every scintilla of attention, every indrawn gasp of awe at her beauty mine alone to cherish.

“But sir, how will I complete the vows?” His splutter is an annoying distraction from the symphony of her footfalls carrying her to my side.

“Find a way, or you’ll find yourself a blind judge by the time you next preside on the bench.” There is no tempering this madness. It is emasculating enough that while I was making plans to rescue her, Glory had to save herself. Unspent fury and impotent violence rages inside my chest, searching for an outlet. I cannot re-kill a dead man, but my soul aches to do exactly that.

I cross to the stairs to meet Glory as she reaches the second tread from the bottom. Her hands are cool as I capture them in mine and lift them to rest on my shoulders. She wore the dress. I halfway thought she’d ignore it just to spite me, and seeing her in it gives me hope for the future. Hope that maybe she’ll see our union as something more than a blackmailed arrangement someday.

“You are stunning, little killer. A true vision to behold.” The nickname has her eyes darting to the magistrate, checking to see his reaction to my open acknowledgement of her crime.

“Don’t worry about him, my queen. He doesn’t matter. Tell me, are you ready to become Mrs. Allard? After today, the Kingston name is as dead as its patriarch. Everything that went before is history. Forgotten just as he is.”

“Hard to say it’s forgotten when we’re standing in the Kingston family home.” She scans the room over my shoulder.

“I’ve already contracted a firm to design a new home. Our home. They will break ground and begin pouring foundation as soon as you approve the floorplan. Any changes you desire will be incorporated. No questions asked.”

“You’ve accomplished a lot in two days.” She has no idea.

“Try two years. For two years, since the night I came to find him in your rooms and heard him hitting you, I’ve been making plans to do exactly what you did. Of course, I had intended a slightly more elegant, less panicked, method. Yours got the job done, though.” One day I’ll confess the ways I coveted her and snuck to make preparations for the day when I could topple Xavier’s kingdon and claim her as my own.

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