nora
pulled me into a tight embrace. "No
me on his clothes making me nauseous. I gently pushed him away.
m. He looked at me, his mouth openin
upted from the suite next do
his face a ma
Go. He needs you. We can... talk later." I
d hurried out of the room, closing the do
he sounds of him comforting his child, his lover, and I felt... noth
at the black, starless sky. I had neve
one lit up on th
"My team reports that the internal struc
lips. "Unstable? No. We just hav
finally spoke, his fury was tightly contro
g. "Jaxon's mother. She bel
. "She has no right to command
knew. He knew what
ess again. "Video conference. Tomorrow, ten a. m. Re
ere," I pointed out
"He may listen. But you will be the one ma
out before I could stop it
voice was deeper, more serious than I had ever heard it. "Because an investment is only as
on had never once
rayal had thrown me into an abyss, but Alistair's alliance was the rope pull
tegy for the meeting. The sounds from the nex
there instinctively took a step back. They could smell it on me, a new s
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