|
“You have made my precious Maelinn lie to me,” stated Zaile in an unnervingly steady voice. “How could you betray my trust?” He sounded genuinely disappointed. “Be gone, Riley.” And he was. “You’re fired.” Zaile lifted his hand, motioning the guards to move in. There were four of them, all heavily built Rishan in full [...]
Riley couldn’t hold his tongue at the pure hypocrisy of that statement, “And what do you know about relationships, Zaile?! You sleep with a concubine every night who isn’t even your own kind, because you don’t want to ever risk having a real family!” “Security,” growled Zaile, “Please escort Riley to the location of his [...]
An hour later … Riley glared after the last cargo hauler passed through the door back to Zaile’s ship. He had requested to be left on Lexx’s Island. It would only be a few days and he could request his own ship to pick him up. The littan had already come up with several plans [...]
Lisaan’s wide blue eyes were fixated on the horizon now. It seemed to go on and on over the edge. She was too afraid to move. “What is wrong with you?!” Riley snapped impatiently when he realized that Lisaan wasn’t following him. “Come on! Walk! I don’t have time to dote on you.” “Y’sir!” Lisaan [...]
Kane smirked, folding the arms over the bamboo railing and looking out over the expanse of beach before her. She didn’t have far to look before noticing two figures on the beach. Kane squinted. “Hey … Damian, are you expecting anyone?” “No.” Damian hrmed, getting up to join Kane by the railing. “It looks like [...]
