Total pages in book: 57
Estimated words: 52887 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 264(@200wpm)___ 212(@250wpm)___ 176(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 52887 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 264(@200wpm)___ 212(@250wpm)___ 176(@300wpm)
“Today?” I sit up straighter. This is happening!
“Well, I know he has a meeting, and I’m going to spring it on him that I have a checkup with the doctor. He’ll send Nathan up to take me. When I get down to the lobby, that’s where I’ll give him the slip.”
“While I make chaos!" I add.
“I’m not sure I want to know what this chaos is,” Lily says with a laugh. I haven’t actually come up with what I’ll be doing, but I’ll wing it. I do know a lightsaber and crown are likely going to be involved.
“All we really need is to get you to the lobby. Then no one can truly stop you from leaving.”
"Oh, he can and he will," Killian says, coming up behind me. "Tristan is a powerful man now, not only in this city but also in the state. Which is one of the things we need to speak about." Killian’s tone lets me know he’s serious about whatever he’s about to tell us.
"What?"
"That doesn't sound good." Both Lily and I speak at the same time.
"Any plane I would be able to get at the last second would be military. Tristan's ties are thick there."
"We're driving," I remind him.
"We need to get out of the state as quickly as possible and back to Colorado. Once we're on the ground, things will get a whole lot harder for Tristan."
"Military ties?" Lily asks. "I know so little about this man, I swear," she mutters, but I can see the hurt there.
"I don't want your name on it either," Killian says.
"No problem." I grab my phone.
"Who are you reaching out to?" Killian asks.
"Ro," Lily responds before I can.
"Yep, that man can get anything." It's rather impressive. It only takes a few seconds and Roland is responding. I show Killian my phone. “He said it will be done within the hour. Let him know which airport." I fill Lily in.
We talk for a few more minutes, and Lily lets me know she’ll switch to texting once we’re near her building. At that point, Tristian will be across town, and there won't be much he can do, even if he sees it. It might not be until after the fact. Lily said he has a lunch meeting.
“What did you get at the fight?” I ask Killian as I grab another piece of bacon off one of the plates. He’s getting his stuff ready, which is fascinating to watch. All these devices I have never seen before are laid out. The way he handles guns is smooth, almost like they are as much a part of him as his hand.
“These.” He picks up a small black bag, opening it to reveal a few vials. "They'll render a person unconscious." He grabs a couple funny-looking bullets he has sitting up on the table. "I can put it in these, or on a cloth will do." He motions to a couple of black cloths he has folded up.
"Like the movies? Over the mouth?"
"Pretty much. We don't want to leave a trail of bodies behind." I'm not sure that's true for Killian, but he's being a gentleman for me.
"Right. I hadn't thought about what we'd do if a person tried to stop us."
"Someone will try and stop me. We're going in two different entrances." I can tell he's not excited about this.
“We are?”
“You keep your sweet ass in that lobby area. I’ll go in the back in case it’s not so easy for Lily to get out. Then I’ll go in.”
“You sound so badass." I reach out to touch one of the vials, but Killian’s hand wraps around my wrist, stopping me.
“That’s a big no.”
“Why? I was just going to touch it.”
“Like you were only going to hold your taser.” His eyebrow shoots up, and he gets that questioning look on his face.
What the hell? I throw my hands up. “You still won’t let that go?!” He’s obviously going to keep bringing up that one little mistake I made with the taser for all eternity.
“It was yesterday.”
"Whatever," I mutter, popping up from my seat. "I need to get my things ready too." I spin around to head to the bedroom but get nowhere, as I expected. His arm is around me from behind, and he pulls me back into his hard, warm body.
"Zolotse."
I turn in his arms. "I'm only messing with you." I kiss his chin. "Probably for the best I don't touch them."
"I don't want to hurt your feelings. I still want to track down all the kids from your school that hurt you and beat them into the ground."
I snort a laugh. "And that's why I was only teasing. I know everything you do is with my best interest in mind."
"Thank you, Zolotse."
Intent is everything. He relaxes. It's insane to see how much of what I do and say affects him. I'm still taking my taser, but I'm not going to bring that up.