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tomorrow. I could snap your neck with a flick of my wrist and be done with you right now.”
Drake was behind me, his arms around me with his hands firmly planted on my stomach. I felt his finger twitch. My hair flew up from the puff of air as he bulleted past me. A second later Ben was free, gasping for air, Quinton was on the floor, his eyes bulging out of their sockets, while Drake’s foot pressed against the enforcer’s neck.
“I could say the same with the flick of my heel.”
I wanted to tell Drake it was an act, that Quinton was putting on a show, but everything happened too fast. Will put his hand on Drake’s shoulder. “Not here, son. Let him go.” People standing in the lobby of the hotel were watching. You could have heard a pin drop as all chatter stopped and all eyes were on us.
Drake didn’t make eye contact with Will, nor did he verbally acknowledge his request. Drake stepped away from Quinton as if he were avoiding a giant pile of manure, reached out for my hand and led me back to the elevator. I resisted the urge to look back at Cameron or any of the others in the lobby. The excitement I’d felt at finally meeting Cameron was gone, along with any illusion that we would share a future together. Wittingly or not, he’d made up his mind about Drake and me. I still hoped that there was a shred of decency in Zandra and that she’d find a way to keep him away from the Council meeting tomorrow. Quinton said there were others who might be willing to help, too.
Drake didn’t comment on Cameron. His only words were spoken more for himself than for me, “That was Quinton’s third strike. If we see him again, he won’t walk away.”
I waited until the elevator doors closed, before I told Drake. “It was a show. He doesn’t want anything to happen to us. Quinton is someone we can trust; he’s just being careful because he doesn’t want word to get back to Zandra.”
Chapter 6
(Camille Nash – Lost City Resort in South Africa)
When we returned to our room, I was still speechless. I walked to the window trying to process everything that had happened. Drake walked around me to the window and drew the curtains closed. He turned back to me, and for a moment, I could see the exhaustion in his eyes, “I’m going to catch a shower. Wait for me. Don’t leave the room without me, okay?”
He must have thought I had a death wish if he thought I was leaving his side after our exchange downstairs. I was too numb to give him much of an answer. “I’ll be right here.”
He grabbed some clothes out of our backpack propped up on the dresser and headed for the bathroom. Drake hadn’t been happy with my decision to let the Council Enforcer go free yesterday from Cancun. Truthfully, I wasn’t sure who in our entourage besides Ben was pleased with my decision, but none argued with me or tried to stop him. Before he left, Quinton had sounded sincere that he wanted me to stay away from the Council Meeting. He was worried about my safety, yet one day later he appeared at my hotel and threatened to snap Ben’s neck. It could have been an act, but in the silence of our room, I wasn’t sure.
A shiver ran through me. Had Drake not been there, would Quinton have killed Ben right there in front of me? In front of everybody?
I didn’t expect to see Quinton again so soon, and I never would have guessed he would be the first enforcer we would encounter. How had he been assigned to escort Cameron? Will said enforcers couldn’t lie; it seemed like he was ready to kill Ben. Maybe I shouldn’t have let him go. If I hadn’t, he would still be in Cancun. The Centaur Council would surely have expected us anyway, but now they were obviously ready for us.
Although my action with Quinton and letting him go increased the danger for my family, there was no better way to spread the word to the rest of the world that we were
Drake was behind me, his arms around me with his hands firmly planted on my stomach. I felt his finger twitch. My hair flew up from the puff of air as he bulleted past me. A second later Ben was free, gasping for air, Quinton was on the floor, his eyes bulging out of their sockets, while Drake’s foot pressed against the enforcer’s neck.
“I could say the same with the flick of my heel.”
I wanted to tell Drake it was an act, that Quinton was putting on a show, but everything happened too fast. Will put his hand on Drake’s shoulder. “Not here, son. Let him go.” People standing in the lobby of the hotel were watching. You could have heard a pin drop as all chatter stopped and all eyes were on us.
Drake didn’t make eye contact with Will, nor did he verbally acknowledge his request. Drake stepped away from Quinton as if he were avoiding a giant pile of manure, reached out for my hand and led me back to the elevator. I resisted the urge to look back at Cameron or any of the others in the lobby. The excitement I’d felt at finally meeting Cameron was gone, along with any illusion that we would share a future together. Wittingly or not, he’d made up his mind about Drake and me. I still hoped that there was a shred of decency in Zandra and that she’d find a way to keep him away from the Council meeting tomorrow. Quinton said there were others who might be willing to help, too.
Drake didn’t comment on Cameron. His only words were spoken more for himself than for me, “That was Quinton’s third strike. If we see him again, he won’t walk away.”
I waited until the elevator doors closed, before I told Drake. “It was a show. He doesn’t want anything to happen to us. Quinton is someone we can trust; he’s just being careful because he doesn’t want word to get back to Zandra.”
Chapter 6
(Camille Nash – Lost City Resort in South Africa)
When we returned to our room, I was still speechless. I walked to the window trying to process everything that had happened. Drake walked around me to the window and drew the curtains closed. He turned back to me, and for a moment, I could see the exhaustion in his eyes, “I’m going to catch a shower. Wait for me. Don’t leave the room without me, okay?”
He must have thought I had a death wish if he thought I was leaving his side after our exchange downstairs. I was too numb to give him much of an answer. “I’ll be right here.”
He grabbed some clothes out of our backpack propped up on the dresser and headed for the bathroom. Drake hadn’t been happy with my decision to let the Council Enforcer go free yesterday from Cancun. Truthfully, I wasn’t sure who in our entourage besides Ben was pleased with my decision, but none argued with me or tried to stop him. Before he left, Quinton had sounded sincere that he wanted me to stay away from the Council Meeting. He was worried about my safety, yet one day later he appeared at my hotel and threatened to snap Ben’s neck. It could have been an act, but in the silence of our room, I wasn’t sure.
A shiver ran through me. Had Drake not been there, would Quinton have killed Ben right there in front of me? In front of everybody?
I didn’t expect to see Quinton again so soon, and I never would have guessed he would be the first enforcer we would encounter. How had he been assigned to escort Cameron? Will said enforcers couldn’t lie; it seemed like he was ready to kill Ben. Maybe I shouldn’t have let him go. If I hadn’t, he would still be in Cancun. The Centaur Council would surely have expected us anyway, but now they were obviously ready for us.
Although my action with Quinton and letting him go increased the danger for my family, there was no better way to spread the word to the rest of the world that we were
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