Death Game: Supernatural Battle (Vampire Towers #3) - Kelly St. Clare Page 0,70
the thought that Mikael may get what he’d so desperately sought for one-and-a-half centuries. He didn’t deserve Kyros.
“What’s the feeling between the Fyrlia siblings? Has the divide between the remaining Tonyi triplets widened?”
The vampire dipped his head. “Now that Trenit and Tynan are at each other’s throats, the other siblings have regained the upper hand in the power struggle. I believe King Mikael is once more gravitating toward the counsel of Gina and Hector.”
That made sense. Breaking the rules could cost Fyrlia dearly at this crucial point in the game. “Anything else?”
He hesitated. “Prince Kyros had his weekly visit with Fyrlia. I thought you may be interested to know that King Mikael goaded him with your recent actions.”
It was the fuel I’d given the king to drive a wedge between us. I’d told him to use it to save Tommy’s life.
I swallowed. “And?”
“Prince Kyros defended you against all his attempts to besmirch you.”
Defended how? I wanted to know, and yet it was important to keep Fernando at a distance. “Very well. I’m particularly interested in whatever you can dig up on Fyrlia’s plans for the coming week. Please report back in two days with what you find.”
He bowed again and left.
I tried to regulate my breathing.
Kyros was defending me to Mikael? What did that mean? Was it just a ploy to undermine his enemy? Or had he reasoned through what I’d done and reassessed?
The churning emotion within him hadn’t abated in the slightest. Kyros was as disappointed and furious and shocked as he’d been when the traitorous words left my mouth.
I also knew that the interpretation of his feelings was subjective. How many times had I used that ploy against him? Or focused on a memory to distract him from what I truly felt?
Pulling out my phone, I typed another text. My being needed Kyros desperately, but my plans required him too. The lives of his family, the freedom of the Indebted, and the livelihood of the humans in Bluff City depended on it. Nothing would happen unless I managed to get him in the same room as me.
I could work with angry Kyros, but I couldn’t work with absent Kyros.
I’m sure you have questions
I sent the text and hesitated before adding:
Time is running out to ask them.
Nine days to be exact.
Like a dog waiting for its owner to come home, I listened in on him as he read, uncertainty spread through me at the jolt of sharp yearning that ran through him for a split second before his rage slammed down once more.
Pressing the button under the desk, I grimaced as my ears popped and the sounds outside the room disappeared. I was used to hearing the movements of Fred and the Indebted around me these days; it was uncomfortable to have the sense dampened.
I scrolled through my numbers to Winston and rang my Churchill team.
“Miss Le Spyre,” Eva’s voice trailed down the line. “How can we help you?”
Holding the phone between my shoulder and ear, I finished the email to her. “I’m sending you an email with Foremost and Live Right figures. The team will cease all other projects and focus on an audit of all Foremost and Live Right holdings.”
“We regularly track their acquisitions,” she offered. “How would you like our focus to alter?”
“Go through every single asset Foremost and Live Right has ever purchased, every cent of their income. I’m also sending you the names of other companies they own that are unrelated to real estate. I need the team to assess the holdings of these as well. In no more than seven days, I require the net worth of each company. These numbers need to be entirely accurate, Eva. That’s very important.”
My Churchill team operated with almost zero possession of the facts and reasons for the tasks I set. This was just another day at the office for them.
Through my work at Sundulus, I had an in-depth knowledge of the various public faces of each clan. I had to use that knowledge now to see if what I owned could save Kyros’s family.
I needed to know if my Bluff City assets were worth enough to make a difference.
Go after the life you want.
I was going all in.
“Understood, Miss Le Spyre. I’m reading over your email now and will respond with any queries. The team will be pulled from their normal tasks and reassigned to this audit. Would you like the acquisition teams to continue their work?”
I’d already spoken to Tommy. “Yes. They will continue their