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Chapter Twenty-Nine
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2024-10-29 19:42:56Two weeks had gone by and things were looking up. I had a meeting scheduled with Jasper and Marcus at the end of the month at The Drake to finalize the signature wine list that would go to every hotel we owned.
Chris, Jax and Jade had moved into their own house not too far from us and every time I saw her she looked different. Jax had taken leave for the next two months but they stopped by every week for dinner.“Come in,” I said at the knock on my door.“If you’re busy I can come back later,” Rylee said.“You don’t have to knock Rylee. I’ll always make time for you,” I said to her as she sat down.“It’s been almost a month since we talked about introducing me to the lair,” she began.“You’ve made a decision?” I asked her.“Yes, I want to go ahead,” she said and I smiled.“Great, I’ll have Hannah give you a hand in the planning,” I said to her.“Does this mean we’re engaged now?” she asked as she looked at me.“Basically yes, Hannah will guide you throuRelated chapters
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Lunch consisted of snack platters for over twenty Sires that were currently gathered in the downstairs meeting room. I had numerous business dealings with all of them and at one point I had bailed a few of them out of sticky situations so that they could retain their Sire status.“Lucas, only you could pull off a gathering of opposing Sires in peace,” Roger said as we sat around the table.“I find myself facing a dire situation, which is why I’ve asked all of you here. You are the closest Sires in Illinois and today I’m going to ask for your help,” I said as I looked at them.“Lucas, whatever it is, you know I’ve got your back,” Jasper said and I smiled.“Yesterday a McIntyre messenger arrived on my doorstep. They’ve lodged a claim forcing me to return one of their members that left their territory six years ago. I recently found her and she’s been living here for about six weeks now, under my protection,” I said.“All this for one member?” Tod stated looking bored.“Their claim is th
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“You son of a bitch!” JD yelled as I told Preston to take him into custody and Carson waited out of sight until JD had been taken away.The Elders were waiting for Rylee in the meeting room and the other Sires were also taking their leave. We all had a lot of work to do and taking time out of your schedule for an impromptu meeting like this had consequences.“Thank you for having my back, I guess now I owe you all one,” I said amidst a few that laughed.“Having Lucas Grey owe you one was definitely worth this meeting,” Remy said.I went upstairs and found Rylee on the sofa with a notebook taking notes as Hannah spoke non-stop. She smiled when she saw me and if Hannah wasn’t in the room, well yeah, I won’t go into details about that.“Hannah give us a moment,” I said.“Is something wrong?” Rylee asked me her hands slightly shaking. I waited for Hannah to leave and sat down next to her.“The Elders want to speak to you, I made Carson confess part of their crimes and JD’s being held down
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Two days after the ceremony I finally went down to the basement to see JD. There were basic amenities available to him and he got fed twice a day. He had a sink and a toilet and an open shower with a cot with bedding. I wasn’t inhumane even though he was a bastard that deserved to suffer.“You look well JD,” I said to him.“How long are you planning on keeping me here?” he asked.“As long as I see fit,” I said.“Carson will retaliate,” he said to me confidently.“Oh JD, how naïve you are. Carson gave you up seconds into the interrogation and placed all the blame on you,” I said to him.“You’re a liar!” he seethed.“Am I? Why hasn’t Carson come for you yet? It’s been days now,” I said as I leaned against the wall.“You’re planning on killing me aren’t you?” he asked me.“Of course, quick or slow depends on you but I prefer slow, make you feel what Rylee felt,” I said to him.“I have information,” JD said.“I’m not interested in your information, chain him to the wall and whip him for t
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Rev and Preston joined me in the waiting room as I paced up and down waiting for news. It seemed like forever as people came and left and finally after two hours a nurse walked right towards us and asked us to follow her.We followed her into what looked like a small office and waited five more minutes before the doctor joined us. I had felt the second snap and my tears were very close to the surface. I hated crying in front of other people and I never showed weakness to anyone.“Mr. Grey, your sister, her husband and their baby were brought in by ambulance. They were involved in a five car pileup on the highway. We did everything we could, I’m really sorry for your loss but none of them survived,” he said as I felt my grip on reality shatter.“No,” I said as I grabbed him by the front of his scrubs.“Lucas,” Rev said as he pried my hands loose and the doctor left the room.“They’re all dead,” I whispered as Preston sank to a chair and I saw tears in his eyes.“Lucas, I’m sorry,” Rev
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It’s been a month since we burned Jax and Chris and I’d basically forgotten JD’s statement about the missing women and the auctions. I was preoccupied with business dealings and I had taken the time to mourn them properly which meant that I had yet to meet with Marcus and Jasper.I was in the dressing room putting on my tie when Rylee made an appearance in the doorway and looked me up and down. I had hardly seen her today and she was dressed to go out.“Where are you off to?” she asked me.“The Drake, I have to meet with Marcus and Jasper. Are you joining me?” I asked her.“Hannah invited me to go out with her, so I guess I’ll see you there,” she said with a smile.“You’d rather go with Hannah than me?” I asked her as I turned to face her.“Well since you’re asking so nicely,” she said and started playing with my tie.“We can all go as a group, Rev needs to sit in on the meeting as well,” I said to her my hand trailing up her arm.“Keep your hands to yourself,” she said as she took a s
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Rylee ignored me as we drove home a few hours later and I returned it by ignoring her as well. I wasn’t going to defend myself when I did nothing wrong. Tessa was part of my lair and things between us had ended a long time ago except for a one night stand here and there.“I’m going to bed,” I said as we climbed out of the car.I headed upstairs first and I pulled sweat pants on and climbed into bed. Baz was restless and I groaned loudly as I turned on my back. I felt Rylee as she climbed into bed and turned her back on me. My eyes were half closed when she decided to say something.“You smell like her,” she said and I sighed.“Do you want me to go shower?” I asked her.“No, by all means sleep next to me with her scent all over you,” she said.“Jealousy doesn’t suit you Rylee,” I said as I turned towards her.“And you’ll be fine if I sleep next to you smelling like another man?” she asked me. Baz roared loudly in my head and I had her pinned down beneath me before she could even react.
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We spent about three hours at Tessa’s apartment. Nadia had been sitting in the bedroom when we arrived and I could hear Tessa talking softly to her as we waited in the small living room. It looked exactly like I remembered it and Rev looked angry.“Nadia,” I said her name from behind Tessa. She visibly tried to shrink away from me and I could see that this was going to be difficult.“Lucas, just give us a moment,” Tessa said softly.I pushed past Tessa and sat down on the edge of the bed. I looked at Nadia for several minutes and then motioned for Tessa to leave us alone. I took my jacket off and hung it over the chair and sat down on the bed again, this time a bit closer to her.“I’m Lucas Grey and I’m not going to hurt you. I want to help you Nadia and I know Tessa told you about me and that she showed me that video you made. It was a very brave thing to do,” I said softly.“The anger you feel from me is not towards you, it’s towards those animals that are doing these things. I can
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Rylee came out of the bathroom smoothing her dress down and pushed past me, not even noticing me as she stumbled past. I could smell the alcohol on her and I grabbed her arm just as the man stumbled out of the bathroom and I lost it.I let go of her and lunged myself at the man, hitting him in the face. He went down and didn’t even put up a fight as I hit him repeatedly. When he was unconscious I was satisfied and stood up and Rylee just stood there looking at me, swaying on her feet.I grabbed her arm and pulled her along, through the throng of people on the dance floor and to the outside where Max stood waiting by his car. I strapped her into the front seat of my car and turned towards Max.“I’ll deal with you tomorrow,” I said and climbed in my car.I drove home and I couldn’t even look at her as she rested her head against the window. She had her eyes closed and I could smell him all over her. I parked the car and I saw that she was in no condition to walk into the house by hersel
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Timothy had followed Baz’s scent to the house and ultimately saved our lives. I was furious when we arrived back at the house because everyone was fine except Tom who had been killed in the basement when Joseph’s men broke Carson out. Nobody had even realized that they were in the house or that Rylee was missing.They realized that shit had hit the fan when Jasper, Brandon and Rev arrived back at the house and Timothy took off in a hurry leaving behind just the rustling of leaves. We couldn’t find any evidence of Joseph having any other children and I had to assume that he had lied about Carson not being his only heir.The new Elders took notice of the deaths and listened in silence as I made my statement and they made notes and announced that the McIntyre line was now dead. I was vindicated and in the end we took in about ten of the McIntyre members who had nowhere else to go.Rev and Hannah got married two days after her eighteenth birthday in a small ceremony at the house which we
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We drove the thirty miles to Broadview in tense silence. We all had our own reasons for wanting to do this. Brandon started out doing it because we’re friends and he’s always game for a good fight but now it was because of Kimberley. Rev hated anyone that I hated and he’s always had my back, not matter what or who.Jasper has been my older brother of sorts, I wouldn’t say he was a father figure to me but we were so involved with each other’s lives that no matter what happened we’d always be there for each other. He had become invested in finding proof against Joseph even though he wasn’t close with my father.Me on the other hand, I had every reason in the book to do this. Those bastards took my parents, ripped my family apart and then tried to ruin me as a Sire, make my life a living hell and thought they’d get away with it all.The house was located on the outskirts of Broadview and we stopped the car a mile away from it. There were a few guards walking the perimeter of the mansion.
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Timothy sat at my desk and I sat across from him on the sofa as he opened his laptop and looked at me. I took the letter from my jacket pocket and handed it to him. He read it and I saw his eyes widen as he folded the letter and handed it back to me.“This is…” he said.“I know,” I said to him as he shook his head.“What are their names?” he asked me his expression still stoic.“Gareth Wineston, James Hitchenson and Peter Phillips,” I said to him.“Bastards,” he said as he started typing on the laptop, “this might take a while, I’ll come get you as soon as I have something.”“Thanks, there’s something I need to do anyway,” I said to him.“Take your time. I have a program running down their names for any property owned and then I’ll start searching for their faces wherever they’re located just to make sure they are in fact there,” he said and I stood up.I nodded and left Timothy to do his thing and headed back to the bedroom as I sent a text to Stella. Rylee was in the shower and I co
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I spent two days searching the office before I found the hidden panel in the wall behind the filing cabinet. There was one envelope inside, wrapped in plastic and I took it out. I unwrapped the plastic carefully and opened the letter.“Lucas, when the time is right I pray you find this. I know you’re smart enough to figure the truth out on your own and I know how this will end. You’re too much like me and I know the need for vengeance will drive you and you won’t stop until you’ve accomplished what you want.Joseph McIntyre is poison and if you allow him in he will destroy everything you try to build up. The truth of everything is that Joseph was jealous. He loved your mother to the point where he rejected his bonded half for her but by that time we had already met and I marked your mother two days after I met her.You came along nine months later and then Christina and then Hannah and we never looked back. Joseph was furious of course. He tried to kidnap you right after your birth bu
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“Welcome dragonkin of my lair,” I said as everyone settled down.“I met with our new Elders this morning and I know you’ve all heard a lot of rumours and most of them are probably true. Yes, I disbanded the previous Elders by killing off their dragons. Yes, we have Carson McIntyre in our custody. I have also been granted an execution warrant for Joseph McIntyre as proof have finally been found that he was responsible for killing my parents,” I said and had to stop talking because of the cheers and clapping.“The McIntyre lair has officially been disbanded as of today and the whole of Aurora is now under our protection and you are all free to move through lower Aurora. Tonight we’ll decide Carson’s fate and I’ve already taken the stance that no McIntyre member will join our lair,” I said.“Kill him!” I heard the shouts coming from my lair members.Rev stepped out from the shadows pulling Carson behind him. He joined me in the front and kicked the back of Carson’s leg and forced him to
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“How do you know Beckett Lawley?” I asked Rylee as I stood in the doorway of her bedroom.“Why?” she asked me and I could see that she had stiffened when I mentioned his name.“You’re living in his apartment,” I said.“How do you know that?” she asked me.“The Elders told me, so it’s true?” I asked her.“I met Beckett about three years ago at a function that Colin had at his house,” she said.“I’m sure he just jumped at the opportunity to take you in,” I said.“We became friends,” she said.“So how do you see this working?” I asked her.“See what working?” she asked me.“Us,” I said to her.“There is no us Lucas. I meant what I wrote in that letter,” she said.“So why are you here?” I asked her.“Closure maybe and I felt guilty for you taking my punishment and I wanted to help you heal which my presence did,” she said.“So you intend to leave again?” I asked her.“Yes,” she said.“Don’t,” I said to her.“I know you don’t want them and I’m more than capable of looking after them myself
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After dinner I followed Rylee up the stairs and she stopped on the third floor and turned to me. I didn’t really know what to expect because I had treated her like shit yet here she was and I didn’t know what to say other than sorry which wasn’t really good enough.“Well this is me,” she said and turned to walk down the hall.“You’re sleeping in the guest room?” I asked her.“Well I am a guest here,” she said and my heart sank.“Okay,” I said and turned towards the stairs again.“We should make some time to talk,” she said.“We should,” I said to her.I lay in bed and thought about everything I wanted to say to her, everything I should say to her but knowing she wasn’t staying kind of ruined all that, not that I could blame her. I was surprised she was even here now.I woke up as Rylee put a cup of coffee down on the bedside table. She was already dressed and she looked good, she was glowing and she looked happy.“Morning,” she said with a smile.“Hey,” I said as I sat upright and too
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I was vaguely aware of beeping machines deep in my subconscious. My limbs felt too heavy and I couldn’t move them. I knew I was dreaming or hallucinating as I smelled Rylee’s scent close to me and I could swear someone was holding my hand.I felt tired and I hurt and for some reason I couldn’t open my eyes or speak. This process repeated itself about four times and I had no idea how much time had passed. This time when I came to my senses things felt different.I still struggled to open my eyes and I was aware that I was on my stomach and I could smell her again. It was like she was right there with me, stroking my hair with one hand while the other one was entwined in my own hand.I felt her hand move and I gripped it tightly, “please don’t leave me,” I whispered and I could feel her breath on my face.“I’m not going anywhere,” she said in her soft voice.“Is he waking up?” I heard Hannah ask.“Yes,” Rylee said.“I’ll call Stella,” Hannah said and I heard her footsteps as she left th
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“Coming!” she yelled at the knock on the door of her apartment.She opened the door and stood frozen as she looked at Hannah and Rev. Hannah smiled slightly and Rev just grunted as they all stared at each other.“Hello Rylee,” Hannah said.“How did you find me?” Rylee asked her.“I have friends,” Hannah shrugged.“Does Lucas know where I am?” Rylee asked.“No,” Hannah said, “can we come in?”“Sure,” Rylee said as she looked around.She opened the door wider and let Hannah and Rev enter. They walked through to the living room and Rylee showed them each a seat.“Something to drink?” Rylee asked.“Coffee for both of us,” Hannah said as they sat down.Rylee walked to the kitchen and absent-mindedly her hand went to her stomach. She was now almost four months pregnant and living in Joliet. She was slightly worried that Hannah had found her and she was itching with curiosity as to why they were here.“I assume this isn’t a friendly visit to see how I am,” Rylee said as Rev took the tray fro
