Page 110 of The Defiant Curse

“I do. That’s fine. Just point me in the direction of his storage area. I have the codes, and don’t need help.”

The man escorted him.

“Are ya staying here, Sir?” he asked.

Ethan knew that no one was aware they owned the castle, and he didn’t want to let on he was heading there.

“No, I’m heading to the UK to meet the rest of my family. I had to work for the FBI,” he said, showing him his badge. “I’m a doctor there,” he stated, misrepresenting himself and risking his job in the process. “I have meetings in London tomorrow.”

Thank God Elizabeth was his boss.

Sort of.

Luckily, the man didn’t question it—which he should have, since it was all a bunch of bullshit, and he’d never been here to Scotland before.

At the locker, Ethan put in the code, and opened the door. Inside, he had a few choices. There was a limo, a sports car, and a bike. He knew for a fact there were supposed to be two bikes, so he knew what Elizabeth had likely used to get to the castle. At the castle, there were vehicles for Michael and Graham.

So, he took the car.

“Thank you,” Ethan said, tipping the man with the cash he’d hijacked from the house. He hoped Elizabeth had some, or he was going to have to use his cards. At that point, they would be onto him, and the last thing he wanted was for them to find him.

Ivan would be all over that like tan on Native.

Getting into the vehicle, he pulled it out of the garage, and the man closed the door behind him.

“Safe travels,” he said, waving at him.

Ethan had scribbled directions down on a piece of paper, since he absolutely couldn’t use his phone to navigate or the vehicle.

There was no doubt Ivan would be suspicious. Now, he had to hope that this car wasn’t LoJacked either or that Ivan wouldn’t think about looking in Scotland.

Hopefully, Raphael had done his part to disable the security on it.

Driving up along the roadway, he took the incline that went right through the town, and toward the mountains. Halfway up, he passed a sedan and thought nothing of it.

Had he, he would have realized that coming down the mountain was his wife.

He was about to miss her.

Oof.

For the rest of the drive, he nervously worked out what he was going to say to his wife, in hopes of convincing her to talk to him and not tell him to leave.

Oh, and he sounded like an idiot, rehearsing his apology for dropping her heart.

As he saw the castle looming up ahead, Blackhawk knew it was now or never.

It was time.

Unfortunately, he couldn’t avoid this, and it didn’t take him long to get to the gate.

As he got out, he headed toward the box and put in the code that Blackhawk security used when coming and going there with Callen.

It overrode whatever Graham and Michael used on the gate. Slowly, it opened, and Ethan wished he was showing up there for a more joyful reunion instead of him eating crow.

Or was that raven since this was Ravensmire?

It was now or never.