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Dead bodies hung in the massive fountain outside the hotel proved useful. I’ve since found two more sleeper cells. They took their last breaths yesterday evening. Now I’m here for one final clean-and-sweep before heading back home to my pet.
“Where are you?” she asks when a large group of noisy tourists walk behind me.
“Prague,” I reply. She lets free a whisper of a sigh. “You want ta be here?”
“You’re there,” she says quietly, and I don’t think I was meant to hear it. “Is it nice?” She recovers.
Glancing around the courtyard I’m sitting in with its swan fountains, planters of flowers, and cobblestone walks, I try to see it the way she would. “I think ya’d like it.”
“Is that a Scottish brogue you have?” There’s confusion in her voice.
“Magnolia!” A woman screeches her name before I can answer her.
“Who’s that?” I don’t like the way she says my pet’s name.
“God, have some decency, sitting out here like a bum. You’re a mess. Come inside and freshen yourself up. You look like a scraggly rat.” Anger burns in my veins when I hear a little sniffle.
“Pet, who was that?” A door slams shut, leaving the sound of silence. “Magnolia.” I growl her name this time.
“My mother,” she finally admits.
“Yer mam speaks ta you like that?” My parents weren’t the greatest, but they never made me feel like shit.
“It’s just who she is.” That doesn’t sound any better. The tears in her voice make me want to give the woman a piece of my mind. “When you’re done in Prague, will you come see me?” The vulnerability she shows has me willing to worship at her feet.
“Wild horses couldn’t keep me away.” She doesn’t need to know she was my first stop after finishing here. “Must admit, though, I hadn’t expected ta see ya on a book cover.”
“You saw that?” she gasps.
“Read it, too.”
“Th-that’s Jossilyn’s love story, not mine,” she rushes to say.
I chuckle because some of the things in there would have made her blush, but I plan to do much, much more once I’ve got my hands on her again. “Trust, girl, I know. But don’t ya worry none; I’ll have my wicked way with you in every position possible as soon as I can.”
“Yo-you w-will?” Seems she’s forgotten just how explosive we were together.
“Yeah, Magnolia, I will. I’ll see ya soon.” I wait for her breathy goodbye before hanging up, replacing the SIM card, and texting McCall.
Me: Nothing left to do here.
He doesn’t wait long to get back to me.
Mac: You’re certain? Did you visit the old tunnels?
Me: Ya never mentioned them…
I’m going to beat this bastard if I ever get my hands on him.
Mac: Take a quick tour, then head home.
Removing the SIM card again, I snap it in half before pocketing the now-dead device. The only thing I want is to fly back to Texas, hold Magnolia in my arms, give that mother of hers a piece of my mind, and shatter the silence of her nightly dreams with pleasure and claim her as my own.
As I pull out a map, I realize that the tunnels McCall is so concerned about are going to take me two days to make my way through. If there’s not a single asshole to annihilate in that time, I’m going to kill the king of that magical land he’s grown so fond of.
CHAPTER6
Magnolia
