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“Yes, sir.”
Donovan knew about the Circle of Kings. Everyone in the group had signed an NDA, and while I didn’t trust any of the other men, I knew them enough to know they would never casually talk about it. Someone said something.
The question was, who?
“He’s listed as Cormac’s father.” Alan handed me a file. “The information you requested.”
I opened it and scanned the pages. There was nothing remarkable. Born in Belfast, the bastard Cormac went to school in the United States at a private boy’s school back east. He had numerous arrests for stealing, underage drinking, drugs, and a possible assault on a woman. All of which were dropped. He was kicked out of university and now works for his father.
“Fucking idiot,” I said.
“Who are these men to you?” Alan asked.
“They’re nothing to me. But they are threatening Evie and her family.” I set the file down on the table.
“Now that makes sense,” Alan said, pulling another file from his briefcase. “The information you wanted on The Irish Rover. The financials don’t add up. I’m surprised they haven’t been audited by the government yet.”
“What are you thinking?”
“Money laundering.”
“Shite,” I said. The implications of money laundering were severe. It could land her brothers in prison. I doubted Evie knew. It would crush her. Now I would have to get involved regardless of what she said. Even if our marriage wasn’t real, any association with the business could ruin my career and everything I’ve worked toward. I might be a monster, and my way of doing things could definitely be called into question, but when it came to my business, I always did things by the book. “This reeks of Donovan Sullivan. Evie hinted that the Sullivans had something over her father and brother.”
“This could be it. I’ll dig a bit deeper,” Alan said. “You know you were rough on her. She didn’t deserve that.”
“Aye, well, hopefully, it will all be over after tomorrow, and we can go on with our lives.”
Alan shook his head. “You could at least go back and apologize.”
“It’s best left as it is.” I couldn’t go back if I wanted to. The image of Donovan with his hands on her was seared into my mind.
She looked frightened.
Dearil wasn’t the only one feeling possessive.
I was too, and it was a feeling I wasn’t used to, nor could I afford to feel.
“You need to decide on a settlement before tomorrow, or you risk the courts giving her half of your assets.”
“Maybe she deserves half,” I snapped.
“Keir, I’m being serious. I’ll come up with some numbers that the court would actually believe.”
Simon brought me another whiskey, and I finished it in two gulps. The bitter taste of spiced fruit and smoke was thick in my mouth. It helped to dampen the rage. “Will you make sure Miss Young gets something to eat,” I told him.
“Yes, sir.”
I closed my eyes and let the scotch settle into my body until it left me with only one singular thought.
The Circle of Kings had been compromised.
* * *
We landedin Edinburgh ten hours later. It was going on eight in the morning.
“It would have made more sense to fly into Glasgow,” Alan commented.
“I won’t stay in that God-forbidden city, and you know it. It’s bad enough I have to return there today. No thanks to bloody Leonard.”
