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“You called this meeting Leonard.” I pointed out. “Rhys knows the Patels are dead. So, what now?”
“There is still a threat against the Circle of Kings. I received another warning.” Leonard pulled a handkerchief from his coat pocket and wiped his damp forehead.
“What did it say?” What I initially mistook for arrogance in Leonard I could see now was distress. “Same type of warning. That we needed to watch our backs. It was left under the mat at my front door.” Leonard passed me the note, and I scanned it, handing it to Rhys. “I’ve moved Lily to a safe location, and I suggest you do the same with Evie,” he said to me. “And you’ll need to find Aiden and tell him.”
“Duly noted.” I gave him a tight smile. “Is there anything else?”
“We need to replace the Patels as soon as possible.”
“Fine.”
“This can’t be put off,” Leonard emphasized. “I’ll send you a list of potential prospects.”
“I’ll arrange something after Bilderberg.” I stood up, ending the meeting. “It’s been a pleasure, gentlemen, but I have a plane to catch. A regibus intus potential jacet.”
“A regibus intus potential jacet,” Rhys and Leonard repeated, standing up.
“Keir, let me know the date. And give me more warning next time,” Rhys said, leaving out the main door as I headed to the door attached to my office.
“Wilson.” Leonard stopped me. “A king’s power lies within.”
“I know what our motto means,” I snapped. I was tired of him trying to undermine me.
“Do you?” He took hold of my arm. “Because you do everything to fight it. You must rise up and accept your fate, or it will destroy you.”
“Don’t talk to me about fate, you auld bastard. I didn’t ask for this beast inside me, and I certainly won’t accept it.”
“And you will never come into your power if you don’t. You say you want things like Bilderberg and to be Grand Master, but you know nothing of your potential. And I’ve told you that whatever monster dwells in you, you conjured it yourself. It is your fate, just like it was Rhys’ fate and my fate, and Aiden’s fate. Just like it will be the next lad’s fate.”
I shrugged out of his grip and put my hand on the doorknob, opening the door.
“This threat isn’t the same as what happened on your island.”
“What are you saying?”
“I paid Brendan to sabotage it. I thought if I scared you and Evie, you would give up the ruse.”
I turned and grabbed him by the front of his dress shirt. “You bloody fucking bugger. She could have been seriously injured.”
“Aye, well, you should never have brought her into your farce of a marriage. You’re not ready to be Grand Master. You’re weak. You’ll put the Circle of Kings in jeopardy.”
And then I saw it.
Fear.
It lay deep in his eyes. “I’m not the weak one you are,” I spat, letting go of him.
“The Patels were drained of all their blood before they died.”
“What?”
“You heard me,” Leonard spat. “What threatens us now is not of this world.”
“Are you suggesting it’s one of us?”
“No, but it’s like us.”
I thought of Donovan’s comment.
