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Evie struggled in my arms. “Let go of me.”
“Evie, calm down, darling.” I slowly released my hold on her.
“I s-s-saw your face. Your eyes,” she muttered, backing away from me. “How?”
“I never lied to you, lass,” I explained. “I told you many times that I was a monster.”
She rubbed her face, struggling to comprehend what she saw. “There’s no such thing.”
“There are many things that can’t be explained in this world,” I said. “Trust me.”
“Trustyou? I wish I had never met you.”
“Let’s go back to my place, and I’ll tell you what I can,” I said. “I need to get him out of here.”
Aidan continued to pace, mumbling to himself.
“Is he one of you?” she asked.
“Yes. He’s something like me. I’m not sure what, though.” I held my hand out toward her. “We need to go.”
“Does this have to do with the Circle of Kings?”
“Evie, I’ll answer all your questions back at my place. Please, lass.”
“I’m not going with you.”
“Evie, I won’t hurt you. I know you saw my face, but it’s still me. I would never hurt you.”
“You’ve done nothingbuthurt me, Keir,” she said.
“I’m not leaving you with those men.”
“Why? Those men are my family and friends. You have done nothing but use me to get what you want. And now you have it.Youare the monster, not them.”
“They are more monsters than I will ever be, Evie.”
“Go.”
“Evie, you’re not safe-”
“I said go,” she screamed.
I shook my head. Fucking hell, what had I done? I took Aidan by the shoulder and walked away. She was right. She saw me for exactly what I was and for what I would always be.
A bloody fucking monster.
* * *
Four days later,I sat on my plane headed to Lisbon, Portugal, the location for this year’s Bilderberg meeting. Everything I had worked for and everything I had dreamed of was about to come to fruition. Only my thoughts weren’t here. They were with Evie and how she was getting on. I had tried calling Patrick several times, but he never picked up. In the end, I knew it was for the best.
She deserved better.
A stack of briefs sat on the table before me. Information pertaining to every topic to be discussed at the conference. AI, finance, energy, climate change, China, Russia, Ukraine, NATO, and US leadership, to name a few. I had read and memorized everything, and I was as prepared as I could be.
Alan sat across from me and handed me a file.
“What’s this?” I asked skeptically.
