Page 107 of Death Game: Supernatural Battle

“We’ve had a visitor the last few nights,” he said. “At first I thought it was one of your guests, but he doesn’t dress in black leather.”

I stilled. “What does he dress in?”

“A suit. I got a still of his face last night, and I believe he’s your male guest. Kyros, was it?”

I would have cracked a grin over the termmale guestif my mouth wasn’t suddenly so dry. Kyros was visiting the estate at night. “What time?”

“Around 5:00 a.m., miss.”

After playingIngenium.

I guessed the only reason I hadn’t charged down to his tower was because he’d been sneaking here at night. Which tore all romance from the gesture. He was coming close enough to satisfy the blood bond so we didn’t have to actually see each other.

“Should I alert the authorities?” he asked.

I settled back in the cushioned chair. “No. Don’t do that. Next time he shows up, send me a message. Don’t call, just message.”

“Copy that.”

As soon as I hung up, the phone rang again.

“Miss Le Spyre, your ten o’clock appointment is here.”

“Thank you, Fred. Send him in.”

Fernando strode in a moment later, closing the door, and turning on the noise-cancelling. “Miss Le Spyre,” he said, bowing low.

He’d lost the fear from our first exchanges, but he kept up the appropriate sheepishness. To my knowledge, his brothers and sisters were still treating him like a piece of shit.

Fernando’s information had proven invaluable so far, and I’d decided that if Laurel agreed, he’d be freed alongside the others. If I managed to pull anything off, that was.

I still needed the sixth exchange to occur with Kyros. Not only to free the Indebted, but to have any chance of putting my new plan into effect.

Even then, I’d be relying on Kyros’s forgiveness for any of this to work.

“Fernando. Report,” I said, giving him my full attention.

He bowed again. “You were right. Sandra Hoyt was under compulsion to report. She’s tied to Gina. As soon as you left Sandra’s house, she had to phone Gina and tell her everything. But she wasn’t compelled to do more, so she still ran and managed to evade them for five days until they caught up.”

I should have brought her with me that day. She never would have managed to report with my Indebted around.

That was a grievous mistake I’d live with for the rest of my life. The memory of Sandra and Rhys would forever stain my hands red even if I hadn’t personally killed them.

“Fyrlia’s status inIngenium?”

He clasped his hands behind his back. “King Mikael speaks of how he’ll kill King Julius and the Sundulus royals. He speaks of how he’ll treat Queen Titania, and how he’ll make his eldest sonsee the light.”

My stomach flipped at the thought that Mikael may get what he’d so desperately sought for one-and-a-half centuries. He didn’t deserve Kyros.

“What’s the feeling between the Fyrlia siblings? Has the divide between the remaining Tonyi triplets widened?”

The vampire dipped his head. “Now that Trenit and Tynan are at each other’s throats, the other siblings have regained the upper hand in the power struggle. I believe King Mikael is once more gravitating toward the counsel of Gina and Hector.”

That made sense. Breaking the rules could cost Fyrlia dearly at this crucial point in the game. “Anything else?”

He hesitated. “Prince Kyros had his weekly visit with Fyrlia. I thought you may be interested to know that King Mikael goaded him with your recent actions.”

It was the fuel I’d given the king to drive a wedge between us. I’dtoldhim to use it to save Tommy’s life.

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