Page 58 of Immortal Sun

“Stay there.” The call drops.

I set the phone carefully on the table. “So… he’s not happy.”

“He’s never satisfied.” Apep shrugs. “It’s best to know that now. He’ll be as nice as he can possibly be, but he’s not…human sometimes, he only sees the beginning and the end result, a blessing and a curse, I suppose.” He finishes off his wine. “I should be going so it doesn’t turn into a fist fight.”

I gulp and point to the door. “Too late.”

“He must have sped, how very daring of him.” Apep chuckles to himself and holds out his hand to Cyrus. “I hope it’s okay that I stole her for a few hours. She was starving, and we both know how hard it is when your blood sugar drops.”

Cyrus grips Apep by the front of his shirt and shoves him aside. “Let’s go,” he says to me.

I jump to my feet, grab my phone, and walk past Apep. “Thank you.”

“Anytime, Cleo,” he says with a warm smile. “And I mean that. Truly, anytime I can be of service, I’m only a phone call away.”

I nod my head and follow Cyrus out to his car. He doesn’t open my door, nor does he speak the entire way back to the mansion. He gets out of the car first. I follow him into the house. He stops in the entryway.

“It was just lunch,” I murmur under my breath.

He grabs me by the arm and jerks me back until I collide with his front. Bending, he whispers in my ear, “No. It really wasn’t.”

I jerk away from him. “You’re a bit possessive for being my boss, you barely know me.”

His eyes narrow. “ Oh I know everything about you. I know your desires. I know your fears. I know,” His eyes go completely black. “Everything.”

I stumble away. He grabs me by the elbow. “Let go of me.”

He frowns. “Something wrong? You look like you saw a ghost or something.” He feels my forehead. “Hmm, you feel warm, maybe you should go lay down for a bit?”

Maybe I should? What just happened?

He curses and walks away.

What is with this guy and my reaction to him? He’s a stranger that acts familiar. At first I thought he was just being nice but now I’m wondering if something sinister is going on. He controls me or attempts to like he has a right to, but he’s also, other than Apep, the only key to finding Jake.

I numbly walk down the stairs and towards the warehouse.

My purse is in the third chamber next to the spear. I grab it and look behind me, then send the latest picture of Jake to Apep.

I frown when I find his name.

It has his email and his phone number, but that’s not the strange part, the strange part is his name.

Apep Kaos.

That’s a weird last name.

I send the text.

Apep Kaos

I’ll send this to Daggon and get one of my personal investigators on it. If he’s on the island, we’ll find him.

Tears burn my eyes, then one escapes down my cheek.

Me

Thank you, thank you so much, you have no idea how much this means to me.

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