Page 83 of King of Knights

No wonder this place ain’t earning like it used to. I shrug the thought off. Nothing is earning like it used to. I need to figure out how to get those biker wizards back under control. My father would have a stroke.

“Go on, what you got for me?”

“I have a friend of a friend who can get me into the biker club. It’s gonna cost a little, but I’m told Ray is with him there,” he says.

“How much is a little?”

“Forty grand.”

“Fuck outa here. Are you shitting me?”

“That’s what it takes to get me in.” He shrugs.

I sigh and sit back in my seat. I need to renegotiate the terms of this agreement. Fuck it, I can’t keep going like this.

If they won’t come to me, I’ll go to them. My daughters have left me with no options. Four, four brats and not one is useful in my time of need. Not even the one I love.

“Set it up,” I snarl.

The Hunter

I loveit when they do my work for me. You can always get to your prey through the object of their affection. I’ve intentionally herded those women to my prey.

Through them, I will finally accomplish my life’s mission. Justice will be served. I smile at the blonde dancing in my lap. She looks back at me with a smile on her bright-ruby-painted lips.

There is one constant in time. Desperation. One man’s desperation is another’s treasure.

“Yes, you will do,” I whisper in her ear as she leans back against my chest.

A Gift

From the moment we enter the clubhouse, I know this day isn’t about to turn for the better. The light fairies are buzzing about, trying to gain entry to the gate.

I look to Aravos and lift a brow. He shrugs his shoulders. I sigh and summon Dagger. These are his people.

Guiding Ray upstairs, I head straight for the clubhouse’s main floor. My brothers are sitting in their throne chairs with their mates beside them. Well, Reilly has Lee Ann in his lap.

I grin and shake my head. A few light fairies pass by me. I pause to watch them, wondering what’s going on. Their eyes are alight and their skin is aglow. That only means one thing.

“What’s happening?” Ray asks as we get to the dais.

“A child has been born,” I reply.

“Really?” she says. Her eyes light up with excitement.

“When a fairy is born, there is a celebration of their birth. The glowing eyes and skin mean she or he has been born of a royal. But why are they all here? The ceremony is usually in the father’s home,” I muse aloud.

“Not when the father is gone,” Dagger says as he appears.

“Who’s the father?” Ray asks.

“Not sure I can answer that for you.”

“So a royal has had a child and doesn’t know or want to reveal the father? You deal with this. Have the djinns solved their issue, or do I still need to intervene?”

“Those genies do as they wish. I say shove them all in a bottle and be done with it,” Dagger mutters and waves me off. “But Prez, the light fairy needs to be addressed. It’s Asuka.”

I groan and roll my eyes. Trouble follows Asuka. She doesn’t intend for things to happen, but they do.

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