Immortal Bloodlines (11 page)
Christos watched the woman who detached from the shadows by the wall. “It was a stupid reason then and now. This had better not be one of your plots. If anything happens to Kalina, you will answer to me.”
The woman looked at him, her golden gaze flashing. “I don’t take threats or orders, Christos.”
Christos streaked to her, before closing his hand around her throat.
He felt her pulse flutter wildly against his fingers as he stared into her eyes. “You need someone to order you around.” His voice had gone soft, deadly.
The woman looked at him, hunger in her gaze before her eyes went cool. “Better men than you have tried and failed.”
“Give me a chance and see,” Christos purred against the side of her face, nuzzling her cheek.
She shuddered, then disappeared. He turned to see her standing across the room. He could have easily bridged the distance, but let her have the space.
She raised a hand that shook. “You have to stop this. Yo—” She cut herself off, looking stricken. Bitterness welled inside Christos. It was useless. She would not see past it.
Turning his back on her, he bit out one word. “Go.”
He sensed her staring at him. Steeling himself, he glanced over his shoulder. Regret shone on her face. He smiled a mirthless grin. Too bad it wasn’t for the right reasons.
“Go, now. Remember, if anything happens to Kalina, you will answer to me.” The threat rang clear in the room.
The woman nodded in acknowledgement before she stepped into the shadows by the door and disappeared. Christos stared back at the door Kalina had left through and prayed he had made the right decision, for all their sakes.
He went to his desk and sat then turned, waved his hand and the wall opened. The panel slid back soundlessly, revealing the computer that filled the space from floor to ceiling. No one knew of his own system he used for his special projects. Pulling back his long hair, he then pinned it up and out of his way.
Waving his hand on the desktop, he brought up his keyboard. He would not use the voice function for this. He would let his fingers do the walking. Before the end of the day, he would have enough information to give Kalina all the headway she would need.
About the Author
Taige Crenshaw has been enthralled with the written word from the time that she picked up her first book. It wasn’t long before she started to make up her own tales of romance.
Her novels are set in the modern day between people who know what they want and how to get it. Taige also sets her stories in the future with vast universes between beautiful, strange and unique beings with lots of spice and sensuality added to her work.
Always hard at work creating new and exciting places, Taige can be found curled up with a hot novel with exciting characters when she is not creating her own. Join her in the fun and frolic, with interesting people and far reaches of the world in her novels.
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Phoenix Intelligence Agency: Indigo Rain
Phoenix Intelligence Agency: Silken Inferno
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With Aliyah Burke
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