Deviant Knights (26 page)
Authors: Alexandra O'Hurley
She had no time or desire for all that.
Maybe the Templar would be different.
Maybe they would be hard, tougher than men
from
her own
time.
They had experienced battles of all kinds, from the Crusades on.
That had to toughen up a man, right?
Maybe that was the draw she felt to the
biggest motherfucker she’d ever seen in a fight.
Her body thrummed at the thought of riding that
bull of a man.
Perhaps she wasn’t as
unfeeling as she thought.
She was still,
after all, human.
At least she thought
so, but after all she’d gone through, who knew?
The phone rang from inside.
Stepping back through the open glass doors, she
picked up the receiver and put it to her ear, knowing exactly who it would be.
“You missed your target.”
Kailani
was stunned speechless, which never happened.
“Yes, but I won’t next time.”
“How am I to believe that you won’t miss
again?
You came highly recommended.
Now I wonder if I chose incorrectly.”
“No.
No,
you did not.
I will get the job
done.
You gave me three months and it
has only been one.
I have plenty of
time.”
“Yes, but now
Paloma
knows you’re after her.
The element of
surprise is gone.
And she’s tasted your
steel
once,
I doubt she’ll let you get close enough to
taste it again.”
“I have never lost a target.
She will be dead in sixty days.
I guarantee it.”
“Be careful what you guarantee,
Kailani
.
Life has a
tendency to rise up and change things.
And due to your failure, your job has—changed some.”
“What do you need me to do, now?”
“You need to employ the assistance of the
knights.”
“I will get this job done.
I don’t need their help.”
“It isn’t a request, but an order.”
Kailani
put a hand to her forehead, wishing she’d never agreed to the
job.
But the chance to
kill a high-ranking Illuminati?
There was no way she wasn’t going to
taste a piece of that action.
“Fine.
I’ll go find
the
Templars
.
Do you know where they were heading?”
Kailani
cringed in pain in having to ask, but she’d do anything at this
point to ensure she was successful.
“The
Templars
are on
the move to
Alain
d’Albon
has a
home there.
Find it, and you will
probably find
Paloma
fast on their heels as
well.
A flight to
Neuerburg
has already been scheduled for you.
Check your email for details.”
Kailani
dropped the receiver back into the cradle and rubbed her
forehead.
A killer of a headache was
coming on.
Not only had she failed at a task, she was going
to have to go hand-hold the fucker who’d messed it up in the first place.
And try to keep
herself
from jumping his bones.
The End
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Other Books by Alexandra
O’Hurley
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The Lottery
Master of Mine
Being Improper
Night of the Dragon
Midnight Seduction
Beauty and Her Beasts
The Virgin Who Cried Wolf
Park and Ride
Evernight
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