Chapter ONE - Weebly

are just outside that door. At a word from me…” She
shrugged. “No one would miss you. No one of
consequence.”
He had been expecting this. He didn’t have his
knife, but there were other ways. Pushing up his sleeve,
he dragged his fingernails along the underside of his
forearm, leaving three raw streaks that quickly began to
seep blood.
Sephira opened her mouth.
“Don’t!” Ethan said. “I’m leaving. Your men are
going to give me my knife and let me go. Or I’m going
to burn this magnificent house of yours to the ground.”
She looked angry enough to kill him with her bare
hands.
“Call in Nigel and tell him to hand over my blade.”
“This isn’t over, Ethan.”
“It’s never over between us, is it?”
His calm only seemed to goad her further. “This is
no longer amusing! I’ve warned you about pursuing the
Berson matter, and you’ve ignored those warnings time
and again. Well, fine. I’m done talking about it.”
“How convenient for both of us, because I’m done