The phone was silent for a few seconds before the man responded. “You’ve clearly mistaken me, boy. No card was left for you in any hotel room. That card was left for the female witch who goes by the name of Ariel Kimber. My business is with her and I’ll only speak with her about it. I don’t know who the fuck you are, nor do I care. Don’t call this number again because you’ll force me to turn my attention to you and I can promise you that you will not enjoy that. Pass my number on to the female, she’ll want to hear what I have to say and what I can give her.”
The muscles in my entire body tensed as I gripped the edge of the counter to stop myself from picking the phone up so I could chuck it into the fucking wall.
I did not take threats against myself or my brother very lightly, and I did not want this slimy motherfucker even thinking about speaking to Ariel. Let alone ever getting anywhere near her.
“I’m right here,” Ariel spoke clearly in a strong voice. “I’m Ariel Kimber. So quit playing games and tell me what you have to say. Let’s hear it.”
Trenton looked downright murderous now and I couldn’t blame him. Neither one of us wanted her speaking to this creep, even over the damn phone. Who the hell knew what kind offucked up shit might come out of his mouth and potentially mess with her head.
“I want a sit down with just you and me and I’ll tell you everything.”
Ariel laughed humorlessly.
“Not fucking happening,” my brother snarled dangerously. He was close to the edge and losing his cool faster by the second.
I kept my damn mouth shut because it was the smartest thing I could do at the moment. Trenton should take notes, he could learn a thing or two.
“Do you have any idea who the fuck I am?” Ariel asked in a deadly voice.
My brother and I both stared at her in shock. She sounded just like her father and anyone with half a brain would be wise enough to not want to fuck with her after hearing her speak in that voice.
My dick started to get hard because it was a huge fucking turn on.
“I know exactly who you are.” the man said in a quiet, respectful tone.
My, someone had changed their tune.
“Good,” she snapped back. “Then you ought to know what you just said isn’t going to fly with me and why. But you also should know that it wouldn’t matter if I showed up alone or not. It wouldn’t mean jack shit because I don’t need a fucking bodyguard to protect me from any damn body. I could take you out my damn self without batting an eye. So don’t fuck with me and don’t waste any more of my time. And don’t threaten any more of my people either. You say you know who I am, so you ought to know who my father is too. I’ll have him hunt your ass to the ends of the earth and every second of the rest of your miserable life will be spent living in terror until the day he puts your ass in the ground for good. Now, I want you to think aboutall of that andyoucan call us back when you no longer want to gamble with your fucking life or waste anymore of my precious time.”
And, with that, she reached out and pressed the button to end the phone call.
She’d basically dipped her huge set of balls in his mouth before slapping him across the forehead with her nonexistent penis.
The girl had it going on, that was for sure.
“And if he doesn’t end up calling us back?” Trenton questioned her quietly.
“Then we call my dad to hunt his ass down. Rain will be more than happy to do it. But we won’t need to. He’ll call us back.”
I was right there with her. That man hadn’t taken his life into his own hands by breaking into our hotel room just to give up on the first try. He’d definitely be back. I’d stake my life on it.
Not two seconds later, Trenton’s phone rang and Ariel looked like a giddy five year old as she snatched it up off of the counter. She answered and hit the button to put it on speakerphone once more.
“Well?” she said in greeting.
My brother looked like he wanted to strangle her bratty ass.
“They can come with you when we meet. But we aren’t doing this in a widely public setting. Things can get messy when magic comes out to play. We don’t need witnesses for that. Bad for the image we try to maintain, no?”
I laughed. Ariel didn’t give a fuck about maintaining an image in front of the normal people. She’d just erase everyone’s memory or walk away from the mess knowing that the calvary would arrive and handle business for her.
“Why would we have to meet in a semi private setting?” my brother asked. “You gotta know that does not make me happy to hear and I’m sure my brother will tell you the same exact thing.”
“Because I’m the one who’s been suppressing her memories ever since her Aunt brought her to me as a child. It’s my magic inside her mind. It’s my magic that’s going to be able to unlock that for her. I’ve been waiting for the day for her to show up ever since Vivian stopped bringing her to me. I know what I did was wrong but the bitch had me by the balls and she was blackmailing me. She also had some strong ass magical pendant that she always wore. Claimed it had been something her father had made for her as a gift. Total magical cock block. What was I supposed to do, kill the bitch? I’m no lady killer.”
He might not have been down for killing women but he clearly had no problems with mind fucking little girls.
I felt absolutely sick to my stomach.
