Dallas Collins Named New King of the Order of the Owed
My breath catches once that page loads next.
The man who called himself my husband agreed that his name was Julian, but that his nickname was Dallas. Now I know that Ididmarry a man named Julian, but it wasn’t the same one who came to sit with me at St. Luke’s.
Oh, no. The man who showed up reallyisnamed Dallas Collins, and I’m staring at a picture of him on the computer screen.
He looks pissed off. Definitely uncomfortable. He’s glaring, as though the photographer made it a point to rile him up before they shot the picture, but there’s no denying his sexy aura and dangerous nature in the simple shot. His arms are crossed over his chest, t-shirt defining his muscles, and his head is tilted just so to show off the spade tattoo on his neck.
That’s Dallas.MyDallas… but it isn’t my husband.
So who the fuck is he?
I hurriedly read the lines beneath the photo.
Following the unfortunate and untimely death of our leader, Jack Collins, it is now announced that his son and heir, Dallas, is now and henceforth named as the new King of the Order of the Owed.
I don’t understand. He… he says he fixes cards. That’s his job. He’s not some powerful head of a secret society like the Illuminati or something… is he?
Fuck. I mean, I should’ve known something was up. The penthouse? His endless supplies of money? I told myself that he worked because he wanted to, ot because he had to… but what about all those times I wondered why he came home without a lick of grease under his nails? And his hands… those aren’t mechanic hands.
Who is he?
What does he do?
My hands are flat-out shaking now. Ignoring the way that the Dallas on the screen is glaring at me, I return to the search engine and type in his name.
I don’t know what I did that was any different from before. Maybe it was because I didn’t have a file in the computer, and hedoes, but the same picture appears in a thumbnail. I click on it, and instead of pulling up a list of articles, there’s a profile.
It lists his name, date of birth, city of birth, and parents. On the plus side, all of that information coincides with what he’s told me about himself, except for the fact that his name most definitelyisDallas and not Julian.
I scroll a little more, pausing when I get to the part that says:
Title:
King (current)
Enforcer (former)
Rank:
1
Confirmed Kills in the name of the Order:
