Page 178 of Savage Throne
Then, maybe we will fight here, son.
Monique took Lei’s hand and I was sure the gesture was to calm him, but it just pissed me off.
Are you serious? You are my little monster. Where is the loyalty, Monique? He is disrespecting you and me.
It wasn’t just rage that burned in my chest—it was the bitter sting of irrelevance, the realization that she had chosen him over the man who had made her into a queen—a proper Mountain Mistress.
I’d given her the crown while he’d held onto a dead woman.
That’s okay, my little monster. Once this battle with my son is done. . .I’ll teach you, and it won’t just be the pleasure of my educated cock but it will be the wrath of my cock too.
From the corner of my eye, Jay returned to the table and sat down.
Chen looked around, surely waiting for his man to appear too, but I was certain Jay killed him to preserve the secret of Plan B.
When Jay lowered into his seat.
I glanced his way. “Is it done?”
“Yes, Grand Master.”
Chen scanned the space some more.
The man never came.
Scowling at me, Chen pulled out his phone and whispered into it.
Sorry, nephew but it’s too late. Everything is already in place.
Forming my mouth into the warmest smile I could manage, I reached for my glass and raised it in a toast. “To the new Mountain Mistress and her. . .veryboldMountain Master.”
Everyone grabbed their glasses and raised them.
Lei did not.
He just watched me with that calculated smirk.
I nodded at him. “May you get everything you deserve this evening.”
With that, I took a slow sip of wine.
Although we were at the table, the battle had begun.
There was a prize.
And one could not forget that the throne always demanded blood.
It was just a matter ofwhoseblood would pay that price.
Chapter twenty-seven
Mind Control
Lei
The first notes of the orchestra’s new melody swirled through the air seductive, slow, and full of purpose.
It wasn’t the kind of music meant to fill the background.
