Excerpt: Merciless Vow

✨EXCERPT:  MERCILESS VOW by @ineswrites releasing June 2! 

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"Mr. Blackwood? What an unexpected honor." A man who looked like he had more Botox than sense dared to step too close to my wife. "I’m James Sterling Jr. We were hoping for a follow-up on the infrastructure proposal. If you have five minutes—"

"I don't have five seconds. My wife and I have an appointment to get to."

"Shopping trip for the missus. I hear that." Junior did a double take at Addie. "Wife? I... I had no idea you were married, Adelaide."

I went perfectly still. The ambient noise of the lobby died as this imbecile misnamed my wife. "What did you just call my wife?"

The man laughed, a high-pitched, nervous sound that set my teeth on edge. "Oh, sorry! I meant Addison, of course."

I stepped in front of Addie, tucking her firmly behind the shield of my body. I squared my shoulders, looming over Junior until he was forced to crane his neck back. I let a sliver of the wolf peek out.

"My wife worked for you for all these years; she kept this company afloat with her mind, and you don't even know her name."

Junior sensed the shift in the atmosphere; the sudden, violent proximity of a predator. He balked, his hands coming up in a placating gesture. "Mr. Blackwood, I didn't mean any disrespect. Add—"

He stopped because he clearly had no idea what her name was.

"There is no infrastructure proposal. I'm taking over this company. I'm doing you a favor. With my wife no longer employed here, the company wouldn't last the end of the month."

I turned my back on him with a finality that was its own kind of violence. I tucked Addie into me, my hand clasping hers with a possessiveness that left no room for argument, and led her toward the exit.

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