Page 68 of Enter the Lair

“It’s done.”He smirked as if he knew where her thoughts had wandered.

She put her hand next to Devon’s matching finger.“I love it.Thank you, Cade.”

Cade smiled.“My pleasure.Besides any girl that puts guns on her wedding band is a girl after my own heart.”

Devon scowled.“Get your own mate.”

Cade put his hands up in mock defense.“Settle down I’m only ninety-seven.”

Sarah shook her head.“I’m never getting used to that.”

Devon leaned down, whispering in her ear.“You will.I need a few hundred years just to sate my body’s need for you.”He was well aware of the effect he had on her.

She was blushing when Talen came in with a white package and a decorative card.“This arrived for Sarah.”

She stood, reaching for the parcel.“Another present?”They had given her so much including a new Escalade.She couldn’t think of anything more she needed.

“Yes, but it isn’t from any of us.It arrived by courier.”

“Racheal?”She dared to hope, opening the card quickly.

She looked up.Holding the card loosely in her hands as she looked at Devon.Her stomach rolling into knots.

“Who’s it from?”He asked.

“Kevin Kallan.”

Devon’s face hardened.“What does it say?”

Sarah,

As per my agreement with your father I have enclosed the deed to Marksmen Enterprises.I am officially informing you that as per that agreement you and your husband are not to be harmed in any way.This exclusion does not extend to any other member of the Cascade family or their offspring.The loss that you have accorded me will be compensated for by your new family.I always keep my word.

K.Kallan

“Do you think it’s safe to open,” Devon asked.

“Yes.He addressed it to me and won’t break his word,” she tore open the paper and opened the box.She pulled back the bubble wrap.

“Sarah, stop.”Devon grabbed her arm too late.Her father’s severed head, mounted on a plaque, stared blindly back at her.

She turned abruptly to Devon, who encircled her in his arms.

Talen scooped up the box swearing as he left.He returned minutes later with an envelope and a small box in his hand.

“What NOW.”Devon snapped.

Talen held out the small box.“Sarah received another present.”

“Who’s it from?”Sarah asked.

“There isn’t a card, but I think you will know.”

“You opened it I assume.”

Talen nodded.

Sarah reached for the tiny white box, opening the lid.Her mother’s emerald green earrings were inside.“Oh, Racheal.”