Page 69 of Enter the Lair
She wiped a tear that away.“I’m not going to see her again, am I?”
Devon pulled her to him.“You will.Hunter won’t give up until he finds her.”He motioned to the papers in Talen’s hands.“What are those?”
Talen frowned.“It’s the deed to Marksmen Enterprises.Sarah isn’t the new owner.”
Sarah huffed.“Of course not.My father believed women should be seen not heard.It probably lists Donny as the heir.”
“No.He changed it after your brother died,” he said cautiously.
Sarah looked back at Talen.“It’s Gerald isn’t it?”
“I’m sure that was the intention.However, he stipulated that the company was to pass to your husband.”
Sarah looked at Devon.“You’re the new owner?”
“I will sign it over to you, Sarah.”
“It’s not that.Why would he leave that kind of opening?It’s not like him,” she said.
“I don’t think he had much say in this agreement, Sarah.It says the company was to pass to your husband at the time of your marriage, not his death,” Talen said.
Sarah sucked in a breath.“That’s why Kevin killed him.Why would my father make that kind of arrangement?He would have had nothing.It doesn’t make sense.”
Devon gently pulled her hand to his mouth and kissed them.“I’m afraid your father will be keeping his secrets.”
Sarah’s eyes widened.“His secrets.The Bunker.”
Devon’s head turned to the side.“What’s the bunker?”
“When Donny was twelve, we were arguing and Donny said Dad had taken him to the bunker.He was rubbing in the fact that Brian favored him.Anyway a few days later he came to me and begged me not to tell anyone, including father, that I knew about it.He said it was safer that way, that Dad kept a record of everything and he would kill Donny for telling me.Donny was respectful to me after that.”
“Where is it?”Devon said.
“I don’t know.One of our properties, I think.It’ll be well hidden.My father was a survivalist.If he was handing over his company, he was getting something bigger in return or believed he had the leverage to get what he wanted.”
Devon rubbed his chin.“That makes sense.If he had something he could use against Kallan, he would have wanted you married to Gerald before he used it.”
Talen put the deed on the table.“Whatever it is, we have to find it.”
Devon took both Sarah’s hands in his.“Are you ready to claim your father’s empire?”
“WE are ready,” she said.
EPILOGUE
Sarah’s emerald earrings matched her green fitted dress.It hugged every curve making her feel as sexy as she did on her wedding day.Devon was watching her hands as they moved down her body.She knew they had to meet the lawyers and the directors of Marksmen Enterprises, but with her mate’s open appreciation as he looked at her, she couldn’t stop her hands from tracing her breasts.
Devon stepped over and grabbed her hands, pulling them around his body.“Sarah honey,” he chided.
“Yes,” she said innocently.
He looked down at her.“Baby your eyes are glowing.”
She sucked in a breath.She needed to reign her hussy of a cat in.“Sorry.I was thinking about your body.Maybe she was I can’t tell sometimes,” she confessed.
He rubbed her cheek with his.She had come to realize the gesture as more catlike than human signifying his animal was as close to the surface as hers was.
“I love the fact that you can’t stop thinking about me and I promise it does get easier to control your cat’s urges.”He looked at her again.“Do you need me?My cat thinks your heat is over, but if you are in any pain...”