Free Revelation (The Forever Series Book Three) by Eve Newton Page A

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but refrain and try to remain impassive for the rest of our time in L.A. Cole
is sliding slightly I can see and I know it's because I have not been here and
I scold myself for not being there for him. I stay with him for his feeds and
he is happy with that arrangement. I feel awful as I know if Constantine had
left me as I have done to Cole I would have been floundering at a total loss. I
am a bad sire and a bad wife and that makes me feel even worse than I already
do. As a result I don’t stray far from his side and he is content. And because
of that Devon and I haven’t had a chance to talk about what happened at CK’s
castle. I know he is dying to understand it but he will just have to wait. Cole
is my priority now.
    Back on the G6 on Friday morning at the crack of dawn, we
all drag our feet, sick of this bloody jet and yet here we are again. I
apologize to my boys, so loyal, for having to come with me, and they are
gracious as expected.
    “Still no clue?” Devon asks.
    “Nope. All I know is it is a Council thing. Hope I get more
info when we are on the ground than that. I might be new but I could kick all
their arses if I so choose,” I grumble.
    “Really?” Devon asks and I smile at him mysteriously. “Oh
Really!” he says in delight picking up on my subtle confidence. “Ooo, I think I
like badass Liv.”
    I grin at him but don’t say any more. There will be plenty
of time for that after I have gotten rid of Eloise and Gregor.
    We take off and the onboard phone rings. Devon answers and
passes it to me wordlessly.
    “Yes?” I snap.
    “You are on your way, yes?” It’s CK and as oblivious as ever
to my mood.
    “Obviously as you rang the jet’s phone,” I grump at him and
he chuckles.
    “I’m sorry we have been so secretive, my love. I will tell
you everything once you are here.”
    “Well I am pissed that you three all already know and I am
still sat on the outside like some kind of… outsider,” I finish up weakly.
    “There is a reason, my love. I promise I will tell you
everything when I see you in a couple of hours.”
    “Humph,” I mutter as I hang up on him to my own delight.
Short-lived though, as I still don’t know what’s going on.
    “Well?” Devon asks.
    “Fuck knows. We have to wait apparently. I am still not one
of the ‘inner circle.’” I am seriously pissed and so is my She Power. I drum my
fingers on the table in agitation and Devon claps his hand down on mine. I
smile and he picks up my hand, peering closely at my ring. “It’s beautiful,” he
says softly. “Must be five or six million dollars?” At my look he says,
“Seven?” He’s impressed and Cole grunts unhappily and stares out of the window.
“Well it’s not like he can’t afford it, but I am surprised. I don’t think he’s
ever given you anything of this magnitude. What’s the occasion?” Devon asks.
    Glaring at him to shut up, I just shrug and say vaguely,
“You know, fourth member…”
    Clearly Cole knows what it is but to my relief he doesn’t
say anything. The less people who know of this arrangement the better.
     
     
    Landing at JFK we all rush to the exit trying to get off
first. I am the winner of that race and gratefully descend the steps. Nico
meets us on the tarmac and drives us off to the Four Seasons. We are booked
into a suite on the top floor and the ride up is interminable.
    Stepping off the elevator and into the sitting room of the
suite I am annoyed that everyone is already sitting there like they own the
place. CK, Gregor, Eloise, Nico’s team and James (yuck), who flashes his baby
blues at me with a wicked grin and asks, “Been a while since I’ve seen this
place, eh Lex? Good times.”
    Eloise sends me a scathing look and I scowl at him and have
a momentary heated flashback of 1995, when he came to see me here. We embarked
on the second of our two passionate affairs that night, but it ended in tears
again two years later when he left me – again - because his