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

Mistress ordered him
to. By his Mistress, I mean that in the sense of the woman who dominates him.
The woman he submits to in everything, sexual and non-sexual. His Mistress
being, of course: Eloise. It’s no wonder why I hate this woman so much. She has
been nothing but cruel to me and I cannot wait to see her punished.
     
    “Lex? Who is Lex?” Cole asks, bringing me out of my very
fiery flashback. James’s eyes are on mine as he smirks at me, clearly
remembering that night as well.
    “Lexie was who I was, here in New York before we went to
L.A. and I became Liv,” I say absently, feeling somewhat flushed, ignoring
James and Eloise and focusing on my sire.
    “Well? I snap rudely to everyone in the room, “How come I am
the last to know?”
    CK comes over to me and kisses me, not so innocently, much
to Cole’s rage. He takes my right hand and fingers the ring. “Good,” he
murmurs.
    “How come James gets to know this secret before me?” I whine
and I don’t care I sound like a spoiled brat.
    “He doesn’t know anything yet. He only just got here,” CK says
patiently. “And it’s not so much a secret, more of a caution.”
    “For what?” I ask warily.
    “Come, sit,” he says and leads me to the sofa, having so far
ignored both Devon and Cole.
    He nods to them as he sits me down and then sits next to me
in a far too possessive manner for Cole’s liking and mine. Cole sits on the arm
of the sofa and I curl my arm around his leg in my own possessive gesture as
Eloise is eyeing him up like he is a piece of candy that she just has to have.
She licks her lips and greets him seductively, “Hello Cole. It is so nice to
see you again.”
    He ignores her to my delight, lacing his fingers through
mine and focusing on CK instead. I can see a simmering rage boiling under the
surface but he keeps it in check as Devon, to his credit, plops himself down on
Eloise’s other side and flashes that devastating grin at her, all in
preparation for our little plan. I smile inwardly as she glares at him
suspiciously but then, seeing no ulterior motive in his innocent blue eyes,
gives him a glorious smile back, preening at the attention.
    Whore, I think, wishing I could say it out loud.
    I press for more information, “Caution about what? And why
did I have to come all the way here, why couldn’t you just warn me over the
phone?”
    “We need you here to identify someone,” CK says
mysteriously.
    My eyes flick to Nico who is staring at me intently. I raise
an eyebrow at him and he focuses on CK instead.
    “Okay? Who?” I ask, getting impatient now.
    “Liv, the man you saw in Milan and again at JFK that you
asked me to look into?” Nico speaks then and I shift uncomfortably at having
that knowledge suddenly out there without the ability to take it back. Cole
glares at me as does Devon, seeing as he knows exactly who that man is.
    “Yes…” I encourage him to get this show on the road.
    “You said his name was Cade?” CK asks, taking my other hand
casually.
    I glare at Nico and spit out, “No, I said he said to call
him Cade.”
    Looking unapologetic at his betrayal of my confidence Nico
says, “From what you described to me, he is a very dangerous man, Liv. To your
kind.”
    “What do you mean? He seemed harmless enough. Rude to be
sure but I didn’t sense a threat.”
    “Possibly because he either didn’t know you are a Vampire or
maybe and more likely because he does know but is damn good at keeping his
emotions in check,” Nico says.
    “Liv, my sweet, we think this man is a Vampire Hunter,” CK
says.
    Silence.
    I blink at him for a moment, “A what?”
    “A Vampire Hunter,” Eloise enunciates each word for me like
I am dense. Well I suppose I did set myself up for that, really.
    Ignoring her I focus on CK, “A Hunter? How come I have never
heard of them before?”
    He sighs, “They are humans but with magick backing. We have
kept the information from the public at large so as not to cause panic or