The Alpha King Call Boy – Chapter 73

Alexander

“We can’t kill him yet,” I told my uncle. “You know there’s more to the story than we’ve been able to uncover so far. We need to find out the whole truth before we can kill Fiona’s father. We need to know who else was involved first, before we make any moves.”

He leaned back and folded his arms over his chest. “Are you suggesting we capture him alive and interrogate him?”

rture, Conrad. Honestly. He would give us nothing, and we’d just have a big mess on our hands.”

nexplainable death, so too had Uncle Conrad been growing increasingly anxious to avenge his sister. But we needed to be patient a little while longer.

refilling first his own wine glass, then mine. “Wh

s hours, but I understood I was not welcome there while Fiona was present, and Conrad and I had an urgent matter to discuss.

hile I identify and track down his accomplices.”

e is the only lead we’ve come across.” He sipped his wine thoughtfully, then added, “Are you sure you don’t want to torture him? Could be worth a try.”

a look of gentle reprimand.

you’re not telling me about?” He squinted at me suspiciously.

d accountable.”

he had, and all she ever did was take care of me. Look out for me. Protect me.”

ilt and regret surrounding our absences at the time of my mother’s murder. But this time, one part of my uncle’s familiar story struck me with new significance.

ut my thought while I spoke, “didn’t you and Mother go to stay with a distant relative? Before she turned eighteen and became your guardian?”

Hmm. Agatha.” He rubbed his eyes. “I forgot all about her. Why do you ask?”

ch with Agatha after you tw

on our feet.”

Where did Agatha live? Do you still have the

ed confused. “My boy, we are tal

y.”

take a little trip tonight,” I told my be

ning eyebrow. “What about the Mrs.?”

e late.”

stion wasn’t meant to be probing, just conversational.

e she doesn’t want to see me right now.”

Hm,” he said, pressing his lips together. He couldn’t resist, though, and came

We’ve got a couple hours’ drive out there and the same coming back.”

now jogging to keep pace with my quickened stride, catching on to my serious mood.

nd out into a remote, sparsely populated stretch of farmland.

how,” Kayden said, once I finished recounting the tale of my fight with Fiona’s ex and the unfortunate events that followed.

for that.”

that could keep you interested like this.” He returned his eyes to the road, which seemed to stretch forward ahead of us endlessly into a blank horizon.

d her, I could never have imagined how well she would fit into my life.

my breath, more to myself than to Kayden.

ou.”

through my fingers.

ed, I discerned that the three buildings were a small house, a small barn, and a stable.

disliked unannounced visitors. He rolled to a stop near a rusty old pickup truck parked beside the barn.

a gnarled wood cane in the other. The sounds of the car doors thudding closed behind us felt rudely disruptive, and stunned the sheep into frozen silence.

air was clear and still, and briefly extra-bright with the last blinding shards of copper sunlight shining directly at us across the plain. We locked eyes across the distance, and an expression fell over her face that indicated, undeniably, that she recognized me.

. She was alive after all.

ching for. I was finally going to solve the mystery of my mother’s murder.

nge her.