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face disappeared and his eyes darkened with rage.
    “Control your wife, David, or one of these days someone will do it for you…”
    The arrogance and sheer ignorance in the way he spoke surprised me. He was nothing like David or Aaron and I could suddenly understand why neither side of the family had anything to do with each other.
    “You bastard,” David said, attempting to move past me to get to Killian but I blocked his path.
    “You realise what’s at stake here don’t you?” I said, addressing Killian once more but he just shook his head.
    His lips had thinned down and his bright blue eyes hard darkened to the point of being practically grey.
    “Once they’re done with us, they will come for you. There’s a reason Taylor wanted you dead. He’s not the type of man to just do things on a whim.”
    “I know what he’s capable of,” Killian said.
    “Was capable of, past tense, Taylor is dead,” I quipped back.
    “So he finally kicked it then, I did wonder when his cancer would get the better of him.”
    “Not cancer. Me.”
    Killian stared at me for a second before the smile returned to his lips once more.
    “And I’m supposed to believe you killed Taylor Banks? You’ve got to be joking me, not even at his most feeble would someone like you have the courage or the strength to best him. That man was a monster, and you’re a little princess that constantly needs saving by her prince,” he said with a scoff.
    I took another step towards him, my gaze never leaving his face.
    “I took a knife and stabbed him in the heart and I would do it again if I thought it would mean my family would be safe from people like him and you,” I said quietly.
    He stared at me, his expression a mixture of bemusement and confusion. He didn’t believe me, it sounded too much like a tall tale for him and how could I blame him. The short amount of time I’d spent in Taylor’s company had taught me just how much of a monster he truly was. It only made sense that other people who knew him would see it as impossible for someone like me to best him.
    “Now can we sit down and talk this out?” Aaron asked, from inside the office.
    Killian cast a glance between David and me before slowly nodding and turning back into the office. I followed him, David’s hand on the small of my back giving me a sense of security that I hadn’t even known I’d needed until I’d felt his touch.

8
    “ A nd so what ? You want me to just put aside the fact that you tried to kill me?”
    “I didn’t try to do anything, if I’d wanted you dead, you’d be dead,” David said, his words only adding fuel to the already out of control fire that was Killian Ashcroft’s temper.
    “That’s not what any of this is about,” I said cutting across their continued arguing. It was all they had done for the past fifteen minutes since we’d entered the office and the more they argued the worse they both seemed to get.
    They really were beginning to sound and act like children.
    “Then explain it to me because from where I’m sitting, all I can see is that your husband plans to have me knocked off if Andy and Dominic persist with their plans. You can’t just expect me to ignore something like that?”
    “They believe Melissa is still alive…” I said, stroking the place between my eyebrows where the beginnings of a killer headache was starting to take up residence.
    “What has any of that got to do with me?” Killian asked. There was a strain on his voice, one I hadn’t noticed a moment before when he’d been so irate about David threatening his life.
    “They know she went to your side of the family, that your father took her in,” Aaron interjected.
    Killian smirked and crossed his arms over his chest as he dropped back into his chair. His jaw was set tight and I could see a slight flicker in his neck as his pulse hammered beneath his skin. He was honestly panicked.
    “What my father might have done has nothing at all to do with me, I tried