Page 20 of Under His Rule

Sounds active. No. Lots of children and then veterans.

Wynn

Wow.

Julian

I have a dinner to get to now. I wanted to check in and see how your day was.

Wynn

That’s sweet. I’m going to get a bite and pass out. Our boat to Thrindell is at eight in the morning.

I knew he was only on Crellesia for a couple of days, but I wasn’t going to be on Thrindell until tomorrow afternoon.

Julian

I will arrive there in the afternoon, would you be interested in dinner?

Wynn

Do I need to tell you where I’m staying?

I chuckled.

Julian

No, but I will message you once I arrive.

Wynn

Sounds great. Have a nice night.

Julian

You too, Wynn.

I would have a nice night but oddly, I found myself wanting to spend my time with Wynn instead of sating my need to kill.

Dinner was annoying. It was with Duke and Duchess Marble, and he had a fixation on war and history. He droned on for so long, I thought perhaps I’d kill him instead of Rona. But before the urge overtook, he was bidding me farewell and I was blessedly alone.

I had to be meticulous with Rona’s death. I couldn’t wipe the place of fingerprints as that would be more suspicious. I had to make it look like the “date” had cleaned up after he left but not too much like a professional.

My hair was short but that didn’t mean strands couldn’t fall out. Therefore the plan was to step inside her house and immediately sedate her so I could cover up.

I didn’t worry about people seeing me since I had on a disguise. I waited for Edward and the rest of my security to think I was tucked away for the evening, and then I left the castle.

Her home was a simple five-minute walk, so I didn’t require a car. I had a duffel bag with everything I needed and soon enough, I was stepping up to her door. I rang the bell and shemust’ve been standing right there, because my hand hadn’t even returned to my side when she opened it.

“Hi.” She was breathless and in a very short, satin blue silk dress.

“Good evening.”

She eyed the duffel and cocked her head. “What’s in the bag?”

I shrugged and stepped over the threshold. “Wanted to bring a change of clothes, and I had to put my disguise somewhere.”

She beamed, and I knew she was thinking I’d be there overnight, but that wasn’t the case. As soon as she shut the front door, I came up behind her and jabbed the syringe into the side of her neck. She yelped and tried to fight me off, but it was potent and quick.