Bloodbound: The Alliance
Landen Vacheron, heir to a fortune built on oil and ambition, has lived his life as a wealthy playboy, the world bowing to his every whim, thanks to the empire his billionaire father, Colton Vacheron, forged. But as his older brother Vance steps into the role of CEO, Landen begins to see that the true cost of power and privilege is far greater than he ever imagined. Avara Du Pont is a devoted daughter who set aside her own dreams to bolster her father’s political aspirations. Unaware of his dark secrets. When it comes to light, Colton Vacheron offers him a proposition he cannot refuse; a marriage alliance between Avara and Vance, as a way for him to garner more political influence. And Mayor Du Pont will receive a king’s ransom as payment to stave off the shadows spilling into his life. Avara agrees to the fake relationship in order to protect her family from her father's criminal ties.
Chapter 31
"Tell me everything."
I persist in my silence.
"You know why I made sure this meet was completely clandestine?" Agitation flaring in his tone. "It wasn't for your guards. I'm being followed. I wasn't sure at first, but then I saw them. Whilst I was hunting for them; I became their prey."
My head lifts.
"I learned the trick of the trade about disappearing. When I was still on the job, I had a network of informants and I knew of undercover operatives embedded into powerful criminal organizations and syndicates as moles. I never understood their theatrics when it was time for them to report back to me. And they took all of these crazy precautions to make sure they weren't being followed. I was their handler then, it was how it worked. Until it didn't. They're all dead now. Let's just say their paranoia was very warranted."
My pulse hitches. I rip my hands out of my hair. "They know then."
His eyes swell. "Know what?"