Chapter 69

“What’s wrong?”

“I’ve been to the landing. He didn’t show up.”

“He’s dead,” Sugar said in a soft voice.

“I knew it,” he said. “How did it go?”

“He didn’t make it easy for me, but thanks to his tremendous ego, I managed to talk him into a game of submission and tied him up.” She shivered when a chill raced down her spine. “I never want to go through anything like that again as long as I live.”

“I need to find him,” Judas said. “Where is he?”

“I left him in the studio after…Judas, would you remove…?” her hesitation spoke volumes

“Right away. In the meantime you need to get some rest.”

“Yes, I will. The first real rest I’ve had in years.”

Sugar looked up at him, her gaze a soft caress. “Judas, I’m sorry for not trusting you when we first met. Anyone else would have given up a long time ago. It couldn’t have been easy chasing after me and trying to outwit Lupercus at the same time.” She reached up and gave him a soft peck on the lips.