Phillip: Lanning's Leap - Paranormal Erotic Romance by Kathi S. Barton
Authors: Kathi S. Barton
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beheading the royal family for their crimes against their people. Sonya needs to be stopped now or she’ll bring them here. And they think it will end badly for not just your people but all mankind as well.”
“Has she contacted them as yet?” Phillip told Kendra that Toby thought that she had. “I doubt it then, but just to be sure, I’d very much like to figure out what she thinks she will gain from this. And I’ve no doubt that she thinks something is coming her way. And it will, just not what she’s expecting it to be. The nerve of that woman.”
“She hid Charlie from me.” Kendra asked him how. “Sonya had Toby and five other men kill her parents, then kidnap Charlie so that we’d never meet. She’s right, we were to meet first, Charlie and me. And her thinking was that if we didn’t meet and mate, then the rest of the fated relationships of my family would never have happened either. She thought that once the first cog in the wheel was removed that nothing else would go forward. That was her plan. To weaken you as a queen because of the strife between you and Linyah.”
“Good heavens. She’s nuts.”
Charlie laughed. She had no idea if it was what Nildale said, the way he said it, or simply the stress of it all. But she laughed out loud. When they joined her, she felt better for it and leaned on Phillip. Nothing had ever made her feel as good as being with him did.
~~~
Phillip hated to leave the house, but as soon as he returned from the castle, they were called out. Kendra told him that she’d send someone to watch over the families and that they’d be safe while they were gone. He felt better about it, but was still hard pressed to leave Charlie right now.
“There are five people missing this time. Two adults and three teenagers. The car they were riding in was discovered about ten miles from their home. Riddled with bullets we’ve been told, but no blood. The police are thinking that it was shot up after they were out of it. What they don’t know is if it was because the family was already gone when they got there, or if they were leaving a message after taking them.” Misha handed him a thick file as he continued. “The husband is a lawyer. And the police are trying to rule out that this was a crime against him. But the house, their home, had been ransacked pretty messily, and they can’t find his computer. So far they’ve not turned up anything electrical, such as phones, computers, or any other device like that.”
Murph picked up the conversation when Misha sat down. “We’ve had the phones pinged, to see if we can get a signal off them, and we’ve gotten nothing. Either they’ve been destroyed or they’re somewhere away from the family. I’m thinking destroyed. The laptop that the police are most interested in is a company one. The firm that he works for said that Mr. Rainer had access to the entire company, as he worked at home most days. I’ve had someone go in and set up a fire wall, but since the family has been missing for an undetermined amount of time, it’s hard to say if we’ve shut up the barn after the horses have been let out.” She handed him a sheet of paper. “That’s the phone numbers that were received or called out to just before the phone suddenly shut down. Can you look them up for me when we hit the ground?”
“Sure, but I can tell you right now that three of these numbers are a pizza place.” She asked Phillip how he knew. “The number is the same for this company nationwide. See? I’ve called this same number and it all goes to a central location, and their pizza orders are sent to the store closest to you. Doesn’t always work out well, but most of the time they get it right.”
“So someone ordered pizzas. Can you find out how much and where they were taken?” Phillip said he would and called the number. In five minutes he had the manager on the phone for the local office in his town, and he was able to breach some security to get
“Has she contacted them as yet?” Phillip told Kendra that Toby thought that she had. “I doubt it then, but just to be sure, I’d very much like to figure out what she thinks she will gain from this. And I’ve no doubt that she thinks something is coming her way. And it will, just not what she’s expecting it to be. The nerve of that woman.”
“She hid Charlie from me.” Kendra asked him how. “Sonya had Toby and five other men kill her parents, then kidnap Charlie so that we’d never meet. She’s right, we were to meet first, Charlie and me. And her thinking was that if we didn’t meet and mate, then the rest of the fated relationships of my family would never have happened either. She thought that once the first cog in the wheel was removed that nothing else would go forward. That was her plan. To weaken you as a queen because of the strife between you and Linyah.”
“Good heavens. She’s nuts.”
Charlie laughed. She had no idea if it was what Nildale said, the way he said it, or simply the stress of it all. But she laughed out loud. When they joined her, she felt better for it and leaned on Phillip. Nothing had ever made her feel as good as being with him did.
~~~
Phillip hated to leave the house, but as soon as he returned from the castle, they were called out. Kendra told him that she’d send someone to watch over the families and that they’d be safe while they were gone. He felt better about it, but was still hard pressed to leave Charlie right now.
“There are five people missing this time. Two adults and three teenagers. The car they were riding in was discovered about ten miles from their home. Riddled with bullets we’ve been told, but no blood. The police are thinking that it was shot up after they were out of it. What they don’t know is if it was because the family was already gone when they got there, or if they were leaving a message after taking them.” Misha handed him a thick file as he continued. “The husband is a lawyer. And the police are trying to rule out that this was a crime against him. But the house, their home, had been ransacked pretty messily, and they can’t find his computer. So far they’ve not turned up anything electrical, such as phones, computers, or any other device like that.”
Murph picked up the conversation when Misha sat down. “We’ve had the phones pinged, to see if we can get a signal off them, and we’ve gotten nothing. Either they’ve been destroyed or they’re somewhere away from the family. I’m thinking destroyed. The laptop that the police are most interested in is a company one. The firm that he works for said that Mr. Rainer had access to the entire company, as he worked at home most days. I’ve had someone go in and set up a fire wall, but since the family has been missing for an undetermined amount of time, it’s hard to say if we’ve shut up the barn after the horses have been let out.” She handed him a sheet of paper. “That’s the phone numbers that were received or called out to just before the phone suddenly shut down. Can you look them up for me when we hit the ground?”
“Sure, but I can tell you right now that three of these numbers are a pizza place.” She asked Phillip how he knew. “The number is the same for this company nationwide. See? I’ve called this same number and it all goes to a central location, and their pizza orders are sent to the store closest to you. Doesn’t always work out well, but most of the time they get it right.”
“So someone ordered pizzas. Can you find out how much and where they were taken?” Phillip said he would and called the number. In five minutes he had the manager on the phone for the local office in his town, and he was able to breach some security to get
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