Under Orders by Doris O'Connor Read Free Book Online

and I will
kill anyone who tries to, human or otherwise. She is under my protection and
the council’s.”
    Jonathan’s
solemn words settled in the quiet room, and Anna smiled at him. She didn’t want
him killing anyone, but his protectiveness made her feel cherished. Now, if
only Grand-pops would see it her way. The silence grew uncomfortable, the
ticking of the old grandfather clock far too loud.
    When Pops finally
spoke his voice was rough with unshed tears.
    “That’s all I
needed to know.”
    A ton weight
lifted off A nna’s shoulders, and
she jumped up and hugged him. He held her close for a minute and then laughed
and shooed Anna away. “Now, go make us that cuppa, whilst I quiz this young
whippersnapper of yours. I left the teapot in the study. Take your time. Some
things are not for women’s ears.”
    Anna snorted
her disgust and glared at Jonathan’s smirk. She paused on the doorstep to see
the two men with their heads together. Jonathan laughed at something that Grand-pops
had said. No doubt he just told him one of his famous dirty jokes. Anna pulled
the study door shut behind her. She would take an extraordinarily long time
finding the teapot, left in its usual place by the fire.
    Sitting down
in her chair in the study, she picked up the photo of her and her mum,
taken a few weeks before she died.
    For the first
time since her mum’s death she knew with absolute certainty that everything was
going to be all right. She had never been so glad to be under orders.
     
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