Violent Ends (The Denton Family Legacy 5)

“You’re making a big mistake if you think you’re going to get Landon to marry off to one of your colleagues or potential associates. That shit isn’t happening,” Gideon said.

“You’re not the head of the family. You don’t get to decide these things, I do.”

“If none of us had been here tonight, Landon would be dead, and so would you. He overpowered you. Landon is too strong. He’s too unpredictable. How do you expect to tame that kind of beast?” Gabriel asked.

“All men are easily tamed. You just got to find what it is that will hold them in place. I’ll grab the restraints. When that tranq runs out, I want him secured and not doing anything stupid.”

Moving away from the door, she stayed out of the way, not wanting to alert them to her presence.

Maddox had always seemed the more … caring out of the two Denton parents, but now, after listening to him, she wasn’t so sure. How could he talk about his kids as if they were mere commodities?

She didn’t get it. Sitting on the edge of the bed, she stayed there.

Gideon returned within half an hour, and he looked so tired.

“You saw all of that?”

“It was kind of hard to miss.”

“I didn’t want to wake you.”

“Your dad is just going to sell Landon and Tamsin as if they mean nothing.”

Gideon closed the door. “I don’t know.”

“Is this why you’re always careful? Is he really that big of a monster?”

“Dad will do whatever is possible for the Denton name. He’s not always been a bad father, and we’ve never suffered in any way for fun. He does what he has to in order to make his sons the kind of men that need to take over the family business.”

“Still, he sounded so cold. Is he always like that?”

“This is a new idea for him. Up until tonight he only had his daughter to use as a pawn. Now he has a son who could take care of another’s daughter. It could bring about the perfect allegiance.” Gideon shrugged.

“What if Sarah wasn’t his one though? What if she was just someone special that he liked?”

“That’s not possible,” he said.

“Why not? He’s young. Surely he can have hope.”

“I honestly don’t know. I know what I feel for you.” He took the seat beside her. “How I can’t go a day without hearing your voice, so I’d call you just to hear you say hello, only to put the phone down.”

“That was you?”

“Surprise. You mad?”

“I don’t think I’m mad, just shocked. You knew all this time, and I even we

nt on dates and you didn’t say anything.”

“Yeah, those dates, I controlled,” he said. He held his hands up. “I don’t want you to find out any other way, but I was the one who organized your dates. I was the one that made sure I knew what was going on. I paid those men to date you.”

“Are you kidding me right now?”

“Nope.”

“It’s all true.”

“I can’t believe this.”