Forever Is Not Enough [Council Enforcers 2] (Siren Publishing Classic)

now, the evil little cunt had taken all of her research with her, so he had to start from scratch. All of that made Edmund angry, but what had sent him into a murderous rage was the fact that the little bitch had taken his greatest weapon with her.
    Turning that enforcer rogue and setting him loose on the other council members would have been the ultimate victory in his plan. The enforcer would have been unstoppable, and Edmund would have had his revenge on those bastards for not listening to reason and seeing how genius his plan was. Shifters were far superior to humans. There was no reason for them to hide and pretend to be weak and pathetic like the humans when they could live free and rule over the measly beings.
    Edmund’s plan was simple yet brilliant. All they had to do was turn a few rogues loose on society and watch as they proved how superior shifters were. Once they had the humans fearing them and knowing they could be exterminated at any time, the pathetic creatures would be falling all over themselves to keep shifters happy.
    Instead of going along with his plans, the cowards in the council had kicked him out. At eight hundred and seventeen years old, Edmund had not only been one of the oldest shifters in existence, but the oldest and longest standing member of the council. He had helped create the council, and those idiots had the audacity to kick him out. Edmund wouldn’t stand for it. He would find a way to get revenge on everyone. They were all going to pay for what they’d done to him, including his traitor of a daughter. He rubbed his hands together and smiled. The little bitch didn’t know what was in store for her. He had an extra special way of taking care of traitors, and Jacqueline would have the honor of finding out just what that was.
    Edmund walked over and opened his office door. “You there”—he pointed to one of his men—“clean this mess up.” The smell of blood was starting to get to him, and Edmund needed his wits so that he could come up with a new plan. He had to admit, though, killing the men who had failed him by letting his daughter and the enforcer escape had been a great stress reliever.
    Now, he needed to get to work, and the first order of business was tracking his daughter down. He had a feeling she would keep all of her research and work with her, so if he got her back, then he would have his serum back as well. Edmund also needed to find another chemist, someone who feared him too much to betray him. Once he had that, then he would have no use for his daughter anymore.
    Turning on the computer, Edmund pulled up the program that only he knew about. He put in his password and smiled when the little red dot started blinking on the screen. He mentally patted himself on the back for having the foresight of implanting his daughter with a tracker when she was little and too young to even remember. Now, all he had to do was make a phone call to let her know he could find her wherever she ran. He knew his daughter, all he had to do was threaten to kill the people helping her and she would come running straight to him. There was no way she could stand back and allow someone to die for her. With any luck, she would bring those enforcers that had tried to kill him with her as well.
    Edmund sat back in his chair and grinned. Things seemed to be working out in his favor. Soon, he would have his formula back. If he played his cards right, he would not only have his enforcer back, but three more to go along with him. Add in a little torture a certain traitor had coming her way at his hands and things in his world were definitely looking up. Edmund whistled as he picked up the phone and dialed Mitch Ericson’s home phone number.
     
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    Ben felt his mate’s nerves and smelled her fear as they headed down the steps toward the others. He had finally convinced Jacqi to tell the others what she had done. They needed to know what they were dealing with, and there was no way Ben could ask his friends for help while keeping them in the dark about something as important as him possibly dying.
    His little mate feared they would hate her after she told them, but there was no way Ben could convince her they would understand with words. The only way she would believe no one blamed her for not only protecting shifters, but humans as well, was to let the actions speak for themselves. Once she told his friends about the failsafe in the serum, then hopefully she’d see from their