\u201cWhat do you think you\u2019re doing? Get out of my way Thatch snarled, his face contorted with rage \u201cI\u2019m in a foul mood today, so you\u2019d better move before I make you regret it\u00a0<\/p>\n
The two bodyguards stood like twin towers, unmoving. Thatch, a large and imposing man timsef found his own presence completely overshadowed. It was bizarre. He was the master of this house yet he was being intimidated by his own staff.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Fex s n\u00a0<\/p>\n
Without a word, the bodyguards exchanged a look and moved in perfect sync\u00a0<\/p>\n
Simultaneously, two fists slammed into Thatch\u2019s handsome, middle\u2013aged face. He staggered back clutching his nose.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cYou traitors! How dare you strike me-\u00a0<\/p>\n
Before he could finish his tirade, two more punches landed squarely on his face, sending him crashing to the ground. The bodyguards then dragged him into a secluded comer just outside the\u00a0<\/p>\n
estate walls.\u00a0<\/p>\n
A few moments later, the sounds of muffled blows and choked cries of pain echced from the\u00a0<\/p>\n
shadows.\u00a0<\/p>\n
In the study of the Palmer mansion, Haskell was playing chess with Zoltan\u00a0<\/p>\n
Zoltan stared at the board, his pieces clearly at a disadvantage.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cHow did things go at the Judson estate today?\u201d he asked, his brow furrowed in concentration\u00a0<\/p>\n
Haskell smiled faintly. \u201cLarissa has officially taken control.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Zoltan let out a grunt of approval and, after a moment\u2019s thought, placed a piece on the board. \u201cThat girl has more sense than Paxton\u2019s entire family combined. If I were Kiernan Judson, I\u2019d have given the family to her as well.\u201d He paused. \u201cIf I hadn\u2019t met her myself, I never would have believed a girl in her early twenties could manage a family of that stature.*\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cStill,\u201d he added, \u201cshe\u2019s young. You\u2019ll need to watch over her.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cI don\u2019t think Larissa will need me to,\u201d Haskell replied.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Zoltan glanced up at his grandson. \u201cPerhaps. You know her best.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Haskell picked up a piece. \u201cHowever, she did run afoul of the Lincoln family\u00a0<\/p>\n
Zoltan\u2019s hand froze over the board. After a moment, he continued. \u201cNo matter. I\u2019ve been meaning to put the Lincolns in their place for some time. They\u2019ve been encroaching on our territory for years. I\u2019m getting old, and I can no longer stop their expansion. That\u2019s why I\u2019m counting on you.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cDon\u2019t worry, Grandpa. I\u2019ll handle the Lincolns,\u201d Haskell said, placing his piece almost immediately after Zoltan made his move.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Zoltan looked at the board. The game was over. He had lost. He dropped the piece he was holding back into the board.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Chapter 387\u00a0<\/p>\n
Just then, a commotion erupted outside the study.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cLet go of me! I need to see my father!\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Zoltan made a move to stand, and the butler at his side immediately stepped forward to assist him.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cHaskell,\u201d Zoltan said, his voice firm, \u201cthe Palmer family is now in your hands. I know you won\u2019t disappoint me.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
He had considered his other grandsons. Tobias\u2019s son, Solomon, had courage and ambition, but his methods were brutish, following the same path the Lincolns had once taken\u2013a path they were now desperately trying to leave behind.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Trevor\u2019s son, Fraser, was cunning and patient, a decent manager of people, but he lacked a grand\u00a0<\/p>\n
vision.\u00a0<\/p>\n
His decision to delay the announcement was not, as outsiders believed, a sign of him abandoning Haskell. It was a test. He wanted the rest of the family to see for themselves exactly how they were being outmaneuvered by the man they had dismissed as a useless cripple. He wanted them to be utterly and completely defeated, leaving no room for doubt as to who was the rightful heir.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Chapter 388\u00a0<\/p>\n
Sara Lili is a daring romance writer who turns icy landscapes into scenes of fiery passion. She loves crafting hot love stories while embracing the chill of Iceland\u2019s breathtaking cold.<\/p>\n
Wings of Broken Time by Alina Das 387 \u201cWhat do you think you\u2019re doing? Get out of my way Thatch […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[89],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-30909","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-the-throne-of-thorns-novel"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30909","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=30909"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30909\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30909"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30909"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30909"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}