His Heart (By His Command #9) (billionaire romance / romantic suspense) (8 page)

“
Isabella,” Katherine said.

She looked around and when she saw the gun, she smiled. I saw the gun too except I had no chance to get to it. It was in Katherine’s hand as she fell back. The knife stuck out of her stomach. Her right hand shook as she pointed the gun at me.

I could have ran.

I could have fled the room.

But that wasn’t part of my plan.

I needed to wait for Jonathan Black to come. To show him what I had done.

I hovered over Katherine as the gun was pointed at me.

“
Isabella,” she whispered again.

“
Do it, bitch,” I said. “Kill me. Shoot me.”

Katherine smiled as her eyes widened. Her finger was around the trigger. I swallowed. I waited. I watched. Her finger tightened and then began to squeeze. A second later, the gun clicked.

No shot.

No loud sound.

No pain for me.

Katherine’s face dropped as did the gun. She was shocked. She was defeated.

She took one last breath; her last thoughts coming to terms that she wasn’t the smartest person in the hotel.

Her body lost all life and I fell to the floor, crying. The emotions finally got to me. I wept that my plan worked. I had done it. I had taken Jonathan’s gun, unloaded it, and used it against Katherine. I knew she would take the gun from me. And I knew how risky it would have been.

But I had done it.

I had killed her.

Katherine... was dead.

-12-

I was on my knees.

I refused to touch her.

I just stared at her.

As sad as it was, I didn’t feel any remorse. Katherine would have killed me or Jonathan Black or both of us. I knew it. This was all part of a bigger game for her and now the game was over.

Jonathan and I could be free.

Finally.

He’d come to the room, he’d see the ultimate gift I’d given, and we’d be gone. Jonathan would know how to clean the mess up and. Jonathan would still have his company, his money, his everything.

It was perfect.

The death of Katherine made it all perfect.

And I’d done it.

When I heard the door to the hotel room open, my heart raced. Tears came to my eyes and I hurried to wipe them away. I didn’t want to look weak in front of Jonathan. Not right then. This was such an important moment for us.

“
I’m in here!” I called out. “Come look.”

I stared at Katherine’s lifeless body and listened as the bedroom door opened all the way.

This was it.

My chance to show Jonathan what I had done for him.

“
I did this for you,” I whispered. “To show you how much I love you. To stop it all. To free us... so we can be in love without worry...”

Jonathan didn’t say a word.

I understood.

It had to be a shock to see Katherine dead.

I turned my head, wanting to see the look on Jonathan’s face. I wanted to just see Jonathan... to know I was alive and so was he.

When I looked, I gasped and clutched my chest.

“
No,” I whispered.

“
Isabella, what did you do?”

I stared at him.

How did this happen?

Jonathan was supposed to be there.

Jonathan Black.

Not...

“
Kellen,” I whispered and realized that maybe I had just made the mess even bigger.

By His Command
comes to an end with the tenth and final book:  
His Love
 

Katherine is dead.

Isabella is guity of murder.

Jonathan Black finds the murderous scene.

What happens next will change the lives of Jonathan Black and Isabella Grace forever. It will test their passion, their lust, and most of all, their love.

Isabella Grace has given her life to Jonathan Black and swears she will do so forever... but can their love reach a level higher than any ever known before?

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This book is a work of fiction.  Any references to historical events, real people, or real locales are used fictitiously.  Other names, characters, places, and incidents are the product of the author’s imagination, and any resemblance to actual events or locales or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental.

First electronic edition July 2013

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