The Vampyre Legal Chronicles - Marcus (25 page)

Their attitude
had slowly chipped away at Charlotte's fragile confidence and
caused a creeping tension to be introduced into their marriage bed.
The partners were a close-knit group who appeared to have their own
language and every single one of them intimidated her except for
Eleanor Pattullo, who was the much nicer half of twin sisters.
Saira Pattullo terrified Charlotte to the point where she had
palpitations if the woman so much as looked at her.

Only at work in
the ER did the real Charlotte reign supreme and she clung to the
reality of her day job like a woman clutching a lifebelt in a
hurricane.

She supposed
the timing of their relationship might have been better, too, since
the company was in the middle of a multi-billion deal with the
Chinese, which meant brutal hours for James, and too many hours
alone for her. If she felt a tiny bit neglected Charlotte reminded
herself of how lucky she was. Even as the persistent little voice
in the back of her mind told her to make the most of it and that if
life had taught her anything it was that good things never
lasted.