Salute To The General (Nathan Cross) novel Chapter 2074

That seemed to make some sense to Clifford.

He frowned, slightly worried. “The shameless coward. Fancy letting a woman help him salvage his career. But if that were true, it has surely become much harder for us to get at him.”

Valois laughed. “Not necessarily so. The Chief Military Governor's only doing it to pacify the cuckold. I'll bet that he could not wait to be rid of Nathan so he could have Penny all to himself.”

Clifford's eyes lit up.

He bellowed, “Spook!”

“Awaiting orders!”

“Continue to keep watch on the Headquarters.

See if Penny stays there overnight.”

“Understood!”

With that, Spook slithered away and went on to execute his assignment.

Valois said with a smile. “If Penny doesn't leave, then it would be sufficient to prove that our conjecture is correct.”

“Right!”

“If you are correct about the Chief Military Governor, then he'll be happy to see someone else take care of Nathan and wouldn't likely stand in our way.”

Valois laughed, “Nathan's about to lose both his woman and his life.”

The Davier brothers continued chatting for a while more before Valois took his leave.

Inside the corridor, Valois ran into Shae coming from the opposite direction.

“Good evening, Uncle,” she said politely.

Valois nodded in acknowledgement. “What are you doing up this late, my good niece?”

Shae's eyes lowered in sadness. “I've made a fool of myself and upset the Chief Military Governor. I can't get to sleep just playing that over in my head.”