Of course. I was not thinking about the nine years that had passed since the last time we were together in a hunting exercise. Richard Byrne had one of the most sensitive noses in the world, but of course he was not going to remain just an excellent nose for the rest of his life. There was much I did not know.
“I thought you worked on the estates,” I cleared my throat, impressed.
“The estates? No way.” He made a face and took one hand to his hat. “Mom did not want that for me. Let the Faradays work their estates, the Byrnes have always dedicated ourselves to raising things from nothing.”
“And how did you put together a construction team in the United States in such little time?”
That time, Richie showed me his fangs in a smug smile.
“Hey, I didn’t arrive here unconscious and half dead
