Betrayal: The Awakening by Kira Hillins

Author:Kira Hillins [Hillins, Kira]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2018-02-16T06:00:00+00:00

Chapter Fourteen

The Lost and Damned

Jack massaged his temple as he paced Anna’s hotel room. “How could she hang up on me?”

Anna had gotten herself into some sort of trouble. Or maybe she’d met another man and decided she didn’t love him anymore. Then again, she never said she loved him. She was happy with the way things were in their relationship. He should know that meant she would never fall in love with him. He should just forget about her and go home.

Every time he thought about leaving, he couldn’t. He loved Anna so much. She would come around and fall in love with him. They’d get married and have kids that grew up to be doctors too. Then, after their kids had gone on to live their lives, they would retire in a big beach house on the coast. Their lives would be comfortable and full of love until the day they died in each other’s arms.

It was a nice dream, and one that calmed his thoughts about her having an affair. That meant she was in trouble. He’d heard it in her voice. Something was very off.

A knock came to the door. The housekeeper had stopped by several times that morning, but he’d told her to come back later to clean. He’d put the Do Not Disturb sign on the knob so she’d leave him alone. Maybe if he ignored her, she’d go away.

“Damn it,” he whispered through clenched teeth. Where could Anna be? This was all wrong. In the years he’d known her, she’d never gone on any excursion through the woods—at least not with him, and not in another country.

The door handle jiggled then the lock turned. If housekeeping was trying to get in to clean the room, they would’ve unlocked it with the key and come in. Whoever this person was, they were trying to be discreet.

The lock clicked. The doorknob turned. Jack crept to the fireplace and picked up the wrought iron poker from the hearth. He gripped it tightly as the door creaked open.

Adrenaline pumped through him as a man in blue jeans and heavy brown vest entered the room. He strode to the edge of the bed and stared down at it for a moment.

Holding the poker like a baseball bat, Jack crept up behind the intruder. He raised it over his head. As the man turned around, Jack swung.

“Whoa!” The intruder cried out.

Jack tried to stop from hitting the man who looked scared to death, but it was too late. The blunt edge of the poker popped the man between the eyes.

“Who the hell are you?” Jack held out his weapon, ready to take another swing if he had to.

“Mason, Mason Hershel!” Mason touched his forehead. “Damn it! You almost took off my head!”

“What the hell are you doing in Anna’s room?”

Mason leaned on the large white dresser beside him. He looked in the mirror, inspecting the scrape between his eyes. “I could ask you the same question.”

“I’m her fiancé... Oh no!” Jack’s heart sank to his stomach.

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