Captive by Walsh Brighton

Author:Walsh, Brighton [Walsh, Brighton]
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: Romance, Contemporary
ISBN: 9781466865013
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Published: 2015-03-23T07:00:00+00:00

GHOST

It had taken everything in me not to kill that fucker while he stood in front of me. It wouldn’t have taken much. A twist of my hands, a tightening of my fingers. I’d wanted to cut out his tongue and feed it to him. I’d wanted to rip off every one of his fingernails, slice off his balls and leave him in the snow to bleed to death. I’d wanted to do one of a hundred different torture methods to him, all because of the way he’d stared at Madison. The way he’d leered at her, spoken to her, the thoughts that went through his head about hurting her.

And it was like a fucking lightbulb going off in my mind, realizing that the only thing that had kept me from doing so—the only thing that had allowed me to let him walk out of here without both his legs broken—was the girl still shaking in the other room. Instead of taking care of the problem and making sure he knew just exactly how serious I was, my focus had been getting him out and keeping her safe.

And thoughts of keeping her safe had been why my anger had ratcheted up so high, so fast while he’d been here. Because if it wasn’t me, it was going to be him. The reason I’d decided to take this job in the first place was because I’d known Frankie was next on the list. He was excellent at what he did, though he wasn’t as good as me. But he was shady, immoral, and corrupt. Knowing what he’d done in the past, knowing what could possibly await the woman we needed to kidnap, had forced my hand.

Now to see him here, to hear what he wanted to do to Madison … to realize he would’ve been doing those very things to her if I hadn’t stepped up in the first place? Fucking killed me. Anger rolled through me, boiling over and spilling out as I stood braced against the door I’d just shut behind him.

I was in way deeper with her than I’d anticipated. Way deeper than I’d ever intended.

Way deeper than I should’ve allowed.

Yet when I walked out to her, when I saw her standing on the other side of the room, her arms wrapped around her shuddering frame, her eyes wide, I didn’t pull back or step away or go for a fucking walk like I should have.

Instead, I went to her, stood close enough that I could still see the residual fear in her eyes. I needed to feel her, remind myself she was okay, that he wasn’t the one in charge, that he’d never get his hands on her as long as I was around.

I reached out and grabbed the back of her neck, pulling her to me. She came immediately, resting her forehead against my chest, her harsh breaths heating my skin through my shirt. Her fingers clutched the fabric at my sides, and I rubbed circles on her neck with my thumb, running my other hand up and down her back.

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