Fighting Fate by Scarlett Finn

Author:Scarlett Finn [Finn, Scarlett]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: SFinn
Published: 2015-07-12T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter Fourteen

Dax had driven her to the Stark mansion, but she hadn’t seen anything except a broad wooden gate. Knowing its location seemed to be the goal, and maybe he was trying to make her more comfortable with the idea of spending time there. But when he offered to take her inside and show her around Ivy refused without any hesitation. If she went into that place then she had no guarantees that she would ever get out.

After a brief spell parked outside Dax drove on and they eventually ended up in an industrial area, pulling up alongside a grey concrete warehouse on a lot that appeared to be vacant.

‘What’s this place?’ she asked when he turned off the engine and got out of the car.

‘This is where we prepare our product. Come on, get out.’

‘I don’t want to go in there, Dax,’ she said, shaking her head. ‘Who is in there?’

‘No one who will hurt you. There’s nothing you have to worry about, I already told you that. Come on, you have to know what it is that we do.’

‘Why? Why would Mauri want me to know this?’

Dax came around the car and crouched down, resting his forearms along the top rim of her door. ‘Because as far as he is concerned you’re gonna be part of the family and he has to be sure that we can trust you. He also thinks that you’re gonna be the mother of his future grandchildren who will one day take over the family business.’

‘I’m supposed to give birth to felons,’ she said. He backed away and opened her door, then took her hand to help her out of the car. ‘I’ve heard of planning for the future, but that idea takes the cake.’

‘Do you want kids?’ he asked, leading her towards a dusty brownish red door on the side of the building.

‘I don’t think that now is the time to talk about this, tough guy. We could get our heads blown off at any second.’

He laughed. ‘I do this almost every day. Any guy who takes a shot at me will have his kneecaps removed. These guys aren’t going to hurt me.’

‘That’s you,’ she said, looking all around, worried that there may be some kind of sniper or security guy who might take a disliking to her. ‘I’m just some chick that they don’t know.’

‘The guys in here aren’t what you’re expecting,’ he said, pushing open the door and taking her inside.

There was noise and the air was pungent, but it was the humidity, or rather the lack of it, that she noticed first. The space they entered was almost empty. He took her through into another room that was some sort of recreation space, except now it was empty.

‘We’re at the end of a shipment, everything was taken out last night. We’ll get another one in a few days, there’s been a bit of a hiccup, but Mauri’s sorting it out.’

‘Thank goodness for that,’ she said, absorbing the details of the well-kept space.

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