Forbidden Captor by Miller Julie

Author:Miller, Julie [Miller, Julie]
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: Suspense
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2005-06-23T05:00:00+00:00

“WAIT HERE.”

Tasiya was well aware of the temperature as she stood outside Boone Fowler’s office in her wet clothes. The blustery draft swirling up the spiral staircase raised goose bumps along her skin and made her teeth chatter. But it was nothing like the coldhearted chill of Boone Fowler’s voice as Steve Bristoe knocked and pushed open the door to report how the cook had taken herself for a walk, and accidentally tripped the alarm when she fell.

When Fowler’s response didn’t match the report, Tasiya realized he was holding two conversations—one with Bristoe, and one on his cell phone. As had become her habit of late, when the militiamen talked, she went quiet as a mouse and listened.

“…more money, for one thing. You can’t expect me to get the results you’re after in only two weeks. I have too many new recruits. Training isn’t cheap.”

Tasiya hugged her arms around her middle and tried to rub some warmth into her body without drowning out the terse posturing in Fowler’s voice.

“You don’t worry about what I have on videotape. It will be very persuasive, I promise you.” Dimitri would no doubt want to know about this conversation. “When the time is right, you’ll get your money’s worth, I promise you.

Just what kind of message did Fowler want to send? Did his method of persuasion have anything to do with the dead man?

“Uh-uh, pal. You don’t screw with my timing. Was it your idea to kidnap the princess?” Tasiya turned her ear to the doorway, wishing she could hear who was on the other end of that line. She wondered if that person was as displeased as Fowler seemed to be. “The whole world’s lookin’ for her, and I don’t need that kind of scrutiny.” He paused. “No. No one has any idea where we are. Now why would I tell you? That’d be one more person I’d have to trust.” She huddled tighter within herself at the evil in Fowler’s laugh. “Not any more than you trust me. Good. I’m glad we understand each other.”

He snapped his fingers, and Tasiya quickly stepped away from the door when she heard Bristoe headed her way. But Fowler’s voice still carried into the hall. “I’ll expect a deposit in my account tomorrow. The usual amount.” With an insincere friendliness he added, “Always a pleasure.”

Tasiya pressed her back against the cold stone wall and closed her eyes, breathing a sigh of relief that she’d gathered information without getting caught. At some point Dimitri would hear whatever news he wanted to hear from her and hopefully release her father. Though the thought of returning to Lukinburg and beginning her sentence as Dimitri’s mistress was growing more unappealing by the minute.

“I didn’t know you were into mud wrestling, sugar.”

Snapping open her eyes, Tasiya looked straight up into Marcus Smith’s leering smile. The leisurely stroll of his gaze along her sticky clothes sickened her as if he’d groped each clinging curve with his meaty hands.

“He’ll see you now.” Steve Bristoe’s startling grip on her arm was almost a welcome relief.

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