Guarding his Honey: BBW Paranormal Bear Shifter Romance (Honey for the Billionbear Book 2) by Zoe Chant

Author:Zoe Chant [Chant, Zoe]
Language: eng
Format: azw3
Published: 2015-10-31T04:00:00+00:00

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Helen woke up slowly. Her head was pounding. She opened her eyes with an effort, blinking against the spots swimming through her vision.

"… you okay? Helen? Helen! Are you okay?" Tom was asking.

Something was holding her arm pulled back at an uncomfortable angle. She yanked at it, irritated.

"Ow," Tom said mildly, which was when she realized they were cuffed together, back to back. They were locked in what seemed to be some kind of basement room, dank and cool, illuminated only by a single bare light bulb swinging from the ceiling. There was a heavy steel door between them and freedom, and presumably guards beyond it. Helen shuddered. Oh God, what are we going to do?

"You okay?" Tom asked again.

"Yeah," Helen said, feeling warmed at the tender concern in his voice. Her protective bodyguard.

…But no, that wasn't right, was it? She frowned as the events of their capture slowly swam back into focus. That's Thomas Glenn. Do you have any idea how much ransom we can get for a billionaire CEO?

Tom had been lying to her from the beginning. He wasn't a bodyguard; he wasn't the man he'd claimed to be.

Hot tears stung at her eyes. It was all just too much, all those horrible events of the past few days. And now the one man she thought she could trust had turned out to be a liar, too. Helen sniffled, then swiped her face against her shoulder, wiping her tears away as best she could with her hands bound. She wasn't going to cry about him of all things, dammit, not with everything else that was happening. What was one lie compared to everything else that had happened to her?

And yet somehow his betrayal hurt worse than anything else.

"I'm sorry, Helen," Tom said. He sounded miserable.

Good, Helen thought angrily, You should feel bad, and then immediately felt guilty; whatever else he was, he'd saved her life, he'd gotten hurt defending her, and this kidnapping hadn't been his fault in any way.

"We've got to get out of here," Tom said. "Do you have anything in your pockets? A paperclip, anything—"

"I've got a pen," she said. There'd been a pad of paper and a pen by the phone when she'd called Isabella. She'd fidgeted with the pen while she was on the phone, and pocketed it without thinking.

"Perfect. Give it here," Tom said.

It took some contortions to get at her pocket, the way they were cuffed together. Tom had to twist his shoulder awkwardly backwards to let her reach at all. He drew in a tight breath.

"Your shoulder—" Helen said anxiously. That was his wounded arm.

"It's fine," Tom said quickly.

But when she twisted her head back to look at him, she could see a new spot of blood darkening the bandage around his upper arm. She winced. He might be a liar, but there was nothing fake about his courage.

Tom worked the thin point of the pen into the cuff's lock, swearing under his breath when they resisted his effort. "I'm way out of practice with this kind of stuff," he muttered.

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