His Brutal Game: A Dark Arranged Marriage Romance by Audrey Rush

Author:Audrey Rush [Rush, Audrey]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2021-08-23T16:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 13

Maisie

Adrenaline prickled across my skin, an electrical current running rampant through me with each stride. Every thought inside of me was at war. Wilder had warned me to run. But I wanted to stay. To show him that he was capable of more. To fight for him. To fight for us.

But I couldn’t let go of his warning.

I raced through the trees, relieved I was in gym shoes. I tripped over a root, my chin thudding against the ground. I pushed myself back up and kept going. If Wilder said to run, then I had to run. And he was following me. That he wanted to chase me.

I stumbled with the keys to the SUV. Dropped them. Scrambled to pick them up. Focused on the car. I slid into the driver’s seat and started the engine. I was stupid to accept this car. They probably had it bugged with a tracking device. That was probably why Wilder had given me my own car in the first play; he would know where I was at all times anyway. And that must have been how Sawyer knew I was connected to the stolen money.

And why was this the first time I actually cared about my actions? I had never cared about getting caught before. I was used to ignoring the consequences until they ran me over, flattening me. Because then, I could only go forward.

But I wanted Wilder to follow me, as much as he wanted to chase me. He wanted the hunt. I wanted him to catch me.

I drove fast, not knowing where I was going, letting my instincts lead me. I concentrated on the road. Black asphalt. White lines. Yellow lines. Green signs. Pierce. Crown Creek. Pierce Mountain. Pierce Park Tunnel. Anything to get me to where I needed to go. I finally took a deep breath. My heart rate slowed. I was in a car. I was getting away. Running like Wilder told me too. But what did that mean for Wilder?

I looked in the rearview mirror: Wilder was following me, only a few car-lengths behind. Even in the rearview mirror, his gray-blue eyes were haunting in the dusky light. Fear and lust destroyed me on the inside. What I was supposed to do? Where was I supposed to go?

Where were we supposed to go?

I ended up in the woods near Pierce Park Tunnel, the only place that was empty and dangerous, like us. I slammed on the brakes, then headed for the tunnel. He parked near my car. The car door shut after him. I held my arms around myself, the skin at the back of my neck tingling.

Wilder had drowned a woman. He was obsessed with water, with what it did to people, with what it did to me. Throwing the wet cloth on my face. Watching me squirm as he poured water on me. Shoving my head in the trough.

And he had killed her. Like he could have killed me.

And I had asked him to do it to me again.

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