Hollow by Maggie Shayne

Author:Maggie Shayne
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: romantic suspense, spies, espionage, amnesia, strong heroine, secret agents, secret identity, reunion romance, second chance romance, maggie shayne
Publisher: Maggie Shayne

Chapter 8

The words Drug Enforcement Administration were still ricocheting through Kira's brain when Peter turned his attention to her again. "Let's start with something simple, while your partner thinks about his options," he said.

She tried not to let her confusion show on her face, but her gaze shot to Marshall's all the same. Her partner?

Peter clasped her chin in his hand and turned her head until her eyes locked with his. "How did you find your way here?"

She let her eyes roam his face and wondered what she’d ever seen in him. He had pale, cold eyes, and a sharply angled jawline that suggested a mean streak.

“How did you find this place?” he asked again.

“How do you think I found it? By throwing darts at a map? I followed you."

He lowered his head, shaking it slowly, then he turned away from her and nodded at one of his men.

The thug drove a fist into Marshall's stomach so hard Kira grunted in pain along with him. He doubled over as much as the ropes holding him would allow, head down, mouth open. She thought he was going to vomit, but he didn't.

"Wrong answer. Would you like to try again, or are you going to let us kill him?"

Lifting her chin, she met his eyes. "You're not gonna kill him until he tells you what you want to know."

"Wrong, darling. We can get the same information from you."

She smiled slowly. "You think so? Well, you'd better have someone fill me in first, because I don't know jack."

"Lies. Your memory has returned, otherwise you wouldn’t be here, dressed like that, guns and knives lining your clothes."

"I found my things in the attic while searching for something in my past that would be a good enough excuse not to marry you. And then, even though I knew it was over, I still came here to try to rescue you from the bad guys. I didn't realize you were the biggest piece of shit in the sewer."

He backhanded her. Her head snapped sideways, and pain rang through her skull like bells in a bell tower. But instead of making her cry or cower, the strike energized her. A flood of adrenaline in the form of courage shot through her entire body, and it was fueled by anger.

She touched the corner of her lip with the tip of her tongue, tasted blood, looked up at Peter and smiled. “You’re gonna regret that.”

Peter held her gaze and couldn’t hide the quick widening of his pupils, or the sudden flare of his nostrils. He was afraid of her.

He turned away fast, but she’d already seen the truth.

"She did not follow us here. You two go outside, search the area. Someone led her back here, and I suspect it was Duke. If you find him out there, kill him."

The two rushed to obey.

That left Peter and just one henchman in the room with her and Marshall.

I like those odds.

Peter said, "You, watch them.”

“Where you going, boss?”

“We're clearly going to need something a little more potent than our fists to make these two talk.

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