Hostage for the Sheikh: A Royal Billionaire Romance Novel (Curves for Sheikhs Series Book 3) by Annabelle Winters

Author:Annabelle Winters [Winters, Annabelle]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2016-11-05T04:00:00+00:00

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“Where is she?” Jane snarled as she stepped through the doorway of Rizaak’s cabin. Tom stood behind her, his gun drawn and ready in his right hand.

Rizaak hadn’t been asleep but he was certainly confused as all hell right now as he stared at Jane, his mind struggling to figure out what could have happened even as he tried to control his panic, pull back his rage, hold back that fierce protective instinct that made him want to RIP this woman’s throat out, BLAST through anyone else in his way, and turn this ship inside out to find Cristy. But how the hell would she have gotten out of that container in the past four hours?!

“Who?” he said, pretending to be more confused than he actually was as he tried to buy some time and figure out what the hell was going on.

“You damn well know who,” Tom said from behind Jane.

Now Jane came close to Rizaak, raising her gun. She held the gun to Rizaak’s head, her lips tight and drawn. Rizaak coolly looked her in the eye, taking in the soulless blue of her dilated pupils, the dark circles beneath her eyes. She had not slept, he could tell. Perhaps she had taken some uppers—amphetamines maybe. Maybe just so much caffeine her head was spinning. Good, because even without looking directly at the gun, Rizaak could tell that the safety lock was on, and that gave him the hint of a chance. Still, Jane was on edge, close to losing control, and very, very dangerous right now.

Rizaak glanced quickly at Tom for a moment, and he could see that Tom was keeping his distance. The body language was subtle, but it was unmistakable—Tom himself was scared of her! Ya, Allah, this man is scared of his own woman!

The realization gave Rizaak a sudden confidence that yes, given the chance, he could indeed get inside this woman’s head, manipulate her even as she tried to manipulate him, control her just enough to give him and Cristy a chance to get out of this thing alive. But that would have to come later. Right now this woman had to be handled. Calming her down was not an option, so perhaps he should take it to the other extreme.

“Jane,” Rizaak said now, his voice slow, deep, calm. Now he let some anger show in his eyes, in his voice. It was time to challenge Jane, he knew. Question her authority in a way no one else has. Show her that you are more powerful than she is. It is your only chance to control this madwoman. “Are you saying you cannot find Cristy?” Rizaak said, his voice rising as his eyes narrowed. “Is that what you are saying to me? Listen, you damned woman. By Allah, you will listen to me. If anyone has harmed one hair on her head, I will kill everyone on this goddamn ship. And you, Jane, I will kill first, looking you right in those blue eyes, a smile on my face as I choke the life out of you.

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