Psychological Thriller Boxed Set by Addison Moore

Author:Addison Moore [Moore, Addison]
Language: eng
Format: epub, azw3
Publisher: Hollis Thatcher Press, LTD.
Published: 2019-01-23T05:00:00+00:00

Charlie

Run. It’s the haunting refrain that possessed me all those months ago. It’s what landed me here. And now, with Theo shooting me with venom, annunciating my given name as if it were a curse, my mind screams the very same thing.

My mouth opens, and a choking sound emits. My feet take a few staccato steps forward, and he glides a hand across the counter. His eyes stay trained on mine, holding me hostage with his gaze as effective as a steel trap.

“I will outrun you and outgun you if I have to.” His voice shakes low and steady as if it took everything to grit the words through his teeth. His beautiful face is locked in fury. It exudes from him like a toxin. “Take off your apron. You’ve just worked your last shift. You are coming with me.”

“No.” I shake my head, backing away, my muscles vibrating out of control. “I can’t, Theo. I can’t go with you.” I steal a glance out the window, half-expecting to see the SWAT team with guns drawn, an entire infantry out to arrest me. Oh God, I used his sister’s name. He knows. He probably knows everything at this point. “This isn’t what it seems, I promise.”

His eyes slice through me with a fiery contempt. Gone is the kindness, the joy they once exuded in my honor, replaced with cold hardness that lets me know exactly how he feels about me—whoever the hell I am.

“Move slowly,” he instructs. “Keep your hands level to your chest and walk backward.” He takes a few steps over until he’s covering the cutout that has me penned in at the moment.

I do as I’m told. Hands up, slow gait as if I were a common street criminal. I’m far worse, but it feels sacrilegious coming from Theo.

“That’s it. Hands down.” He’s whispering, not causing a scene, and I’m thankful.

I glance back at Dena, and she winks over at me, hitching a thumbs-up to what must look like kinky shenanigans to her.

Theo pulls my wrists behind my back. “You’re coming with me.” He walks us right out the door, and for a second I glance back mournfully at the place I called work for the last year and a half of my life. Ironically, this false life of mine, this borrowed life of Lizzy’s was the closest I will ever get to normal. Theo pushes me into the back of his patrol car, and a hard wail escapes my throat.

“No.” I groan so hard I think I’m going to be sick. “Please. You have to hear me out!” He slams the door shut, and it’s too late. I’ve tasted my last breath of freedom. The one I thought would keep me safe has entombed me in my misery. Peavey and Devyn run through my mind. I can only imagine how disappointed they’ll be that I screwed things up so badly. They’ll visit me in prison when they’re able, and that alone is enough to split open my chest with grief.

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