Take the Key and Lock Her Up by Lena Diaz

Author:Lena Diaz [DIAZ, LENA]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Publisher: HarperCollins
Published: 2014-07-15T16:00:00+00:00

EMILY WENT LIMP in Devlin’s arms. He threw the cloth off her face and pressed his fingers against the side of her neck, checking her pulse. Strong. Her breathing was shallow but steady. He let out a shaky breath and cradled her unconscious body against his chest, stroking her back through her soft cotton T-shirt. He needed a minute. Hell, he needed a dozen.

The panic and accusation in her eyes had shaken him to the core.

His marks—the people he was assigned to eliminate—were pure evil. They thought nothing of strapping bombs on innocent children and sending them onto buses full of more innocent people to blow them into so many pieces their family had nothing left to bury. They raped, tortured, brutalized others, relishing their pain. Yet, more often than not, when they were finally standing face-to-face with their executioner, their eyes were filled with arrogance, scorn, hatred. No remorse. No guilt. And on the rare occasion when one of them looked at Devlin with fear or panic, it didn’t bother him. At all. Not once. Until now.

The terror in Emily’s eyes, even though all he’d wanted to do was protect her, had nearly killed him.

Trying to soothe someone, reassure her, was a skill he’d forgotten long ago. Which probably explained why he’d screwed up so thoroughly. Killing Cougar with the garrote had made sense at the time. It had freed his hands so he could grab what Emily needed and get her to safety. It had also freed him to react if Cougar’s handler showed up, which he had. But when he’d made those decisions, he hadn’t taken into account the impact they would have on Emily—and he damn well should have.

She wasn’t an evil criminal or a terrorist. She was innocent, good, and deserved better treatment. Her strength and courage amazed him. Not many people, law enforcement or not, would have gone into that basement without backup. But Emily had, because she hadn’t wanted a victim to suffer even another minute waiting for help to arrive. She’d also stood up to him, countless times. And after nearly being killed, she’d had the gumption to order him to sit on the couch while she took charge of the crime scene. She was a strong woman, until he broke her.

He fervently hoped he hadn’t broken her permanently, that she’d recover from what he’d put her through and would be the same sassy, funny, brave woman she’d been before he’d battered his way into her life a few days ago.

Unfortunately, her ordeal was far from over. Until he could convince her that he meant her no harm, that he was her best chance at survival and that she needed to work with him instead of against him, she would have to remain his prisoner. Which meant when she woke up tomorrow morning from her drug-induced sleep and realized what he’d done and where she was, her terror was going to start all over again.

He reluctantly carried her back to the suitcase and gently lowered her inside.

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