Virtues of Syn: A Phoenix Project Novel (The Phoenix Project Duet) by Candice Wright

Author:Candice Wright [Wright, Candice]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2021-05-05T16:00:00+00:00

I don’t know how long I doze in and out but when I open my eyes, I’m still on the plane that’s now landing. Feeling groggy, I turn my head, happy when it responds to my command, and see Dianne sitting beside me.

“Ah, you’re awake. Excellent. Once we’ve landed, Tom here will show you where you’ll be staying.”

I resist the urge to snort. She makes it sound like I’m on vacation and I’ll be checking into a five-star resort. I suspect that’s not the case.

I don’t speak. I honestly have nothing to say to this woman who might look put together but is as delusional as they come.

Picking my battles for now, I wait for Tom, the giant asshole, to unstrap me and stand up. He tugs my arm so I follow him, keeping myself docile and giving them no reason to suspect I might be scanning for the earliest opportunity to escape.

As I climb down the steps, the frigid temperatures slap me in the face, making me suck in a sharp breath. When I blow it out, I can literally see it in front of my face.

I look around but there isn’t much to see beyond a runway and a small building in the distance. Beyond that is nothing but trees, topped with a dusting of snow.

A sleek black car is the only vehicle besides the plane. With how cold it is, I don’t complain when I’m herded toward it and unceremoniously shoved into the back seat.

I’m surprised when Dianne doesn’t climb in with us. Maybe she has more victims to round up. Either way, it’s one less person to have to get away from so I’m not complaining.

As soon as Tom climbs in beside me and shuts the door, the driver pulls away before we are even strapped in, clearly in a hurry to get us to wherever it is we’re heading.

Tom doesn’t say a word, which suits me fine as I take in the area. We must be in the middle of nowhere because we’ve been driving for about thirty minutes before I see a building of any kind. Even then, we pass by it so quickly that I can’t tell from the sleek structure if it’s residential or industrial.

We don’t stop and my chances of escape begin to look bleaker and bleaker.

Finally, after we’ve been on the road for close to an hour, we pull up to a mansion. In all the scenarios I had come up with of the places my torture and demise would take a place, a gorgeous stone mansion with balconies adorning bedrooms and lush green ivy climbing the walls wasn’t one of them.

When the car stops, I wait for further instruction.

Of course, those instructions don’t come verbally, they come by way of Tom’s large hand tugging me out of the car.

I stumble a little, barely regaining my footing before he drags me up the stone steps. The wide dark wooden door opens before Tom even reaches it.

“That will be all, thank you,” the voice says in a short clipped tone.

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