Athena Force 19: The Good Thief by Judith Leon

Author:Judith Leon [Leon, Judith]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Romance
Publisher: Silhouette
Published: 2007-09-18T04:00:00+00:00

Jeremy approached the ancient dungeon cubicle using a high-powered flashlight, juice and cup in the other hand. At the beginning he and the Colombians had treated the Arnett girl with care. She was, of course, valuable alive, not dead. He hadn’t seen her for three days now. Time to observe the effect of starvation, darkness and total deprivation of human contact on his marvelous creation.

Holding the flashlight under his arm, he took the key from an ancient stone ring, used it to unlock her cellar door and stepped inside. The girl, seated on the floor, flinched and pulled herself into a tight ball, squinting up at first and then covering her eyes from the strong beam.

He switched on the cell’s overhead light. She pulled into an even tighter ball.

“You will straighten yourself up. Comb your hair and wash your face. It’s time now for you to show people what you are worth.”

Hands over her eyes, she sat up straighter. “Please give me something to eat.”

“In few minutes Pietro will fetch you.” He set the pitcher of high-energy juice and the cup on the floor but stood between them and her. She looked so pathetic. Maybe this hadn’t been the best strategy.

“What’s happening?”

“You will do what I ask of you without question. If you do that, I’ll let you live. If you fail to perform satisfactorily—”

“Perform? I’m starving. I won’t—”

“You listen to me, you little bitch. If you fail to perform satisfactorily, you will be of no use to me. I’ll remove you from the demonstration and have Pietro bind you and bury you alive in the snow.”

She slowly lowered her hands from her face and squinted up at him.

“Do you understand? Do as I wish and live. Fail me and you die.”

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