CHASE: Captive to the Dark by Alaska Angelini

Author:Alaska Angelini [Angelini, Alaska]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2015-08-13T23:00:00+00:00

Chapter 16

Chase

The throb in my head was getting worse by the minute. As I sat surrounded by my men, all I could do was stare at their eager faces. They expected so much from me. This whole town did. The big question was, what could I do to make things better? Safer, so we could continue to live without the fear of being discovered?

The last few months felt like a dream. One I was still floating in, trying to make sense of. I wasn’t going to do this. I fucking told myself I wouldn’t be back in this position. Yet, here I was. With Jim missing, probably dead, there was no one else. What had he been thinking, bringing Rory in? He could have easily taken over for his father, but he wouldn’t do it. Told me before I left that it had to be me. Even then, everyone wanted me to jump in and fill Abe’s shoes.

Abe.

My feelings were mixed about the man who raised me. Half of me loved him as a father. He did treat me as his own. Took me in when no one else wanted to. But I had seen all sides of him in those years. Sides I now saw in myself. It made me not even want to think about him. It made me think of Kit. I treated her like he treated his women. Hell, I’d treated all women horribly before I had amnesia. But I learned from him. When my past was erased, I still hadn’t lost who I was. The difference was, I showed her affection I had never displayed to a female before. I took care of her. Or had. I wasn’t sure what I was going to do now.

I’d thrown her in the basement and restrained her to the bed so fast without a single word. She’d been crying. Begging me not to leave her in the dark, but I had. And I wasn’t there to console her. It ate at me. Ate at me when months ago, I wouldn’t have given a shit. Even now, my fingers were twitching. My feet were even pointed in the direction of the basement door.

“Tell me where we stand.”

Palo looked up from his phone, the buzz of voices in the background dying out.

“James is tailing Rory. They’re about an hour and half north of here. Dennis just let me know he’s on his way to the station now. He pulls the night shift, so he’ll take care of the camera. We’re still going over the details of the traffic stop.”

I nodded, glancing toward the basement door. The screaming had finally stopped. It had lasted for the first half hour. Had Kit fallen asleep, grew tired of calling out for help, or had she finally turned brave? It ate at me to know.

“Tell me about Jim. What do we know?”

Max stood, pulling out his wallet before sitting back down. He took out a small black and white picture that was hard to make out.

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