Harlequin Intrigue February 2024--Box Set 1 of 2 by Nicole Helm

Author:Nicole Helm
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2024-05-15T00:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER EIGHT

She could feel him staring at her. The man Metias had left behind to watch her.

I have a matter that needs attending to. I’ll give you some time to think about my offer. Her husband had kissed her forehead then, as though merely telling her he’d be late for dinner, and closed the door behind him. The unspoken warning in his tone filtered through her head on a loop. He’d given her time, but patience had never been one of his virtues.

She could either run back to him—submissive, apologetic and weak—or lose her brother forever.

And Cash... Where was Cash? Where was Bear? Were they still alive? Part of her had lit up at the possibility that the matter Metias needed to attend to involved the private military contractor and his Rottweiler giving the cartel hell. Cash would fight. In the limited amount of time they’d known each other, she knew that much. An internal mission drove him to overcome any situation—especially any that involved his K-9 companion—but what that meant for Elena, she didn’t know. Would their deal still matter to him here? On the surface, she wasn’t in physical danger. Metias wouldn’t outright kill her for escaping their marriage. But if she refused to return to his side, would that give him reason to add her to the list of dead at his hands?

Her body ached. The ropes around her wrists had cut through skin and were rubbing her raw from the tension. Every move Elena made, every sound, was being catalogued by the brute guarding the door, but she couldn’t stay here.

Because she’d already made her decision.

She’d made it the night she’d run from that house. Metias hadn’t expected that of her. He’d been counting on her being too weak from starvation and dehydration and fear. That was why he’d agreed to let her have a few minutes of privacy to wash away the blood, sweat and tears from three days in that cellar. He hadn’t counted on her climbing through the window, contacting someone for help or avoiding the perimeter patrol of men he’d set to keep the unwanted out.

She wasn’t going back.

But that left Daniel at the mercy of a man who didn’t have a compassionate bone in his body. A man who would want to keep his leverage as close as possible.

Elena scanned the bunker office for the dozenth time. Metias had left the lamp on. He’d given her that much, at least. Books, a desk, the chair. None of it would help her out of these ropes. But something like a pen or a letter opener would do. She just had to give herself the opportunity to search. A fresh water bottle, complete with beaded condensation running the length of the plastic, stared back at her from the desk. Her husband would’ve placed it there on purpose. To break her, to remind her that her life was once again in his hands.

She’d surrendered her power for the chance of a family and a new life outside of Alpine Valley.

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