His Dancer by Rose Darcy & Smoke Lucy

Author:Rose, Darcy & Smoke, Lucy
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Bleeding Heart Press
Published: 2021-08-07T16:00:00+00:00

8

Ace

Putting a hand to the side of my neck, I lean back and crack it. Before me sits Leanna Rawlings. Her boring, square face is a splotchy mess. Her hair is tangled up in a ponytail that lists too far to one side, and tear tracks race down her full cheeks.

"Please," she begs. "I don't know. I don't know where he is. I promise I'm—"

"Stop." She hiccups out another sob as I move toward her. "I don't want to hear anything out of your fucking mouth but the truth, Leanna."

"I-I am t-telling the truth," she insists.

I don't know how some women do it, but every time I'm in this situation, they always try this. It's almost as if they have some magical ability that allows them to convulse in hyperventilation. Crocodile tears fall down her face. I don't like hurting women; I never have, but that doesn't mean I don't recognize that they can be just as dangerous as men. Oftentimes, even more so.

"Where is your brother?" I ask again, and before she can repeat the same sob story she's tried to blubber to me over the past few minutes, I hold up a hand. "And before you think you can get away with lying to me..." I reach into my pocket and withdraw a knife, flicking the little lever against the spine, allowing it to slide out right in front of her face. "Just know that I'm getting quite tired of your attempts to fool me."

Behind me, the door opens. Leanna's gaze shifts over my shoulder, and I hear a short curse from one of my men. "Sir..." I glance up and turn back. Standing there, in the doorway, is Cara. Her eyes are wide, her lips parted in surprise as she takes in the scene before her.

A growl slides out of my throat. "Get her out of here," I snap.

"Wait!" Cara rushes toward me. "I—"

"You shouldn't be in here," I cut her off, grabbing her arm as she reaches my side. I tug her away from Leanna and glare at one of my men, Devin. "Get. Her. Out. Of. Here." I repeat the words, and he jumps forward. The second his fingers reach out to grip her other arm, however, I stop him. "And make no mistake, if you leave a bruise on her, I'll make you wish for death," I growl out.

"No, Ace, please," Cara begs. Her eyes fill with tears, and she jerks her gaze back and forth between Leanna and me. "She's my friend."

I arch a brow. "She's the reason I took you instead of her the first time," I point out.

"T-That was an accident," she insists. "She had something to do. I was just filling in. She didn’t know. It was your men—" She winces as my hand tightens around her arm in anger. Immediately, I loosen my grip. Her words are a reminder, though. She's right. It was my men who made the mistake. "Ace." Her tone turns softer as she gazes up at me, pleading, hopeful.

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