I Thee Take: To Have and To Hold Duet Book Two by Knight Natasha
Author:Knight, Natasha
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2021-02-23T00:00:00+00:00
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Scarlett
Somethingâs wrong. I feel it.
Itâs been hours since Cristiano left, and Noah still isnât back. Iâm anxiously sitting in Cristianoâs bedroom watching for either of them.
I glance at the pouch and the contents Iâve scattered on the bed. The gun looks ominous and I know itâs for my own protection, but I donât want it. I donât want Noah to have it. I donât want either of us to have to use it.
Thereâs ten thousand dollars in cash along with the two passports with our new identities. American passports. I have no idea if theyâre good forgeries or not, but I guess they are. The key is to a BMW.
Cerberus sits beside me looking out the window. He must feel it too, this anxiety. This feeling that something has gone wrong.
âEverything will be okay,â I tell him. Itâs a lie. I have no idea if anything will be okay.
He sets his head on my lap with a small whimper.
Did Cristiano find Marcus? Is that why heâs given me this pouch? Shown me the way off the island. I know this is the one thing thatâs kept him alive. His hate. His need for vengeance. The drive to kill Marcus Rinaldi. Does he still intend to be done with things now, though? Done with life once heâs had his revenge? I know the passports didnât happen overnight. Heâs put some planning into it. But whatâs happened between us, hasnât that changed anything for him?
The sound of a speedboat has me running to the window. Iâm not sure if Cristiano left by chopper or boat. I heard both earlier. I canât see who is on the boat before it disappears around the corner.
âLetâs go,â I tell Cerberus after shoving the money and passports back into the pouch and tucking it and the gun under my pillow.
My pillow.
How quickly Iâve come to call it mine.
Cerberus follows me out the door and down the stairs where I already hear Noah.
I breathe a small sigh of relief when I see him. Heâs talking with another soldier, someone I donât know, and the older man laughs at what he says. Cristiano is nowhere among the half-dozen men who enter, but Dante is. His eyes track me as I make my way to my brother.
I donât like Dante and I donât trust him. The feeling is mutual, I know.
âScarlett,â Noah says, coming to me. âIs he following you around now?â He points to Cerberus.
Dante glowers at me, pets Cerberusâs head and passes us to the kitchen.
âI need to talk to you,â I say as quietly as I can, so no one hears. As uncertain as I am about things, I do know one thing, I know whatâs best for my brother.
âSure,â he says, his face serious as he follows me up to Cristianoâs room. âDid you tell Cristiano yet?â
I nod. âIâm not sure how he took it. Heâs processing, I guess.â
Noah appears uncertain. âYou think Iâm remembering wrong? Iâve gone over and over it and I swear, the minute I laid eyes on the photo, I just knew.
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