Risky Obsession (Wolf Security Book 3) by Kendall Talbot

Author:Kendall Talbot [Talbot, Kendall]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Kendall Talbot Books
Published: 2024-09-27T00:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 19

Kane

“Are you fucking crazy?” Tory’s eyes flared at me as she shifted to the left. “I am not jumping into that water.”

“It’s our only escape.” The wind clawed at my face as we balanced on the narrow ledge with our backs pressed against the cold stone castle wall. Twenty feet directly below us, the moat was as brown as gravy.

Shouts from inside the castle echoed behind us and panic burned through me like a lit stick of dynamite. We were cornered and exposed. If we didn’t move now, we were fucked.

“Can you swim?” I asked.

She adjusted the strap on her clutch so it wasn’t near her neck and shuffled another couple of feet sideways. “Yes, but I am not jumping from here.”

“It’s just water. We’ll make it.”

“I’ll drown in this massive skirt. And it’ll be fucking cold. Our limbs won’t move.”

“I’ll help you. We can do it.”

“No.” She glared at me. “There has to be another way.”

“Tory, any second now, some bastard is going to look out the window we escaped through and⁠—”

“What about your maps? Are they in your pocket?”

My mind skidded to a halt.

“Are you willing to risk them?”

Shit! The maps would be ruined if they became wet. “You’re right. Okay, keep moving. Maybe there’s an open window up ahead.”

“Hopefully.” Her wide, darting eyes betrayed the calm in her voice.

As we inched along, a cool breeze whipped around us like icy tentacles, and Tory’s skirt billowed around her legs in a parachute.

Peering over Tory’s head, I searched the sheer stone wall, desperate for an escape route. About ten feet ahead, a cable ran from the castle wall across the moat to the floodlights in the temporary car parking paddock.

“Look, there!” I pointed at the cable. “We can use that to get across.”

“Are you insane?” Tory hissed, her gaze following the line across to the other side. “We’ll never make it!”

Another shout rang out from the castle.

“It’s our only choice. Quick, get up to it.” I shuffled closer to her, giving her no choice but to keep moving.

As we reached the cable, I studied its connection to the wall. The rusty bolts screwed into the wall proved it had been there a long time. Hopefully, that meant it was built to last.

Finally, we reached the section beneath the cable.

The massive spotlights in the distance shimmered in her eyes. “I won’t be able to hold onto that cable, Kane. Not with my injured fingers.”

“You won’t have to.” Testing my balance on the narrow ledge, I unclasped my belt. “You jump onto my back.”

Tory gave me a what-the-fuck look.

“This is our only chance.”

Her sharp breaths clouded with each exhale and as she looked down, I followed her gaze to the water.

The shouts from the castle grew louder. Shit! The guards had entered the room we’d escaped from.

“No time to argue.” Reaching up, I flicked the end of my leather belt over the cable.

“What if we fall?”

“The water will make a soft landing.”

“Well, that’s comforting.”

“Exactly.” Gripping my hands on either side of the belt, I turned my back to her.

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