The Guarded One by Brittney Sahin

Author:Brittney Sahin [Sahin, Brittney]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: EmKo Media
Published: 2022-06-20T18:30:00+00:00

CHAPTER TWENTY

“How are you holding up?”

Beckett peered at Griffin Andrews as they stood inside Martín and Valentina’s home, unsure how to answer the question. Because at the moment, he was barely standing upright. Hell, he had to lean against one of the pillars in the living room to support the weight of his damn problems.

“I’m . . .” Beckett shut his eyes and thought back to his call with Emily ten minutes ago, feeling the need to replay their conversation before he could answer what should have been a simple question.

“You’re really taking her to Chile just because she says she needs to go?” Beckett had asked Emily, in shock because he couldn’t imagine giving in to such a demand from McKenna, visions or not.

“What choice do I have? You know Elaina.” Emily’s voice had broken while talking. “The fact we’re going back to Santiago where she was raised . . . what if this is personal for her somehow?”

“I’m so sorry. I never should have come to D.C. and asked for your help. This is all my fault.”

“I have a feeling Elaina would’ve been pulled into this one way or another. That’s what my gut is telling me, so please, don’t feel bad. But her headaches are getting worse. And they won’t go away until whatever is wrong is stopped,” she’d shared the heartbreaking news.

“What do you mean?”

“Lately, she gets more distinct visions. Much more information than in the past. But she has to get closer to the problem. And if she doesn’t, the pain in her head gets worse. That’s what she finally admitted. Before Liam spun up, there was that hostage situation at a bank . . .” she’d reminded him. How could he forget? Liam had been with his teammate, Knox Bennett, the President of the United States’ son that day. The robbery attempt had been all over the news. “Elaina sent Liam to that bank.”

“I don’t know what to say.” And he still didn’t know what to say, not even to Griffin patiently waiting for him to talk right now.

“I left Liam a message, and he’s going to be so pissed when he finds out we didn’t wait for him.” Choked up, she’d continued, “But Elaina’s in so much pain, and I . . .” Beckett had nearly fallen to his knees at her words.

“And she didn’t share more? Or tell you why she never said anything to us sooner?”

“She told me that if she’d said something to you sooner, then you wouldn’t be where you are now, and someone would have died. A woman. Dark hair. Brown eyes. That mean anything to you? Or maybe it’s yet to happen.”

Beckett had been stunned into silence before sharing, “Elaina was right. Someone here may have died if Oliver and I hadn’t arrived when we did.”

“Which means she’s going to be right about Chile, and so, I need to go. I can’t wait for Liam,” Emily had said while sniffling. “Have you talked to A.J. yet? Does he know you’re there?”

“No.

Download

Copyright Disclaimer:
This site does not store any files on its server. We only index and link to content provided by other sites. Please contact the content providers to delete copyright contents if any and email us, we'll remove relevant links or contents immediately.