The Search (Mason Walker Book 1) by Alex Howell

The Search (Mason Walker Book 1) by Alex Howell

Author:Alex Howell [Howell, Alex]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-03-09T16:00:00+00:00


15

“Don’t hurt her,” Mason said, his voice veering quickly from threatening and dominating to begging. “Don’t you dare hurt her. Please. She’s just a high school senior looking forward to prom. She doesn’t deserve to be hurt.”

“And hurt she will not be, not any further,” the voice said, quickly adding the phrase at the end on account of her already getting slapped. “However, we will also not nourish her any longer. She will receive no food and water until you complete your mission except for the purposes of keeping her alive.”

Mason dropped his phone, groaning. Was it worth it? Was it worth getting that information, only for his daughter to suddenly be without food and water until the last possible second?

He couldn’t say, not until he had a chance to digest everything. He had at least gotten some information, but he couldn’t say if that information was even valuable. Blue eyes… white skin…

Not Middle Eastern, then. Not likely to be so…

Then who are the guys that we picked up from the mayor’s office building? What’s their connection?

Just what the hell is going on?

“Fine,” Mason growled. He looked up at Tessa, who indicated that he needed one more minute. “I will complete this mission for you. I expect you to continue to provide the care and treatment my daughter deserves.”

“You decide that, Mr. Walker.”

“Fine,” Mason growled. “Allow me, then, to help ensure she gets good treatment by answering some questions for me. What’s the purpose of this mission, then? What am I working toward? Why am I doing all of this?”

“All will be revealed in due time, Mr. Walker. Don’t worry. If you do as we say, you will complete the mission with plenty of time to spare for your daughter. But I would not suggest wasting any further time trying to get lucky this afternoon.”

Mason looked at Tessa, but she was staring intently at her tablet screen at that moment. There was no way for him to get her attention and find out how much longer he needed—time that was becoming more and more painful as he had to account for the voice’s mocking. If he needed to be on for another thirty seconds, he wasn’t going to do anything more than thirty seconds.

Mason bit his lip as he contemplated his next words carefully. He obviously was not going to incite them any more than he had to, but he couldn’t be soft. He couldn’t show anything that suggested he trusted them. He had to be harsh, fair, and direct.

“You better be keeping her alive,” Mason growled, settling on the simple.

“A human can go, what, three days without water?” the voice asked mockingly. “We have faith that you can fulfill your duties within that frame. In fact, I have confidence you can complete your duties within 24 hours.”

So this isn’t just some week-long goose chase. This will end relatively soon.

Good.

But that means time is of the essence. And I have no reason to believe I can just trust these guys.

“24 hours, huh?” Mason said.



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