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She wasn’t discreet enough and Dom saw what she was looking at. In one lunge, he stomped on the phone, smashing it to bits.
Then he wrapped his fingers around her throat and shoved her against the wall. “You know how I killed the congressman’s daughter, don’t you?”
She swallowed, mouth desiccated and her heart in her throat. His grip on her neck didn’t cut off her air, though, and she managed to croak out, “No.”
He closed his fingers tighter. “Just like this, little girl.” He shoved her so her head hit the wall and he turned for the closet door. “Change out of those cheap country clothes. The bank will be open soon.”
When she heard the bedroom door close, she sank to the floor and reached for the broken phone. Tears dripped from her eyes. “Please come,” she whispered.
Her hope of running was ruined. Now she had no choice but to stay and fight.
And fight she would. She’d make it her personal crusade to stop this man, bring down his empire…and return to the man she loved.
ChapterFifteen
Jaren’s knees bounced in eagerness to get off this plane.
Across the aisle from him, Judd eyed him. He opened his mouth to speak but got a funny look on his face and pulled out his phone instead.
When he brought it to his ear, he kept his gaze pinned on Jaren as if waiting for him to smash one of the windows and leap out at ten thousand feet.
Judd listened for a minute and then said, “Got it. We’ll meet the car. Copy, Ross.”
Jaren’s fists clenched in his lap. “What did he want?”
“A call just came into the office.”
He twisted in his seat and glared at his brother. “Tell me.”
“An unknown number.”
“I swear on our dear grandmother’s grave, I will break your neck if you hold back another minute, Judd.”
“Trinny was on the line.”
So she was alive.
A broken noise ripped from his throat and he jerked forward in his seat, clasping his head in his hands and breathing through his nostrils to stop the flow of relief and pain and absolute fury raging through him.
“The call was quiet but the team enhanced the sound and made out her screaming out her address.”
He jerked his head up. “Where is she?”
“Traced it back to her family home in Albany, just as we suspected. Ross has a car waiting for us when we land.”
“Oh Christ.” His words came out with hot pain.
“We know where she is, brother. We’ll reach her.”
He cracked an eye at Judd. “This is my fucking fault. I made all the wrong moves. I broke rules and took her out of the safehouse Ross and I agreed on. From the very beginning, I fucked up.”
“Jaren—”
He sliced a hand through the air, cutting his brother off. “When she was in that store, I should have gone in after her instead of waiting outside by her SUV. I knew she was in danger and I hesitated. When I got her to the lodge, I should have locked her up inside and never let her see the light of day. It was the only way to keep her safe. But I risked it all by taking her to the ranch. Dom was in Stone Pass—he probably spotted us on the road. Hell, he could have followed us to the ranch.” He issued a low groan at his own stupidity. “We were out on those trails and I even stole your bike and took her on a joy ride. I invited my buddy over to give her a tattoo—”
“Wait—a tattoo? What the fuck, man?”
He rammed his fingers through his hair. “It was Trinny’s request, and I knew Dag could be trusted.”
