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“I think she’s really gone,” the female said.
Was that Lieutenant Yost’s voice? It seemed unfathomable that the woman who appeared so interested in Jensen would betray him, but it also made sense. To get into Jensen’s fortress, they’d need help from the inside.
“Let’s go, then,” a man’s voice said. It was eerily familiar.
Treven.
No! He was here. He had gotten to her again and Jensen was somewhere across the ocean.
Treven would always win. There was no way to stop him.
“The chief’s never going to forgive himself when he returns empty-handed and finds out I not only outsmarted him again but I have his woman. My woman now.” Treven stroked his fingers down her cheek and along her neck.
Cold chills covered Livvy’s body. His touch was worse than a hundred spiders crawling on her bare flesh. The pain of someone pinching her wasn’t even close to the agony of knowing that Treven Rindlesbacher was inches away, that he’d come for her like he’d always promised he would.
Jensen! she cried out in her mind.
He’d been tricked. They all had. Treven wasn’t on that island. He was right here in Jensen’s house, and Jensen was a thousand miles away. Would anybody help her, or had they all been killed or knocked out?
Her life was over. She’d never escape from Treven and Jensen would never know how deeply she loved him.
Chapter Seventeen
Livvy prayed desperately in her head. She had to wait until the perfect moment to fight, to escape. Maybe when they went outside? She could run for the forest. She didn’t know how to fight off multiple people, but she’d fight and use every bit of strength to escape.
Hands wrapped around her legs and under her armpits. She was swung off the bed and carried through the house. It was hard not to stiffen or struggle. She stayed limp and let her head loll to the side.
Even through her closed eyelids, she could see it was still pitch black. Did they all have infrared goggles on?
They carried her down the stairs. Her heart raced out of control, and she prayed they couldn’t tell. She kept trying to breathe as if she were unconscious—in and out, in and out.
The lights flicked on and penetrated her closed eyelids. She wanted to open them but kept feeling like she had to keep them closed.
The people surrounding her cursed, and she let herself peek. They all were flicking goggles off their heads and yanking out their guns. Sure enough, Treven and Lieutenant Yost were on either side of her while Officer Danson and another man she didn’t recognize carried her.
The sound of multiple guns cocking made her heart crash against her rib cage. She couldn’t see past the group surrounding her and closed her eyes again so they wouldn’t know she was awake yet.
“You know how some people learn from their mistakes, Rindlesbacher?”
Livvy almost jumped out of her skin.
Jensen!
Jensen was here? Jensen was here! She wanted to break free and go kiss him. He hadn’t left. He’d stayed. Or had he come back? It didn’t matter. He was here, and somehow he’d rescue her from Treven.
“No. Tell me what mistakes you’ve made, Chief.” Treven’s voice was mocking, but there was a slight tremor in it. He hadn’t planned on Jensen returning.
Could she fight her way free now?
Steady, she heard in her head.
“I underestimated you before, but never again. This time I listened to my heart, trusted in heaven above, and now you’ll finally be locked in a deep, dark cell for the rest of your life,” Jensen said.
“Give her to me,” Treven demanded. He ripped Livvy from the people who were holding her and held her in front of him, pressing a pistol to her temple. Livvy let her body sag and kept her eyes shut. Treven struggled to hold her up.
“I’m not going back to prison,” Treven yelled. “I’m the one who’s got Livvy, and I’m the one who’s going to kill her if you don’t set down your weapons. I know all about how desperately you love the woman I’m going to possess.”
Livvy had to fight not to shudder as cold chills raced through her body.
