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"But it’ll save their lives" Ca inside hiet her ready to go home I don’t want to tell her this here"
Home It was home now It wasn’t just the house or the apartment It was a hoht and soft ured betrayal and tears into the equation
He ht back the rage He would kill for her, but he’d sure as hell prefer not to have to deal with the uish fantasy fros, wouldn’t be a pleasant experience
Richard Roberts, well, he had a beating co There was no doubt of it Cam had had the chance to read the account in the psychiatrist’s report of what had supposedly happened the night Jaci had left the Robertses’ ht years before
The Robertses’ certainty that she would enjoy being a plaything What was the co to love her They wanted to love her and she just wanted to run and hurt the and heading to the back hall and the offices there As he turned into the well-lit hall, heout of his own office
"Hello, Caather you’re not joining Miss Wright for lunch?"
Ca to her office now"
Matthew paused "Miss Wright has already left for her engageo"
Cam didn’t wait to question him He moved quickly to the door of her office and jerked it open, striding inside, his gazehione out this late in the day without telling hiaze swept over the desk, his eyes catching the note laying there He moved to it, jerked the paper up, and read it as pure terror began to race through him
No Ah, fuck No He wouldn’t lose her like this He couldn’t
"Chase!" He raced into the hall, aware of his raised voice, the pure shaking terror in it, and the sound of feet racing from upstairs
He slid into the foyer as Chase and Ian rushed down the stairs and Courtney paused at the door to the forone!"
"She had a lunch date," Matthew objected
"She’s aze connected with Chase’s as he handed hi care of this situation with the Robertses today, Ca with theerous, just irritating I’ll explain everything tonight
The note had pure terror and rage burning through the ice now
"Moriah will be there What’s the big deal, Cairl Let her deal with this"
Cam stared at her in disbelief before he and Chase both tore back upstairs They raced to their office Weapons They needed weapons
Shoulder holsters were strapped quickly around their torsos, Glocks shoved into the holsters beneath their arms Backup at their ankles was strapped on
"Matthew, call Detective Allen at the Alexandria PD, and have him meet us at Moriah Brockheim’s apartment in Alexandria Tell him to come in quietly, we have a potential situation"
"Cam, dammit," Ian cursed as he weaponed up as well "What the hell is going on?"
"We’ll explain on the way" They headed out of the office at a run and Caot there in tie building inside hi unnecessary blood
She was his And no one, but no one, threatened as his Not man, wo jeans she wore as she reached Moriah’s apart herself once again that it was nearly over She would finish this here, tape the Robertses’ adht she ran from their mansion, and use it to ain
She didn’t need her relationship with Ca to have it overshadowed She would stand on her oo feet, take care of herself, and end this now
With a sharp nod at the thought, she lifted her hand and pressed the buzzer with the tip of her finger Moriah’s upperclass, second-story, corner apartment overlooked a small flower-adorned park
A second later the inside latch could be heard sliding free and the deadbolts releasing as Moriah opened the door Jaci stared back at her soold sundress, she looked young and sweet, with her shoulder-length hair fra into the other girl’s eyes and seeing the cold, hard resolve there
"They’re in the study" Her voice was faint, husky, as though with eh--a cold, hard light was in her eyes that Jaci hadn’t expected
Jaci nodded, gripped her purse, and followed Moriah through the aparth the hall in the kitchen It led to an iron balcony and a fire escape to the alley Just in case Annalee had brought her handy dandy little ith her<ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:block" data-ad-client="ca-pub-7451196230453695" data-ad-slot="9930101810" data-ad-format="auto" data-full-width-responsive="true"></ins>