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Chapter One

Toa nanny for the notorious Caleb Raine would be the dreaot to live in a beautiful house, food, no e was fast asleep, you had ti

Grace Page continued to think about how lucky she was co this job ht be, she’d been kidnapped She put a hand on her stomach in an attempt to control the sudden need to throw up

At the sound of Jalanced behind her at the sofa in the library where he’d decided to finally fall asleep He looked so incredibly sweet, and compared to his monster of an uncle, he really was

Caleb Raine

Until teeks ago, she’d never heard of the man

She’d seen him once as he’d walked into the coffee shop where she’d worked He’d seemed exhausted, and she’d served him coffee and a sweet cinnamon bun Then, of course, she’d been nice to hiot a nice, full breakfast because it looked like he hadn’t eaten He didn’t pay She’d paid for his food out of her salary, not that she could afford it She’d been doing a good deed, and seeing as she couldn’t walk away froht Most of the ti to work extra shifts or find a second job Still, helping people made her happy

When he’d tried to pay, she’d refused, telling hiood day and to take care of hile incident Her life had changed that night, though

She didn’t have a car, and on the walk home, she’d been attacked fro to her The horrible smell in the back of the van, it had been urine, she just knew it Fro with ten other women They had all been in different states of undress Bruises adorned their flesh and with the stories they’d told her about what happened to the so scared

She didn’t like to be scared It hy she always tried to avoid watching horrorthat would make her afraid

For three days, she’d watch as girls were taken, kicking, screa to save thenized Caleb He’d co any words, he’d grabbed her arun, shot the three et the fuck out and to keep what happened to them to themselves

He hadn’t let her go

She’d been shoved into his car, driven to his home, and told if she tried to leave, he’d kill her If she thought of calling the cops, he’d hurt her There had been a lot of threats, which she blurred out He’d then dumped her with James and told her to take care of him The little boy was three years old and so talkative Everything she’d learned about her captor had come from him and the few conversations she’d heard from Caleb’s men when they didn’t realize she was there

Working her fingers, she pinched herself, hoping to wake up in her apart to be back there now and not here This place, with all of its beauty, held so much sin and fear

Ja down and s He opened his eyes and he let out a chuckle He was such a good boy Lifting him up in her arms as he wrapped his ar him onto her hip as they left the library

“I’ry,” he said, still sleepy

“I know You’re always hungry” It see hiant cook, but he refused to do anything for a young boy’s palate Jaarlic-drenched scallops, or laht was suitable

When she’d tried toknives and threatening to gut her He’d been so loud, Caleb had come, and then she’d been even more scared as Caleb had taken one of the knives and slah the chef’s hand

With the chef screaony, he’d turned to her and asked what the hell was going on She’d stuuards had told her she could cook whenever she liked