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The darkness in his eyes returned He lifted the phone and, with terrifying ease, snapped it in two, letting the broken pieces fall to the ground at her feet

Holy shit

He really was a lunatic

Roam stepped away froed Now light and easygoing, he checked his watch again and said, “It’s tio” He peered down atto ask you for your phone now, and in the hopes of avoiding any aardness between us, perhaps you’ll use better judgement than your friend and simply tell me where it is”

With a quiet sigh, I gave in “My purse, in the zipped pocket”

A skull-faced goon retrieved it, and Roa it in his pocket intact

With a bored glance at the display of his cell, he spoke i way, princess, but I don’t trust you And because of that soing to zip-tie you to—” He looked around the roo to a specific chair “—that” Just when she looked to protest, he cut her off with a severe look “And you are going to let the to have problems”

Anika held his gaze a longherself down in the chair, allowing the thugs to circled her wrists and feet with thick black cable ties

When Roa anywhere, he didn’t even spare an to walk out of the kitchen and toward the front door “Co, Ms Leokov”

Anika and I shared the same look of utter hopelessness She atteoons surrounded me, I took in a deep breath and let it out slowly Without looking back, I walked the hall, out the door, and approached the indistinct black SUV Roa by He held the door as I climbed in He took the seat beside

And when Roa a cruel smirk, he uttered a deliberately unkind, “I’d like to say I’ht now… knowing you’re hostile… knowing you’re at my mercy—” He placed the canvas sack over my head, leaned in close, and when he spoke quietly intorock”

My sto exactly what he was doing to me

With every second that followed, it became harder and harder to breathe But I wouldn’t let it show

No

I had bigger things to worry about