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The second he’d grabbed h the drawers, I’d iht he was Eric and the panic had nearly crippled me It had hurt when he’d yanked my arm back behind me like he had, but the second I’d cried out in pain, he’d loosened his hold, easing the pressure on my shoulder joint But while the pain had dissipated, my fear hadn’t, even after I’d realized he wasn’t Eric Because I’d seen the fury in his eyes Along with so else…

It was the sarabbed his hand as he’d tried to move the blanket off my lap just before he’d helped er I was in He’d had control of hi just beneath the surface Like so it just as…all it would take was for one of those droplets to push just a little higher than the rest and it would be over

I’d seen similar reactions in some of the trauma victims I’d treated, especially when they came into the ER unconscious only to wake up surrounded by strange hands and voices They often lashed out in defense before myself or another staff er

It was that revelation and the fact that Cain hadn’t hurt er that had et myself under control Lucy’s presence had ally respected his ability to rip he had on himself But he’d also been short on patience and I’d had no doubt that for whatever reason, he really had believed there was a possibility Lucy had soiven the chance to co her back to her roos I’d had to do, but her safety had been ued with h she rarely did

Because she trusted me implicitly

It was one of the ument when I’d told her we couldn’t trust Cain, whichabout ourselves with him I’d seen the disappointment in her eyes and I’d understood it completely because, despite what I’d told Cain about hope, I’d felt it resurface for the briefest of moments when he’d held me in that shower

Lucy had also agreed to ht before When I’d told her we needed to leave while Cain was asleep, she’d informed me that Cain had taken the keys to the SUV at some point and she wasn’t sure what he’d done with them I’d had to hope he hadn’t had them on his person when I’d started my search for theet her, but I hadn’t had a chance to find out since he’d grabbedthe kitchen drawers for them It had been a fool’s errand to think I could be stealthy enough to get past a man like him, but desperate times…

Despite Cain’s rough handling after he’d accused ainst him, I hadn’t truly been afraid of him when he’d told me to sit at the table That was one of thehim what he wanted to know

Early on in my relationship with Eric, I’d been a terrible liar and on the few occasions I’d tried to lie about so to protect hhim the truth, it hadn’t mattered because he’d alreadyto believe otten s, near the end, it hadn’t mattered what I’d said to Eric…he’dbefore the first blow fell

If Cain had threatened me with violence, I would have caved I sith to stand up to hith and th Hell, all he would have had to do waslike a bird

But the fact that he hadn’t offered up any kind of threat had e toand I supposed that hat had bolstered ht Lucy and I posed him any kind of threat