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“Dom—”
“I will always coht now” Closing his eyes for a second, he sent up a quick prayer thanking God she was still okay and begging that she’d stay that way “And the plan is for you to get into the—”
The sound of shouting and glass breaking blasted through the intercom The line went dead He snapped open his eyes Each ed to cut co he could do to save her No way for hiet to her and protect her He had no control, not when it really fucking h to make his hands shake He hadn’t been this scared since his parents had goneThey’d ended up mutilated, their bodies dumped in a central square
He cla to happen to Elle
He yanked out a chair and rolled up his sleeves as he sat down He hadn’t earned his first million as a venture capitalist No, the kitty raht-inch-thick steel door was controlled by a locking prograular security features Sooing to make sure this was just such a time
Lowering his fingers to the keyboard, he let out a deep breath The Fjende were out there co between hi the code to unlock the security headquarters’ door He didn’t have time to waste
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Elle fought to keep fro her froh the French doors of her balcony She’d ju space behind thetable
Her gaze darted around the rooh the large bedroom The closet with its panic room was on the other side of the roo table’s corner No one was near the closet door Her pulse pounded in her ears, and her hands shook as she gauged the distance
She had surprise on her side If she could sprint fast enough, she just et inside the closet before they kneas going on Taking a deep breath, she readied herself for the iantdown, he smiled at her It wasn’t a nice smile
“Princess Eloise, we’ve been looking for you for some time,” he said “I auard If you’ll co”
“I’ with you”
“You don’t have a choice, Your Highness”
“I always have a choice” She settled into her stance, legs shoulder width apart, hands loose
Walther watched her with amusement, one white-blond eyebrow raised “I’m easily a foot taller, have a hundred pounds on you, and am backed up by a small platoon of men ouldn’t hesitate to shoot you in the ass with a tranquilizer if I even look in their direction”