“To your house,” I replied. He knew it was a lie but said, “Cool. It’s dinnertime, and Avery's out of town. Joyce is working the night shift today. I could use the company.” His was the best place to hide, especially now that I'd run into him. It was such a relief to be in a car after all the wal
Jake POV Hours earlier, Two days. That was all the Chases and Sonya would get from me. If they didn't tell Jane the truth by then, I would do the honors. It was one day down, one day to go. Nick would be back by then, and I would've settled the pressing business matter that required my attention
During my wait, I checked on Nasir again to make sure the wife hadn't gone near her mom's side of town. She was with her friend, who lived far enough from the older woman. As time passed and I knew exactly where she was, I began to relax. Judging from the time, I reckoned the installation was long
Jane POV Benjamin was my little brother. The only sibling I thought I had my whole life. I was thankful that he'd been away from town and was not part of the drama back in Orphic. He was excited to hear that I was coming to see him. "Mom called. She wanted to know if I heard from you," he said. "S
I grew desperate to leave the town and get to my brother. Cities should be less scarier than a countryside like this one. I should have stopped at Fairview. It was closer to home and maybe people from Reigns Group hung around that town too. Why, oh why was I having these thoughts? On top of the so
Jake POV It took twenty minutes to discover that Jane was not at her boss'. According to him, she'd snuck out around the time we talked. An Audi came to pick her up and she left without telling him. She lied to me. I guessed I deserved that for not telling her about the mate bond sooner. I sp
Traffic was smooth as I passed the busy highways. It was hard to decide if that was a good or bad thing. I was going 100 mph, yet I hadn't seen any intercity bus. Jane would arrive at that city before me, but not by too long. **** I had been driving for hours and had passed two buses now. No sign
Jake POV I spent the next two and a half hours combing the entire city in search of Jane and her captor. Richard already had Oak speaking to some of his old friends to find out if they spotted her and the rogue beta in the city. The phone with which the rogue beta spoke to me was also being traced.