Sarah POVI almost passed out when I came back to the plane for the last time, but the feeling of Chloe and Grace cuddling up to me and a half-can of microwaved beans got me feeling better.Zane was relaying messages to me as I scarfed them down.“No indication what the signal is supposed to be?” Za
“Humans aren’t lesser.”“What? I mean.” I scrambled to think of something to mean.“Humans aren’t lesser, and you know it. Or at least, you think you do.”I looked around for guidance, but no one had anything. I saw Chloe and Phillipe were talking over in the corner while Grace and Jackie watched.“
Zane POVIn the end, it took the better part of thirty-six hours to get all the hostages out. Five of the terrorists proved they’d rather die than be captured, but we managed to keep them from killing others. We did have several injuries, but when I thought of what might have happened, of the endles
“We found your money,” I said.“I thought you would.”We sat another few minutes in silence. “So, who was paying you? Who got you to betray my household?”Hayes smiled to himself.“Something funny?”“Do you think I’m some lackey doing someone’s bidding for a few dollars?” he asked, meeting my gaze n
Sarah POVThe second Zane and I were in the car, I raised the partition for some privacy, turned to Zane, and asked the question burning acid in my stomach.“Do you think he actually hurt the girls?”Zane shook his head, but his eyes were haunted. “Not physically, but we’ll have to talk to them, see
Ella POVMy contact at the prison told me Hayes followed his script exactly, and for the moment, I decided to put the wolf out of my mind. Few things had ever worked out as nicely as discovering the good doctor’s gambling addiction, and Hayes had several million reasons to do as he was told.When th
Sarah POVThe day was lovely—perfect, even. The girls were back in school and making up for lost time, Zane was in his office and waved to me as I walked past the villa, and all the “lieutenants” had gone home.It was odd to look back on the past year. Had there ever been more than a day here and th
Zane POV“Alpha Zane!”Never, in all the years he had been working for me, had I heard such a sound of panic in Hans’s voice.I looked up and out my window. Hans wasn’t in the house. I saw him frantically waving at me over by the poppy garden almost a mile away.I ran down the stairs and out of the