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87.

Better to know and acknowledge it

now, so she could try to formulate a plan to counter his control over her.

That didn’t mean she was going to let him wield that power with

impunity. If he expected her to be a simpering miss that eagerly graced his

bed, he really was out of his mind. Mia would not stop fighting him, even if

she lost every single time.

Mia had spent the day exploring his house, memorizing the layout and

searching for weaknesses. She tried not to let her lack of results discourage

her when she returned to her suite early in the evening. Tomorrow, she

would venture onto the grounds to evaluate her odds of escape.

Shane hadn’t returned yet. Or if he had, he hadn’t made it known to

her. Mia enjoyed the reprieve from him, but she didn’t have the illusion she

had ever been alone today. There was always a goon hovering on the

periphery of her vision, and she had identified most of the cameras in each

room. There was no way to deactivate them, at least with h