All Chapters of Dark Secrets and Dangerous Love: Chapter 51 - Chapter 60

Juliet's body ached, her eyes burned, and her limbs had long ago become painful. The pin-pricks in each one told her that soon, she would lose all feeling in them. The lack of blood flow was dangerous, and she was anticipating that they wouldn't care or help her in order to keep her hands and feet alive. Hell, they had been hitting and hurting her for hours. She doubted they were going to keep any part of her alive, so there was no reason for her to plead her case for them to loosen her restraints. Each time they tried something new, she just met their stare with a blank one of their own and watched as they approached. Her true feelings would break free with each hit or cut, and she would whimper or cry out, but she never cracked. "When I am done with you, Diego will come play, and he is much worse than I am. Might as well start talking." He cooed, and Juliet let her head roll forward as she panted, trying to get her heart to sl

Juliet wasn’t sure if it was the sight of the badge he flashed her, or the shock she was sure was about to hit, but she had finally felt like she could take a breath. At first, it was one, then two. Before she knew it, her knees were hitting the floor and Juliet loudly pulled in deep gasps of air as her body wracked with sobs.  With her arms wrapped around her stomach as she curled into her chest, her body gave in and began to shake violently. Juliet looked up at Agent Knowles with tears streaming down her face, and he motioned for the medic to approach her.The men and women moved quickly through the building as Juliet was getting stitched up. The oxygen mask on her face to calm her shock irritated her, but she was thankful for it as she began to regain contro

“Okay, so you were investigating something that came to the U.S. and because it involved U.S. citizens, you had to hire independent contractors to do the digging? Why didn’t the F.B.I. jump in then if the C.I.A. couldn’t do it?” Juliet was trying to put the pieces together, but with the limited information, she was not fully following.She wanted to grab his shoulder and shake him as she yelled for him to explain it like she was a teenager.“At this point, we are still gathering information to prove that the men and women in the U.S. are part of the same organization. Once we do, the F.B.I. will take over here and work with us while we continue to investigate internationally.” He said, and she watched as his eyes ran over her face to check that she was following. “How does Matthew fall into this if he is not with you?” 

Hawk didn't bother to turn from his wall of screens as Matthew burst into the house, nor did he spare Matthew any attention when he entered his office. It had been difficult for Matthew to find the kid's location, but not impossible. It seemed the only one who had to stay in hiding was Matthew, and while he understood since he was the compromised agent, it was still frustrating. "I just mopped. Your shoes better be clean." Hawk muttered, not taking his eyes away from the wall of screens before him. The room was cold, but the closer Matthew walked to Hawk and all of his computers, the hotter it became. "Where is she?" Matthew asked, looking from screen to screen. Several safe houses were flashing across the monitors above, but the monitors at his eye level were different. "Safe," Hawk said.Several black screens with code and text that Matthew didn't bother trying to decipher had Hawk's attention as he typed away.

The next two weeks passed slowly for Juliet as Lucas and Liam took turns watching over her. They spent the first few days watching movies and playing cards until she was feeling well enough to stop taking her pain medicine and could finally stay awake for longer than an hour at a time. Then she started with her questions, much to the men's annoyance. Liam had stalled, claiming he needed permission to tell her anything, even though she was being targeted by the people involved.Still, once Liam got 'clearance,' Juliet learned a lot more about what had been happening, and the details made her cringe. There had been a drug and prostitution ring running through several countries that had been making its way to the U.S.A girl, Scarlett, who had been taken during a spring break trip in New Zealand with her college roommate and was ‘put to work’ as the man had worded it to Juliet. She had gotten out when the location she was being held at was raided by the local law enforcement, only to