It didn’t help. He was much taller. Broader too.
Steroids, maybe.
My eyes flicked back to his—pale blue, unforgiving, framed by dark, scruffy hair.
Run.
The thought screamed through me as he bared his teeth.
My heart slammed against my ribs. I turned and hurried toward the hospital’s main entrance. I’d learned how to survive my father and his so-called friends.
My instincts had kept me alive then.
They weren’t wrong now.
That man was trouble.
Chapter 6
Nick
She wasn’t sleek, polished, or generic. Her thick locks of hair rested like a crown on her head, making her appear taller. When she looked me in the eye, fear and panic bloomed in hers.
Malleable.
Rowan’s word echoed in my mind.
She practically sprinted away from me, and my gaze never left her arse until it disappeared around the corner of the building. Her uniform was frumpy, but it couldn’t hide that bubble butt.
I pulled my lighter from my pocket and lit my cigarette.
She’d be a tasty piece as a trial run. Those wide, almond-shaped eyes. The sheen of tears. The way she’d beg for mercy.
My phone rang.
“Get to Dominion now. We found the snitch,” Rowan said, barely containing his fury.
“On my way,” I replied, flicking the cigarette into the flowerbeds before rushing for my bike.
???
Alec was already in the office. Rowan sat stone-faced behind his desk.
“Watch,” he said, tapping his laptop.
The footage filled the large screen behind him.
Sophie lying on the couch was nothing new. Then I came into frame as my phone rang. My gut sank—I knew immediately what I was about to see.
The footage showed me glancing at Sophie before leaving the office to take the call. Her head snapped up. She scanned the room, then leapt from the couch, naked, racing for Rowan’s drawer.
She rifled through it until she found a single sheet of paper, folded it quickly, and stuffed it into her handbag before darting back to the couch.
No one knew about the cameras in the office.
No one but us.
It felt like an eternity before I returned, though the call couldn’t have lasted more than three minutes.
