You’re watching me, aren’t you, you bastard?
I have to get out of here before he gets back.
Remembering what my man Santo had taught me, I take in my surroundings, searching for anything I can use as a weapon.
One of the heavy lamps on the nightstand will do, if necessary.
My pulse speeding to hurry me along, I force myself to sit up.
Then cool air hits the bare skin on my chest.
Oh my God.
I’m not in the dress I was wearing when I left the house.
Instead, an oversized men’s shirt covers me.But… Oh God.Oh God.No.
I’m naked beneath it.
Someone took off all my clothes, including my panties and matching bra.
My smart watch is gone, along with the necklace my father gave me for my twenty-first birthday.
Frantically, my hands shaking, I drag the shirt lapels together, as if that can protect me.
Reality hits me like a slap, so hard I can barely breathe.
I was abducted.
As my friends and security looked on.
How long have I been missing?And what’s happened in the interim?Does anyone know I’m gone?
My mind whirls, and I press my fingers against my pounding temple, as if the small action can help me make sense of any of this.
From the moment I was born, my father warned me to be careful, that I was at a high risk for kidnapping.
Because of that, I’ve always been cautious, thinking through my plans, my actions, never trying to ditch my security.
But no matter how smart I was, my abductor was smarter, calculating.
Reminding myself to stay calm, I breathe, forcing myself to think rationally.
I’ve had lessons in what to do in this type of situation.
Obviously the stranger abducted me, and part of me remembers going with him willingly.No doubt his drug of choice ensures compliance.He wouldn’t have wanted to make a scene because my soldiers would never have allowed me to be taken.
So who the hell is he?
I’m the daughter of a powerful don, a man with plenty of enemies.Is my abductor one of them?Or is he nothing more than a hired goon?
Instantly I reject that idea.
He was too smooth, too damn appealing, to be a hired gun.
No.The man was lethal in his own right.
A boss?
