“Anytime. Let us know if there’s anything else we can do. If you need a safe house, as discussed, I’m just a call away.”
The phone goes dead and my shoulders tense. How strange that I found a sense of comfort from the burly bikers following us and now that we are on our own, I feel vulnerable. “Plan B?” I wonder.
“No, firecracker. Holing up with a load of violent bikers was plan A.”
“What changed?”
“The tail. They are leading Gideon’s vultures on a merry chase across the state. They will assume we are hiding out with the MC and waste valuable time searching and eliminating all their known haunts.”
The phone lights up again. Unknown caller. I jerk my eyes to Fox as his jaw ticks. “Not a word, Honor.” He hits answer.
“Fox, you have something of mine. I want it back, and I’m willing to barter something you want more.”
“Which is?”
“Your freedom.”
I squeeze my eyes closed, and my head thuds against the seat.Fuck.
CHAPTER 44
HONOR
Hear me roar.
“Bring her in, and I’ll drop the charges.”
“Not going to happen.”
“How do you think this is going to go? You don’t bring her in but still appear in court in front of me? She will be alone and unprotected. I won’t be gentle if I have to take her by force.”
“You don’t know the meaning of the word,” Fox responds.
There’s a stretch of silence, and I glance down at the phone. He’s still there—waiting, weighing, waging a war. “She’s addictive, right?” Gideon drawls. “You’ve been between the legs ofmywife. Nothing else would get you to risk your freedom and your family.” Fox’s jaw tics, but he ignores the bait. “Was she tight? Did she gift you with what I gave her?”
I suck in a steady breath and ball my hands into fists.
“Did she beg sweetly? I taught her to withstand and revel in the pain. Honor does know how to please, I trained her well.”
Fox grits his teeth. I shake my head, urging him to not snap. He glares at the road.
“When I have her back where she belongs—and make no mistake, I will have her—I’ll make sure she never fucking runs again. Honor? Do you hear me? You took my love and care and shoved it back in my face. But don’t worry, baby, I’ll make sure you never step foot outside of our house again, even if I have to break your legs to do it. After all, the public sympathy vote will count for so much once I rescue you from the hands of my enemies.”
“I’d rather die,” I snap. Fox’s head jerks to me.
“Oh, Honor. Just wait and see what I have planned for you. Death would be a mercy, and one I’ll never grant you.”
“Then I will take you down to Hell with me, Gideon. You will not get another tear or scream from me.”
“Hold tight to that conviction, because when I’ve finished taking you apart, piece by fucking piece, there won’t be a single bone in your body that hasn’t been broken and remolded with the sole purpose of serving me. I am your god, Honor.”
I won’t survive it. “You are the fucking devil.”
“Hey, Gideon,” Fox interrupts. “Have you witnessed her dancing in the rain with her head thrown back as she catches the droplets on her tongue? Have you seen her in a red dress looking like a temptress?” Then he goes for the kill. “Have you heard her roar like a lioness when she comes? It’s a fucking revelation, man. She comes apart so fucking beautfully when she rides me. She used my cock to fix what you did to her. I fucked her raw, coated her in my cum, and watched as it leaked out of her swollen pussy.”
“She belongs to me,” Gideon growls.
Fox chuckles. “No, she belongs to herself. You might have dominated her every move, but your sole purpose was to make her body work for you, to give you pleasure, and make up forthat tiny limp dick you hide in your pants. My Honor takes what she needs. She trusts me to satisfy her desires and pops off like a fucking firework brighter than the 4th of July. You fucked up, Gideon. You married a goddess, and then you tried to steal her light.”
