I text Silas and Cade once more.
Me
Dig deep. Get everything you can.
Just in case.
Chapter Thirty-Three
LOLA
Being drivenaround with a blanket covering your head is not fun.
Having said blanket replaced with a smelly sack also over your head midway through the ride is even less fun.
Add to it the fact that our hands are tied behind our backs, and I bet you can imagine the joyride.
And now we are here. Wherever "here" is.
The sacks are removed from our heads, and I blink to adjust to the light.
We emerge somewhere gated and gaudy.
The grounds are big and green, and the driveway, what little I can see of it, is flanked by trees.
The mansion itself looks like something made for a tacky TV show.
Where the hell are we?
They poke us in the back, and we walk, stumbling. Not to the house but past it, to a guesthouse that is a two-story building a little to the side and back of the main house.
I would take Lyndall's hand, but they haven't taken off the ties.
The door opens, and my bladder presses down.
I don't really need to pee, I just think I'm so damned scared for Lyndall and the baby that it's the only reaction my stupid body can think of.
One of the men cuts the ties on me, and my hands rush with a tingling warmth that grows until it feels like tiny needles are constantly pricking me.
The woman at the door is pretty, blonde, and maybe in her early thirties. She's wearing a gray and white maid's uniform.
While we didn't have maids, I have memories of being places with maids.
They are either part of the furniture, eyes down, ears closed, or always try to keep out of people's way while being available for whims and needs.
All I know is there is a confidence to her, a hard look in her gaze as she ushers us in.
She smirks. "Exactly what I ordered."
She goes to shut the door when the biggest man plants a hand on the door, slamming it open.
"Boss man said to take them upstairs to the big room. Some people will be here to see them in a while. You can feed them if you like, Gretchen."
She nods and closes the door.
"This way." She turns, heading for the stairs.
I grab Lyndall as she lunges for the door.
