I roll my eyes again and turn my head so I don’t have to look at him while he drools all over my body like he’s starving for attention. I’m not going to entertain the thought. The only thing I care about is getting that woman in my grasp.
I don’t care if that makes me insane because I’m obsessed.
She’s made herself my target.
And once I’m out of these chains, once I’ve gotten my hands on her … she’ll be mine forever. And no one is going to stand in my way.
“Are you going to stay mad at us for the rest of your life?” Orion asks.
I’d almost forgotten he was there. “As long as I’m tied up here, yes.”
“Then I guess that seals it.”
“My men will come look for me. You know that, right?”
He sighs and walks off again. “Whatever. I’m going out. I’m bored. You can entertain yourself for a couple of hours, right?”
“Hey. Come back here. You can’t just leave me.”
“Why? Miss me already?” he muses, pissing me off again.
I just stare at him. “I will try to escape.”
He still opens the door and sets one foot outside. “Sure you will.”
Fine. “When I’m out of here, I’m going to arrest her and put her behind bars. You realize that, right?”
He’ll never touch her again as far as I’m concerned.
He smirks at me one last time. “Good luck with that.”
My cigarette had already long gone out.The bud is no longer smoldering on the floor by the time the door opens again.
The darkness is swept away by light pouring in through the narrow opening. I blink a couple of times to adjust my pupils while a stranger steps closer.
“Who are you? What do you want?” I growl.
A young guy with wavy brown hair puts a stool in front of me and sits down. “Atlas. I’m Orion’s half brother.”
Nice of him to implicate himself so I have names for later.
“He asked me to check on you. You okay?”
He hands me a bottle of water, and I take a sip. “Thanks.”
“Need anything else?”
“You can free me. That’ll help.”
He rubs his lips together. “Can’t do that, sorry.”
Of course, not. Why did I even suggest it?
“I’m a cop. You know that, right? What they’re doing is against the law.”
“I don’t know what they’re doing. They don’t tell me.”
Interesting.
