Page 248 of Only Be Mine

My body obeyed.

He backed us away slowly, using me as a shield.

Marshal stepped forward cautiously.

“Trevor,” he called, steady. “You won’t make the runway.”

Trevor’s grip tightened in my hair.

“You’ve already made sure of that,” he replied evenly.

My heartbeat thundered.

He was breathing normally.

Like this was a boardroom negotiation.

He dragged me to his Audi.

Still running.

Still waiting.

He shoved me in, then slid in beside me in one fluid motion.

Gun now pressed to my ribs.

The car surged forward again.

Not toward the main gate, toward the south perimeter access road.

Toward the hangars.

Behind us, police lights multiplied.

Ahead, the jet engines began their low, rising spool.

And Trevor Reeder, the man who never lost control…

Had just escalated everything.

Chapter 83

Cate

Present

The airport perimeter road stretched ahead in a long, empty corridor of concrete and security fencing.

Floodlights washed the hangars in pale white.

And beyond them, I saw it.

Trevor’s jet.

Hangar doors open. Cabin lights glowing.

A faint whine carried through the night air.