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Chapters (45)
  1. Also by
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright Page
  4. CHAPTER ONE
  5. CHAPTER TWO
  6. CHAPTER THREE
  7. CHAPTER FOUR
  8. CHAPTER FIVE
  9. CHAPTER SIX
  10. CHAPTER SEVEN
  11. CHAPTER EIGHT
  12. CHAPTER NINE
  13. CHAPTER TEN
  14. CHAPTER ELEVEN
  15. CHAPTER TWELVE
  16. CHAPTER THIRTEEN
  17. CHAPTER FOURTEEN
  18. CHAPTER FIFTEEN
  19. CHAPTER SIXTEEN
  20. CHAPTER SEVENTEEN
  21. CHAPTER EIGHTEEN
  22. CHAPTER NINETEEN
  23. CHAPTER TWENTY
  24. CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE
  25. CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO
  26. CHAPTER TWENTY-THREE
  27. CHAPTER TWENTY-FOUR
  28. CHAPTER TWENTY-FIVE
  29. CHAPTER TWENTY-SIX
  30. CHAPTER TWENTY-SEVEN
  31. CHAPTER TWENTY-EIGHT
  32. CHAPTER TWENTY-NINE
  33. CHAPTER THIRTY
  34. CHAPTER THIRTY-ONE
  35. CHAPTER THIRTY-TWO
  36. CHAPTER THIRTY-THREE
  37. CHAPTER THIRTY-FOUR
  38. CHAPTER THIRTY-FIVE
  39. CHAPTER THIRTY-SIX
  40. CHAPTER THIRTY-SEVEN
  41. CHAPTER THIRTY-EIGHT
  42. CHAPTER THIRTY-NINE
  43. CHAPTER FORTY
  44. CHAPTER FORTY-ONE
  45. EPILOGUE

Tomorrow she would worry about Callie, figure out a way to locate Daniel Henson and Lila Ramirez. Tomorrow—not tonight.

CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE

CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE

LILA SAT IN THE BACK SEAT OF THE BLACK SUV, WHILE DANIEL rode in the front passenger seat next to Harley, who was driving. Dutch drove the second SUV, accompanied by Riley and Stella Beeker. The six of them were off to a location where Daniel planned to start a new drug operation.

Lila suppressed a shiver. The more she learned, the more danger she was in.

They had spent three days at the safe house, waiting for Daniel to get everything ready for the trip to wherever they were going. She had overheard bits and pieces of conversation, not enough to know their final destination.

Since that first night, she had been sleeping in Daniel’s bed, going along with his dominance-and-discipline sex games, trying to stay alive. It wasn’t as bad as it could have been. Daniel wasn’t that much of a man.

Still, she understood the risk of defying him, remembered Sarah and what had happened to her.

Lila vowed to stay strong, do whatever she had to in order to survive. Sooner or later, she would find a way to escape.

Lila knew Callie had made it out. The night Daniel had dismantled the compound, she had heard him talking. She knew Callie’s sister, Skye, and two other men had come to rescue her.

She was pretty sure Molly had also managed to escape.

The other women had been left behind, but as Callie had warned, Henson wanted Lila for himself. At gunpoint, she had been forced to go with him.

As the vehicle continued down the highway, she rode in silence, quiet but alert to any possibility for escape that might arise. In the meantime, as long as she held Daniel’s interest, she would stay alive. As long as she was alive, she could find a way out of this nightmare.

She thought of Callie. Her friend had promised to come back for her. Lila believed she would have tried. She believed Callie would press the authorities to search for her, believed she would not give up.

Neither would Lila.

She rested her head against the back of the seat and watched the changing landscape. They had been heading west, traveling along I-70 through open, rural country; then Dutch had turned on US 40. They’d passed through a few small towns, but again the land was mostly open and rural. She wondered at their final destination. They would get there eventually.

In the meantime, she needed to keep Daniel Henson happy long enough to get away.

* * *

Edge sat at his desk at Nighthawk. He worked better here. Easier to keep his head in the game and not get sidetracked by his pretty roommate.