Embers: A Dark Romance Love Triangle (A Special Agent Novel Book 5)
Page 23
Think, Leveritt, think.
Thinking gets me nowhere.
I’m pretty sure we’ve been right all along. There is something Ranieri is not telling us. Either he’s working for Alain or he’s in his pocket. I’m not sure which, but I’m pretty confident we’ve been played. If this was a game of chess, Alain had just taken my queen, leaving me floundering on the board with a couple of pawns. Whichever way we look at it, we’re fucked – in every single sense of the word. There is no wriggling out of this shit. It’s do or die. If we go ahead and do as we’re told, we’d delay death, but it would come snapping and biting at our heels in a few hours’ time. Maybe it would be better to die here and now? A quick death is far superior to a slow and ugly one. Was that my call to make though? Maybe I should stop thinking about people dying and start fighting for a change. It seemed to work for Lois.
“What’s the matter, James? You look like you’re half-dead already. There are worse ways to go, I assure you. Is it because you can’t bear the thought of your beautiful wife fucking mine? Surely not. That’s got to be every man’s fantasy, no?” I try my best to block out the sound of his voice. I need to stay calm and I need to keep my wits about me.
“Or is it because this is your first time under a man?” Ranieri walks around me, basking in the glow of victory, while making my skin crawl. “I would say I’d be gentle, James, but that would be a lie. I’m going to be fucking rough and rip you to pieces. Still, some people enjoy that shit. Maybe you’ll be one of them. Maybe you won’t mind being my little fuck toy, whimpering as I leave you broken and bleeding…”
Ranieri might as well save his breath. If he expects me to beg and plead for my life, he’s in for a long wait. I don’t give a shit about watching Lois with Chiara. I also don’t care if he wants to make me his bitch. He can slam into me as hard as he likes, he won’t get so much as a whimper out of me. What I do care about is the one thing he hasn’t mentioned. Lois and I cannot have sex together. I would rather he killed us, than put us through that. If Alain finds out, all that’s happening here will look like child’s play. I won’t let Alain kill Lois. No one is touching the woman I love. No one.
You won’t be able to protect her, though. Once you’re back behind his walls, you’re as helpless as a three-day-old baby. You need to get Lois out, by whatever means necessary.
I also need a fucking fairy godmother because shit just got real, and I have no clue how to wriggle my way out of this mess.
The End
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ASHES
All hope is lost. James has slept with me twice. When we arrive back at Lavande, Alain takes a great deal of pleasure in telling me I have two weeks to live. Two miserable weeks where he will torture me with his hands and knives until I am screaming for mercy. The worst part is that James will be forced to watch every second of it.
Why didn’t we run when we had the chance? It’s a question I’m going to ask myself again and again over the upcoming days because Alain is rather inventive with his torture methods. At first, I thought we might stand a chance, but then he brings out the drugs. There’s a reason his nickname is ‘The Chemist.’ The man is truly evil in every way that counts.
This is a war we cannot win, fought against an adversary who is at the top of his game. He’s always one step ahead of everything that we do.
We need to find a way to turn his dark and twisted games against him. There is always a way – I hope.
Other Books in the Special Agent Series:
Sparks
Smoke
Flames
Fire
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Christina Mandara was born in the UK, but has spent most of her life travelling the world. She speaks three languages and has been chiefly employed in the fields of finance and travel. Her favourite city is Sydney, and her favourite holiday destination is the south of France.
She loves keeping fit and enjoys running, cycling, and water sports. Think surfing or sailing. She's a big fan of BDSM in all of its glorious forms, and her favourite item in the toy closet (a box simply isn't big enough) is her riding crop.
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