Novels by Wendy Daniels

DENVER'S POVThe world has stopped making sense since the day the bomb went off. That moment Ethan disappeared into that wall of fire for the woman I love.  Neriah had collapsed into my arms that day, her body seizing with pain and fear and shock until she went into a forced labor. So much has happened in the past six months; Liam was sentenced to life imprisonment due to all the murders on his hands, Laura was sentenced to thirty five years for attempted murder and conspiracy and my Neriah slipped into a coma right after the emergency C-section that had to be carried out on her. I haven't even been to work in the past one month. After Ethan's funeral which held last month because of Neriah's situation, I took some of my important belongings and returned to Atlanta so I could be close to Neriah and my baby. My lips curl as I turn my mind's eye to his plump, suckling lips. He was placed in the incubator for three whole months after the

NERIAH’S POVThe second Denver opens the car door, a whimper claws its way out of my throat.My whole body trembles violently, desperate, broken gasps slipping out of me as if my body is fighting against itself just to stay conscious.I can’t believe Laura did this to me. She strapped me to a real bomb with a fucking timer counting down to the end of my life. She truly meant to kill me and my baby in the most horrific way imaginable.Denver’s face swims into view, but he’s not as the man I've known. All the strength, fire, and all his impossible fury seems to be gone as soon as he sets eyes on the bomb. He collapses in front of me, demoralized, his eyes wide with this hollow, tortured disbelief as he stares at the bomb strapped to my torso.“Denver…” I try to speak but the gag muffles my voice. Tears slips down the sides of my face as he cups my face with his. I can see him struggling to keep his hands away from me, just so he doesn't tri

DENVER'S POV It's exactly two hours ten minutes to twelve hours. After speaking with Laura to assure her that I've met her demands, I called the sheriff. His voice still echoes in my head as I step out of the house, sliding my jacket on with trembling hands. My hands won't stay steady no matter how steady I try to force them."You'll drive there alone as she requested," he'd began, "Then you hand the car and cash over and let her leave without any suspicions. She’ll take the bait. We'll have the chopper ready to follow immediately after the exchange. The ground units will move in once she tries to drive out of Atlanta, she'll be completely boxed in."I just hope everything goes as smoothly as the sheriff is promising or else I'd tear Laura's head from her neck myself. Today I'll do whatever it takes to save my wife and baby. Ethan walks in at that exact moment, Eden in tow. The girl had barely had any rest and Ethan kept asking to take

LAURA'S POV Suddenly I’m twelve again, cross-legged on the living room floor, tearing open snack packs like a greedy little monster while she begged me to at least try to stay awake through arithmetic.God, I was terrible. And she was worse for allowing it.She'd always been like that...weak. Allowing herself to be a pushover just so I could get whatever I wanted. I can't believe she fucking wanted to help me after she released that video. What sane person exposes their enemy and then attempts to help them escape afterwards?A dry laugh escapes me before I can stop it. I remember the exact expression on her face the day I’d finally cajoled her into giving me her biscuits, juice boxes, those stupid little gummy worms she loved. I’d threatened not to read a single page of the literature text unless she promised a daily supply and she did it for eight. whole. months.I can still feel the triumph burning in my chest when she agreed. I can st

NERIAH'S POV "Fifty million?" I scoff as soon as the words leave her mouth. "How dare you, Laura?" "Shut up," she hisses at me. From the way her hands are trembling I know she doesn't have all of this figured out. If she does, then she must be extremely nervous, and Laura's not someone I've known to be the nervous type no matter the situation. "You know you're not leaving this state, right?" "I asked you to shut the hell up!" She snaps, turning back to me, her eyes glaring daggers. A smile curls on my lips. "You still don't understand what you just did to yourself, do you? You shouldn't have called Denver or let him know you're the one behind the kidnap. Now he's coming for you." Blood drains from her face but she quickly gathers herself, walking up and down the space that once used to be our dining room. Laura and I never cared to refurbish this house because neither of us needed the place. After our parents died

DENVER'S POV It's been four hours and no one has fucking heard anything from or about Neriah. "We have all our men stationed at strategic places," the sheriff is saying, "No one can successfully take her out without my men sighting such person. We already began a manhunt based on the description miss Eden gave so if she's still here in Atlanta, we'll be sure to find her."Words. That's all I've hearing for the past four hours. Eden and I have already undergone several interrogations, yet with all the information they have, they've been able to do nothing. "Who would want to kidnap your wife, and why?" The sheriff had asked but no reasonable answers have come to mind. Liam's stupid, but not stupid enough to attempt something like that when he's in the middle of a big trial. Laura's been missing for a couple of months now so she wouldn't suddenly resurface to do something this dangerous to her sister. Besides she's not bald.