ETHAN I don't even remember how I left Manhattan in a hurry. Everything was a blur after I left Marcus's apartment. I dialed Richard's phone several times, but it went straight to voicemail. I texted Callahan and told him where I was heading, then I dropped my location and drove off to the cabin wh
"You really thought you could get away from me?" he asked breathlessly and mockingly, water still streaming from his hair and down his face, his shirt clinging to his skin like it had melted there. "You really thought you'd swim across a whole fucking lake and just disappear into the night?" I didn
The woods swallowed me whole the second I left the clearing, and I kept running even though my legs were barely holding me up anymore, and the branches kept clawing at my face and arms like they were trying to drag me back to him. The ground was wet and uneven, and I slipped once, then twice, and th
I didn't hesitate any longer. I just shoved his weight off me with everything I had left and scrambled upright with my wrists still shaking from the tightness of the ropes, and I fumbled with the knots on my other hand while my whole body pulsed with panic, because I didn't know how long he'd be out
The sun was beginning to set by the time the door creaked open again, and the light that poured into the room spilled over the dust that floated lazily through the air, catching gold against the shadows that had grown long across the wooden floor. I didn't move. I didn't even lift my head. I just li
And when I did, I was going to beat the crap out of him and rip his fucking throat out. I didn’t care that we were brothers. If he’d hurt the woman I loved in any way, then he had to pay. "Carlos," I said, “do you mind if I check Marcus's room for a bit?" “What for?” he asked, his eyes widening i