Semua Bab Trapped Between Two Alphas: Bab 611 - Bab 620

“Thanks. I’ll be in touch.”One-Mile nodded at the colonel, then shook hands with Jack Cole. Admittedly the guy hadn’t said much…but he had a weird feeling the cagey Cajun was actually running the show. Then he sent Forsythe a head bob. “See you around.”As he turned for the door, eager to get back to Brea, the other guy jogged to catch up. “Hey. I know exactly one person here. You. Got time for a beer? We could talk shop.”He peered at the late-afternoon sun. Brea had said to come back tonight. How long did seniors’ Bible study last? Since he had no flipping clue, he shrugged. “Why the hell not?”Forsythe flashed him a movie-star smile. “You turned out all right, Serial Killer.”“Verdict is still out on you, Jock Strap,” he teased.Trevor laughed. “So where do you get a decent beer in this swamp?”“Follow me.”One-Mile hopped in his Jeep and waited for the other guy to follow in what seemed like his rented sedan. All the while, questions kept niggling at him. Was Valeria safe in Flor

“Bitch.” She pressed the barrel of the gun to her head and glanced at the tire iron in her hands. “Drop it.”A quick mental calculation told Brea that Clara could get a shot off way before she could ever swing the heavy metal bar to strike her. With a sigh, Brea tossed it a few feet away, onto the concrete.“What did you do?”“N-nothing.” Brea tried to be brave, but her voice shook. Her whole body trembled. Her heart threatened to beat out of her chest.Please, please don’t let this be the end.“Liar.”She had to come up with some version of the truth that would allow Pierce time to get here. “Really. I was trying to find the road to escape, b-but I got turned around. Please. I don’t want to die.” Tears pricked her eyes as she wrapped her hands around her belly. “My baby…”Clara’s mouth pinched even more as she wrapped a cruel fist in Brea’s hair. “Come with me.”If she did, would she be as good as dead?Brea didn’t have the opportunity to make that decision. She heard the hum of a ve

“I know where my daughter is. I didn’t last night, however,” the man reminded sharply, arms crossed over his casual gray V-neck sweater.And he was squarely to blame for that.Yeah, this wasn’t going to go well.One-Mile nodded, doing his best not to let the preacher’s hostility unnerve him. After spending most of the night panicking about his daughter’s safety, he was entitled to be rattled. “Yes, sir. I’m sorry about that. But I’d like to talk through a few things before she arrives. Man to man.”The reverend considered him, then finally stepped aside with a nod. “Come in. I won’t pretend to be excited that you’re a part of my daughter’s life. You stripped her innocence, used her, disgraced her, left her, put her in danger—”“None of that was my intention, and I intend to take care of her from here.”Brea’s father scowled and waved him onto the sofa in the homey living room. As One-Mile sat, the preacher lowered himself into an easy chair a few feet away, then cocked his head. “I’m

Her mouth dropped open. “Did your dad know?”“Oh, yeah. He condoned it. Said it would make me a man.” He wouldn’t tell her about his first time now. He’d been thirteen and trembling when his father had shoved Katie, his then-girlfriend, into his room and announced that he was going out drinking. He’d told Katie to put her pussy to good use and left. She’d wanted to please the asshole. They both had. So they’d fucked.“He doesn’t sound like a good person or a good father. I pray for you,” Jasper offered.One-Mile had never been one to ask for divine assistance, but if it brought him any absolution, he’d take it. “Thank you.”“What happened?”He hated the way Brea’s voice shook and he wanted to reach out, touch her. He didn’t dare until he got this out and unless she said she wanted his touch again. “The summer before I turned sixteen, I got a girlfriend of my own. Allie was twenty. I’d lied and told her I was her age. Dad saw me out with her the night before I left for Wyoming that sum

Zy opened the folder and found his employment contract inside. The nonfraternization clause had been crossed out. All three of them had initialed.They had removed the restrictions keeping him from pursuing Tessa? Even the goddamn idea made his skin tingle.When he looked up, Logan smiled. “Yes, you’re now free to fuck her. Congratulations. But you better think with something other than your dick.”Too late. His dick was already having a party…and his conscience was choking on guilt. The only way to get close to her was to deceive her?“No.” He couldn’t do that to Tessa.Joaquin shrugged. “Told you we should have just fired Trees and Tess and been done with it.”It took everything he had not to jump out of his seat and tell them to go fuck themselves. “Neither of them deserves that.”“No?” Hunter shrugged. “Then prove it.”Over the past ten months, he’d seen the three of them push, shove, and maneuver some of his fellow operators into tight spaces and corners to get what they wanted.