The Escape Baldacci Novels & Stories

At first, I thought I was dreaming. Then it came again. Louder. Urgent. My heart lurched. Dalton was not by my side. Something was wrong. I threw off the blankets and yanked the door open. A guard stood there, panting. His face was pale, his eyes wide with panic. "It’s the Alpha," he blurted. My stomach dropped. "What happened?" I demanded. "Gabriel," the guard said breathlessly. "He escaped. He—he stabbed the Alpha." The world tilted.

“Paid my way in? She’s going that far?” Paul nodded, holding up his phone where a fresh headline had appeared. The words blared: "Pregnant Suzanne Langford Lands Lead Role in ‘The Heiress Escape’ – Is This the Studio’s Strategy or Just a Scandalous Coincidence?" “The way it’s worded,” Paul continued, “it makes it sound like your pregnancy was the deciding factor, and that the studio is using you for the public sympathy angle. She’s trying to twist the whole thing—like you’re some kind of pawn. And her fans are already eating it up.”

He knocked once and let himself in. “They’re all here,” he said quietly. “Waiting.” I didn’t look up. I was seated at the edge of my bed, elbows on my knees, eyes fixed on the floor like it held all the answers I needed. My jaw was tight, and my nails dug into my palms. I had been holding back the storm all day, but it was crawling up my throat now. “How’s the search?” Darian asked, even though we both knew the answer. “Dead end,” I muttered. Then I stood up so fast my chair screeched across the floor. “She escaped. She actually escaped.”

I was the only one in the house who was wide awake . I slipped out of bed and decided to go to the home office to work. I had my emergency phone in one of my drawers and it came as no surprise as to who had called me and left messages. Salvatore... when I called him back he answered the call in a state. He told me he was on his way to Johannesburg; even when I told him that there was no need , he stuck to his guns . He said he wanted to meet me a couple of kilometers away from town... make that a warehouse that I knew. I used to go there with Duncan long ago. It's in the middle of nowhere; it looks abandoned but they have an underground level where everything is alive. He suggested that I go

Even after everything he had done to keep her safe, to make sure no one could touch her, to bind her close enough that she could never be lost — Alina had still chosen to leave. That thought hardened something inside him into cold resolve. "You think you can run from me, Alina," he murmured quietly. "There is no place in this world beyond my reach." He turned and walked out of the room with swift steps, past Dr. Whitmore and the nurse who still stood there in fear, toward the elevator. --- Meanwhile, in his office, Adrian had just set down his case documents when his phone rang. Emma's name. "Emma?" "Adrian!" Emma's voice came through panicked, hurried. "Alina escaped. She fled the hospital.

HELENA “Fire, everyone out! there is a fire.” Smoke choked me before I was fully awake. I coughed rushing out of the servants’ quarters. When I got outside it was chaos, maids and guards running around like headless chickens with buckets of water trying to put out the fire. I stood there in daze with my eyes still full of sleep. My mind not fully working, but a shout got my mind working in overdrive. “The prince! Where is the prince? Did someone get him out?” the voice was frantic; it was the consort, Layla.

"Something about old god magic mixed with new science, but he never tells me how." Scarlet snorted and said, "Sounds about right, men and their secrets." Hailey laughed then replied, "Oh trust me Kael's got himself more than a few secrets. But he keeps us safe and that is what matters." The way she said his name made my chest tighten, there's no reason for me to be jealous. By noon I had lost track of time, the sun was warm and Levi was chasing butterflies near the fence laughing, and for a second I almost forgot the world was dying outside these walls again.

As the Guards' voices grow fainter, Eskaal takes a cautious step forward, his escape from the dungeon and his quest for justice and freedom beginning now, under the cover of night and in the shadows of uncertainty. Eskaal moves with silent precision, keeping to the shadows as he follows the sound of the patrolling Guards. He knows that to escape, he must eliminate the immediate threat posed by the Guards. He hears the approaching footsteps, and his senses sharpen. As the first Guard comes into view, Eskaal springs into action. With a swift and calculated move, he strikes the Guard on the back of the head with the hilt of a fallen torch.

the grumpy Alpha says as Atticus stands perfectly still, allowing the others to restrain him. Warriors finally pour into the room after another minute, and the visiting Alphas release Atticus to them. "Report. Did the prisoners escape," an Alpha asks, and a warrior clears his throat. "Only Alpha Kincaid has escaped. He has fled the territory. Luna Kandace is still in custody," he says, and the Alphas nod.

I didn’t answer immediately, my eyes locked on the names listed under ESCAPED PRISONERS: Marco Esteban (Arson, Attempted Murder) Thomas Greene (Drug Trafficking, Illegal Arms Dealing) Javier Mendez (Gang-Related Homicide) Christopher Harlan (Serial Fraud) Peter Kowalski (Kidnapping, Extortion) Ryan Eckhart (Assault, Armed Robbery) Stephen Adler (Embezzlement) Ambrose Vandyke (Murder, Fraud, Kidnapping) My breath stopped when I reached the last name. Ambrose had escaped. The bastard had disappeared into thin air!.