Declan nodded and gave Rowan a small smile as Corbin stepped closer to where Rowan stood. He looked suddenly uncomfortable.
“Listen, Rowan,” Corbin said. “There’s something else I need to tell you.”
Rowan’s eyes narrowed as he faced the other man. “What is it?”
Corbin met Sawyer’s gaze briefly before turning back to Rowan. “Stella,” he said simply, his voice carefully devoid of emotion. “She spent months with Ephraim and his people. We need to know what she knows. Her information could help us finally get ahead of him, or at least figure out what his plans are. She has to know something. We’ve tried to talk to her, but she refuses to speak to us. She won’t even talk to Gwynn.”
Rowan ignored the punch in the gut that he still felt when he heard her name and focused on Corbin’s words. “So, what?” he asked, his words sounding harsher than he intended. “You want my permission to interrogate her? Torture her?”
Corbin shook his head with a sigh. “No. That’s not it,” he said grimly.
Rowan saw the hint of sympathy in his friend’s eyes and he knew exactly what Corbin would say next. He felt all the anger leave him and he hated the sadness he could hear in his own voice when he said, “She wants to talk to me.”
The End of Book 2
About the Author
As a kid, Mary always preferred books to people. They were much easier to relate to and they couldn’t sense her awkward shyness. She eventually outgrew the shyness, if not the awkwardness. To her own shock, she became a bit of an extrovert. She knows she talks too much, but she can’t seem to control it. She’s given up finding the filter that other people seem to have. Most days, she’d still rather read than deal with people, but she loves lively conversations and people who make her laugh.
Mom to three growing dudes and married to her high school sweetheart, Mary lives on the Gulf Coast of Alabama. She has a couple of fat lapdogs who think they’re guard dogs. (They aren’t.) Being married to a Navy veteran instilled in Mary a love for her country, the ocean, artful swearing, and good tattoos. She’s a serial crafter who will try just about any new craft from Origami to knitting. She recently became obsessed with foredge fresco, although she’s terrible at it.
A romantic at heart, she can find the love story in just about any piece of fiction and believes that almost any story can benefit from some mushy bits.
Table of Contents
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Table of Contents
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Chapter 10
Chapter 12
Chapter 13
Chapter 14
Chapter 15
Chapter 16
Chapter 17
Chapter 18
Chapter 19
Chapter 20
Chapter 21
Chapter 22
Chapter 23
Chapter 25
Chapter 26
Chapter 27
Chapter 28
(Untitled)
Chapter 29
About the Author