Page 78 of The Billionaire Alpha Surrogate

“I have to give it to you. You’re a hard one to kill. But even cats only have nine lives.”

Lucy swallowed hard. “You sent those men to kill me.”

“Yes. If the imbeciles had killed you immediately as I told them to, we wouldn’t be having this conversation.”

“Micah won’t let you get away with this,” Lucy hissed.

“Micah will thank me for it later once he’s no longer under your spell,” Gavin spat. “He’s too stupid to realize what he’s doing and that you’re going to ruin his reputation and everything that he’s worked so hard for.

“You are going to leave the human world, right now. I’m going to drive you to Sean’s. You are going to slip into the back door and go straight to the portal. You will not tell anyone and you will not come back. If you do, I will kill you and those brats myself.”

“Micah will protect me,” Lucy said.

“He’s not even in the area. Micah is still on the hunting trip. You’ll be dead before he gets back.”

Lucy started shaking. Her stomach rolled and she was sure she was going to throw up. Her heart felt as though it was being squeezed by an iron fist.

He pulled the mask back up and wheeled her out to his car. Gavin opened the car door for her and she got in. Then, he went around to the other side and zoomed out of the parking lot, nearly t-boning another car.

There was only one car in Howlers’ parking lot.

Gavin held up a key and grinned. “It’s good to have locksmith friends.”

He unlocked the back door and said, “Remember. If you tell anyone what happened, I will kill you and the babies. If you come back, you’re all dead. I failed once. I won’t fail again.”

Lucy quietly walked down the dimly lit hallway. She half hoped that she would run into Jade and Sean and that they might be able to help her. Lucy was also terrified to run into them because she didn’t want Gavin to hurt anyone.

As quiet as a church mouse, Lucy crept down the basement stairs, holding onto the railing as tightly as she possibly could, terrified of falling. She was already off balance because of the babies and she was still weak from the attack.

The static electricity from the portal mocked her. She stood in front of it for a minute, wondering if she should run back up the stairs and beg for help. Then, she remembered the crazed look in Gavin’s eyes and decided that she couldn’t risk it. Taking a huge breath, Lucy walked through the portal.

She managed to get to a spot where she could call for a ride. By the time she got to her parents’ house, she was exhausted, her entire body was screaming with pain, and her heart was heavy.

“Lucy, what are you doing here?” her mother exclaimed, pulling her into the house with a tight hug.

“It’s a long story. I just need to sleep and then we can talk,” Lucy said.

“Sure. Your room is the same as it was when you left. We haven’t changed anything.”

Lucy trudged upstairs to her room, stripped, and fell into her bed, slightly comforted by her familiar surroundings. She was asleep almost immediately.

She slept for twelve hours. The sun had set by the time her eyes fluttered open. Her belly rumbling, she went downstairs to find her parents, sister, and brothers at the table, quietly talking, waiting for her.

“Are you hungry?” her mom asked, jumping up.

Lucy nodded.

Sophia and Odessa immediately got to work frying some bacon and cutting up the vegies for an omelet. Lucy gobbled the food with satisfaction.

As soon as she finished eating, her brother, William, said, “Now tell us what is going on. No offense, Sister, but you look like shit.”

Lucy automatically touched the scars on the side of her face that had not completely disappeared.

“To be honest, I feel that way,” she said.

Taking a deep breath, Lucy told them about Caroline and Gavin, the poisoned cake, the kidnapping, and then Gavin’s threat. Sophia’s and Odessa’s eyes opened wide with shock. Her father, Matthew, William, and Allen had a murderous look on their faces.

“I’ll rip that man into pieces,” Matthew said.

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