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them into the woods, but they disappeared.”

Damian threw aside the fabric door of his pavilion and strode across the body-strewn field to the

back where the holding cage was. Three men in black lay in awkward positions, their lifeblood long

finished pouring into the grass. Further away, a dark spot of stained grass marked where Damian had

killed Chase’s friend and lover. The gate to the empty cage hung open. “Did you follow the tracks?”

“We did, my lord. They disappeared about a half-mile into the forest. We searched but found no

trace of anyone.”

“Has anyone come to retrieve the body?”

“No, sir.”

Damian stared out into the woods, concentrating to see if he could feel anything, but there was

nothing to sense.

“Hmm.” Interesting. Chase probably arranged for his men to come and help and look what it got

him. Damian smiled. Chase wouldn’t stay hidden for long. “Keep an eye out for any trace of them and

let me know immediately what you find.”

“Yes, my lord,” the man said with a bow and hurried away to the cluster of tents where he and his

men were stationed.

Damian looked at the cage once more and smiled. They wouldn’t have left permanently. No,

Chase was too determined to get his wife back. And now he would want to avenge his lover’s death.

He counted on that and would use it to his advantage.

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CHASE’ S EYES SNAPPED OPEN . HE LOOKED AROUND WITHOUT MOVING , BUT COULDN ’ T SEE MUCH. IT

was pitch black.

Something . . . something was wrong.

Terribly wrong.

He blinked several times, trying to grasp why his heart felt like it had been through a meat grinder.

And then it hit him.

Ethan . . .

Chase stared into the blackness, his soul heavy. First Sabrina. Now Ethan. He clenched his fists.

Damian had taken everything from him. He swallowed and pressed his fists to his eyes, his body

shaking.

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