Page 118 of Relentless

She patted his cheek. “Liam.” He had to wake up. Although Liam might not be capable of defending himself, he had knowledge and experience to help her save them both.

He drew in a deep breath and his eyelids lifted to slits. “Piper.”

“I’m right here.”

“You okay?”

She bit her lip at his slurred speech. How bad had Moe hurt him? “I’m fine. Moe zapped you twice with a stun gun. You’ve been unconscious for at least half an hour.”

A grunt. “Where?”

“I’m not sure where we are. Moe and Billy transported us from Uncle Gino’s estate in a black van without windows. I know we’re in a warehouse on the outskirts of a city. We’re near Hartman since we weren’t in the van that long.”

“Push black button on watch.”

“I don’t know if we have a camera in here,” she whispered.

“Hug me. Push button.”

Piper leaned up, her gaze dropping to his wrist before she wrapped her arms around his middle. Laying her head on his shoulder, she used her body to block a camera’s view of her hand.

She reached for his watch, found the right button, and pushed it in. “Got it,” she murmured. “Now what?”

“Wait for help.”

Several pairs of footsteps drew near.

Piper tightened her grip around Liam. “Someone’s coming.”

“Tell nothing.”

“They’ll hurt you.” She knew whoever ordered them to be brought here would use Liam to force Piper to cooperate. She didn’t know if she could watch Moe and Billy hurt him when she had the power to spare Liam pain. “Don’t ask me to do that.”

“If you talk, we’re dead.”

She sucked in a breath. Oh, man. “What should I do?”

“Hold out, no matter what happens. Help coming.”

Yes, but would Bravo be fast enough to spare Liam’s life?

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