Page 66 of Hunted Obsession

My first reaction is that I want to take the gun out of my shoulder holster and kill every person in this room before I release the boys. I don’t do that, though. Hopefully, Hale is in the office watching and sending help because no matter what else happens tonight, I cannot allow those boys to leave here with any one of these men.

“Welcome to the Willow Club’s semi-annual auction,” Asher announces. “We’ll start the bidding at ten thousand dollars.”

Keeping a straight face, I can’t help but hope that every single person in this room, aside from the kids, dies a long, slow death.And I want to be the one to deliver that slow fucking death to them, too.

To all of them.

Chapter Twenty-Nine

LUCILLE

As much asI know that I need to stay in this condo, as much as I know there are dangerous people outside, I also can’t just sit here any longer. Theron came to me, then he was gone again. Something is happening. I can feel it deep in my bones. If I stay here, I won’t know what it is.

If I go out there, I might die.

I’ve never been one to just sit around and not take any chances. So I do the one thing that I swore I wouldn’t. I sneak out of the condo. I know where Theron has gone. Well, I suspect I know where he’s at, so that’s where I go.

It doesn’t take me long to get there. Stepping out of the condo and gathering my bearings, I know exactly where I am. I’m only a few blocks from the Willow Club, so that’s exactly where I head.

I know I shouldn’t, but Theron is there, and I can’t imagine being anywhere else other than with him, beside him. That’s where I need to be. I can’t think of anything or anyone else.

There is only Theron.

I press my lips together as I move closer and closer to the club. When I finally arrive, I stop in the parking lot. It’s full. Completely and totally full. There are cars everywhere, and early in the morning.

What the fuck?

What the actual fuck?

My initial idea is to walk straight up to the door, reach for the handle, open it, and walk right inside. Rationally, I know that’s really freaking dumb, so I decide against it. Instead, I scan the parking lot for Theron’s car. It doesn’t take me long to find the sexy beast, so I decide to stand beside it and watch.

So much watching.

I need to know what I’m dealing with here.

As I sit and watch the door, I can’t help but think about the way he made me feel this morning. I seriously can’t get past it. I love this man. With everything inside of me, there is nobody else for me.

I’m completely and totally obsessed with him. If he tried to walk away from me again, I would simply follow him.

There can be nobody else for me, and there sure as shit cannot be anyone else for him but me.

I’m not sure how I’m going to get into this place without being seen. I’m pretty sure the reason there’s a price on my head is because I snuck down into their basement. Granted, I didn’t find anything except an empty room, but the heaviness of that room and the way it made me feel was all I needed to know.

Bad things happen down there.

Chewing on my bottom lip, I tap the steering wheel and try to come up with a plan. I literally drove down here with no idea of what I was going to be doing. Just driving here on hope and a prayer, and now what?

I’m seconds from giving up completely, backing out of the spot, and heading back to the condo when a car pulls up besideme. Slowly, I turn my head and wince at the sight of Vaughn jumping out of the driver’s seat.

Of course, he found me. He’s probably already told Theron that I’m here, too. Keeping my gaze on him, I watch as he walks up to my window, rapping his knuckle on the glass. Letting out a heavy sigh, I roll the window down.

Vaughn crouches down, his eyes searching mine. “You ran off,” he announces.

“I wanted to know?—”

He holds up his hand. “I know what you wanted to know, but trust me, you do not.”

I open my mouth but snap my lips closed when I hear the door to the club swing open. Vaughn stands, and then I watch as he rushes forward. Turning my attention toward the action, I gasp at the sight.

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