Page 124 of Trust In Love (Love Mark 2)

Air hissed from his lungs. His eyes slitted open. He looked so lost and abandoned when he rasped, “The best thing you ever did was leave me chained to that tree. Why the hell did you come back?”

“I...” Shaking my head, I countered, “Why couldn’t I come back? It wasn’t as if I left you, left you. We were just having a row—because of your lies—and I needed some space to myself before I could forgive you for all your errors. It was never meant to be a permanent—”

“Well, it should’ve been permanent.” His chin trembled. More tears filled his eyes. “Only people with a death wish stick with me.”

“Yes, well.” I notched my chin higher. “I guess I’ll just have to be the exception to that rule.”

Now, if we could only get out of here, I might actually feel a little more confident about that claim. I glanced around our surroundings, seeing nothing to help us escape.

Farrow merely watched me, eyes swirled as he studied my face. “I thought you hated me,” he finally said.

I snapped him an immediate frown. “What in God’s name made you come to such a silly notion?”

He lifted one shoulder. “Not sure exactly. Maybe the part where you chained me to a tree, told me you were leaving, and said goodbye before you walked away had something to do with it.”

With a harassed sigh, I rolled my eyes. “And you immediately decided to assume that meant I hated you? I even told you to come back for me whenever you pulled your head out of your ass and learned how to be a proper soul mate.”

“No, you said—”

“Well, that’s what I meant!” I snapped. “God! You’re so typical. You haven’t figured anything out at all, yet, have you? No wonder why I’m still so vexed with you. But seriously...” I gazed around the cell, shoving my hands against my hips and frowning. “I need more space from you right now. Hasn’t anyone ever escaped this damn dungeon before?”

“Not yet,” he answered, his gaze still on me as it moved to my wrist guards and paused. Then he looked up suddenly to the ceiling. “But the guards have gone,” he noticed. “So now’s our best chance.”

I snorted. “Of course they’re gone. Why would they need to stick around when there’s absolutely no chance of us leaving this damn tomb unless they personally fish us out?”

Farrow lowered his focus back to me. “I wouldn’t say no chance,” he crooned softly.

I frowned. “What do you mean?”

“Yeah.” From his cell, Indigo suddenly jerked to his feet and clutched the bars. “What do you mean?”

“Take out your hairpin, princess,” Farrow said softly with a tip of his chin. “Toss it on the ground there and stomp on it as hard as you can with the heel of your boot.”

I blinked in absolute confusion. “Do…what?”

“And maybe step back after that; I’m not sure how fast it’ll work.”

“Holy shit,” Indigo squawked from his cell. “Please tell me you have a way to get us out of here.”

My stomach pitched. Narrowing my eyes, I squinted suspiciously at my mate. “My God. What did you do?”

He shrugged mildly. “As you’re not a fan of magic, I couldn’t rightly tell you I had borrowed a couple of your things for Mydera to charm, now could I? You never would’ve worn them again.”

“You…?”

“Lied?” he finished for me. He smiled without any amusement. “Since when have you ever known me to be honest, right?”

I rattled out a shaky pant, ground my teeth and uneasily slipped the hairpin from my dark locks. “Well, now I know why you were so intent for me to keep my jewels on at the ferry.”

“Absolutely,” Farrow agreed. “The safest place they could be was on you.”

I arched a severe eyebrow. “And you never planned on telling me I was covered in fucking magic?”

“I would’ve,” he argued, “whenever we reached Blayton and I needed to borrow them to break Sable free. But no sooner than that. I didn’t want them to distress you.”

“Oh, of course not,” I grumbled sarcastically, not buying it. “No, there was no reason to tell fragile little Nicolette the truth. Not that I’m your soul mate or anything.” I eyed the clip again, grimacing. “What’s this thing going to do when I step on it?”

“Get us out of here, I hope.”

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