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she’d have to fight for her life. Her blood mixed with her perspiration and trailed warm down her neck and between her breasts. He pressed her body to his. She had to swallow the bile that rose in her throat when his erection rubbed against her back. The bastard is aroused. She couldn’t pull away with the blade at her neck.
The pier appeared at the end of the path. Maybe Trevor wasn’t there. Maybe this madman would take her to God only knew where and kill her or worse, turn her over to human traffickers. She’d rather die than become a slave to some bastard’s sexual depravities.
She couldn’t take that chance.
As her captor tried to transition her to the boat, his attention on the tiger on the dock ready to pounce, Cassidy pushed with all her might against the wrist holding the knife. She latched onto the knife, feeling the sharp sting as the blade sliced deeply into her palm.
A roar exploded from behind her. A huge hairy creature like the one she’d seen for the briefest of moments during the school shooting leaped from the boat.
He crashed onto the stunned man.
Her attacker screamed and let her go. She fell back into the boat, blood spurting from her hand.
The scene blurred as relief and pain flooded through her. Calmer voices now filled her ears as the afternoon sunlight filtered through the overhanging leaves.
“Cassie,” she barely heard as her vision narrowed and grayed, “I’ve got you, baby. I’ve got you.”
Lifted by familiar strong male arms, she let go, knowing she was secure and safe as everything went black.
Chapter 8
“W hat did you find out?” Trevor asked Cemil, Rekkus and Cyrus as they filed into the lobby where he paced like a caged animal. Sage and Dana had been with Cassie in the staff lounge for over an hour now and he anxiously and impatiently waited for one of them to tell him her condition.
“Well, his name is Phillip Jeffries and he is human,” Cyrus said.
“I still can’t get over how I didn’t sense his intention. It just shows how dedicated that group is to infiltrate the island.” Cemil hung his head, obviously taking the blame.
Cyrus patted his brother’s back. “This was well planned, Cemil. It is not your fault. We will have to tighten security and let the Syndicate know of the latest threat. Mr. Branson needs to know of the specific threat to his son.”
Something about the frown between Cyrus’s brows bothered Trevor. “What do you mean specific threat?”
“The attack on the school was not to assassinate Allan Branson, but rather to abduct him.” He paused before adding, “And his teacher.”
Shock and fury seared his vision for a brief moment. “You mean they planned to kidnap Allan and Cassie?”
“Yes,” Rekkus said. “And there’s more.”
Cyrus’s nostrils flared while his jaw clenched. “This new group, the Mundus Novus, planned to use the boy to obtain information to further their ambitions. He’s a clairvoyant empath. Very valuable to vermin like them.”
Stealing the boy from his father made Trevor’s stomach turn. The boy was motherless already and had bonded with Cassie as his surrogate mother. His empathy had become a curse and he’d retreated to an emotionless world. She was the only one he’d let penetrate the shell he’d lived in since his mother had died.
“So based on their surveillance, they determined they needed Cassie to communicate with him, to get him to do their bidding,” Trevor said.
Bastards. He needed to see her now more than ever to reassure himself she was okay. Otherwise, he’d kill that son-of-a-bitch. No matter how well protected the prisoner, he’d make that asshole pay if Cassie’s injury left her permanently disabled.
“What did he want with Dana?”
Rekkus stalked away.
“Jeffries planned to turn her over to the Mundus Novus who he thought would kill her once she gave birth. If this is the faction that put the bounty on Cyrus, they would surely kill her as payback to Rekkus,”
The pier appeared at the end of the path. Maybe Trevor wasn’t there. Maybe this madman would take her to God only knew where and kill her or worse, turn her over to human traffickers. She’d rather die than become a slave to some bastard’s sexual depravities.
She couldn’t take that chance.
As her captor tried to transition her to the boat, his attention on the tiger on the dock ready to pounce, Cassidy pushed with all her might against the wrist holding the knife. She latched onto the knife, feeling the sharp sting as the blade sliced deeply into her palm.
A roar exploded from behind her. A huge hairy creature like the one she’d seen for the briefest of moments during the school shooting leaped from the boat.
He crashed onto the stunned man.
Her attacker screamed and let her go. She fell back into the boat, blood spurting from her hand.
The scene blurred as relief and pain flooded through her. Calmer voices now filled her ears as the afternoon sunlight filtered through the overhanging leaves.
“Cassie,” she barely heard as her vision narrowed and grayed, “I’ve got you, baby. I’ve got you.”
Lifted by familiar strong male arms, she let go, knowing she was secure and safe as everything went black.
Chapter 8
“W hat did you find out?” Trevor asked Cemil, Rekkus and Cyrus as they filed into the lobby where he paced like a caged animal. Sage and Dana had been with Cassie in the staff lounge for over an hour now and he anxiously and impatiently waited for one of them to tell him her condition.
“Well, his name is Phillip Jeffries and he is human,” Cyrus said.
“I still can’t get over how I didn’t sense his intention. It just shows how dedicated that group is to infiltrate the island.” Cemil hung his head, obviously taking the blame.
Cyrus patted his brother’s back. “This was well planned, Cemil. It is not your fault. We will have to tighten security and let the Syndicate know of the latest threat. Mr. Branson needs to know of the specific threat to his son.”
Something about the frown between Cyrus’s brows bothered Trevor. “What do you mean specific threat?”
“The attack on the school was not to assassinate Allan Branson, but rather to abduct him.” He paused before adding, “And his teacher.”
Shock and fury seared his vision for a brief moment. “You mean they planned to kidnap Allan and Cassie?”
“Yes,” Rekkus said. “And there’s more.”
Cyrus’s nostrils flared while his jaw clenched. “This new group, the Mundus Novus, planned to use the boy to obtain information to further their ambitions. He’s a clairvoyant empath. Very valuable to vermin like them.”
Stealing the boy from his father made Trevor’s stomach turn. The boy was motherless already and had bonded with Cassie as his surrogate mother. His empathy had become a curse and he’d retreated to an emotionless world. She was the only one he’d let penetrate the shell he’d lived in since his mother had died.
“So based on their surveillance, they determined they needed Cassie to communicate with him, to get him to do their bidding,” Trevor said.
Bastards. He needed to see her now more than ever to reassure himself she was okay. Otherwise, he’d kill that son-of-a-bitch. No matter how well protected the prisoner, he’d make that asshole pay if Cassie’s injury left her permanently disabled.
“What did he want with Dana?”
Rekkus stalked away.
“Jeffries planned to turn her over to the Mundus Novus who he thought would kill her once she gave birth. If this is the faction that put the bounty on Cyrus, they would surely kill her as payback to Rekkus,”
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