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when she heard glass breaking behind her. It was enough incitement to get her ass moving.
She didn’t make it far. Two steps into the deep snow and her feet left the ground. She sucked in a breath to scream, but just as it left her, a large hand clamped over her mouth. She fought, but it didn’t last long. Whatever he’d shot her with had sapped all her energy, so by the time he hauled her back to the cabin and tossed her onto the couch, she was spent.
“Well, what did you expect me to do?” She huffed, crossing her arms over her chest to ward off the chill.
He didn’t respond, just stomped to the kitchen to clean up the broken glass and the puddle of water.
Cindy jerked her head around to scowl at the still open door. “Maybe, if you wouldn’t have left the door wide open, I wouldn’t have taken a chance at running.” She shivered hard as she eyed him expectantly.
RedKnife’s eyes shot to the door then to her before he slowly rose to cross to the door and, albeit reluctantly, closed it, sealing them inside the cabin.
“Look,” she began, hoping for a calm, adult conversation. “If Monroe needed to speak with me, you could have waited until I went to work. You didn’t have to come to my apartment in the middle of the night, break in, and scare me half to death.”
Silence.
“I know you can talk. You spoke to me just fine at the Crow’s Nest. So…” She left her sentence open ended, hoping he’d stop with the silent treatment and tell her what in the hell was going on.
“You need to talk to me!” She demanded. “Tell me what the fuck is going on!” It came out sounding a little more hysterical than she’d intended.
Finally, he stated, his voice grim, “We know you’re trying to infiltrate StoneCrow.”
His words had her mouth falling open as all the color drained from her face. She swallowed hard and shook her head. “RedKnife, I’d never…”
“YOU WOULD!” He snarled viciously. Angered by her treachery and attempt at deceit, he also had to admit that her affiliation with the man, Cody, had a part to play in his rage. He stalked to the door. “Don’t try to leave. I’ll be watching!” The door slammed behind him as he exited.
Cindy turned in the couch to huddle over her knees, a sick feeling washing over her. At first, she’d hoped this whole kidnapping had something to do with her ‘earning herself an admirer’ as Monroe put it. But that’s not what this was. She was in trouble. Somehow, they knew about Cody’s plot and her assistance in it. Fucking idiot! She groaned to herself. Of course they know! Was there anything they didn’t know? How in the hell had she ever hoped to fool Monroe StoneCrow, or even Cody for that matter. She was in serious, serious trouble.
Getting up, she paced to the window and stared out at the snow-covered terrain. Was he really out there watching? Yes.
Chapter 11
RedKnife huddled in wolf form just inside the tree line outside the cabin where Cindy slept. Nothing had gone as planned. Probably because he didn’t really have a plan.
He’d taken her and run when he was supposed to have returned her to StoneCrow for questioning. Something about how forlorn she’d been had pulled at his heart. She didn’t seem like a traitor, though her conversation with Cody said otherwise.
Now, he had tucked her into the cabin and ran out just as quickly, which wouldn’t do. The whole point of taking her was to get the truth from her before Monroe used his own ‘methods’. The CEO and Dominant Walker was merciless in all matters pertaining to the safety of his Walkers.
***
After a fitful night of sleep, Cindy woke late in the day to find RedKnife standing over her bed. Startled, she gasped and sat up, clutching the blanket to her chest. “What’s wrong?”
She could just barely make out his face in the semi-dark, and surprise, surprise, he looked angry.
“We need
She didn’t make it far. Two steps into the deep snow and her feet left the ground. She sucked in a breath to scream, but just as it left her, a large hand clamped over her mouth. She fought, but it didn’t last long. Whatever he’d shot her with had sapped all her energy, so by the time he hauled her back to the cabin and tossed her onto the couch, she was spent.
“Well, what did you expect me to do?” She huffed, crossing her arms over her chest to ward off the chill.
He didn’t respond, just stomped to the kitchen to clean up the broken glass and the puddle of water.
Cindy jerked her head around to scowl at the still open door. “Maybe, if you wouldn’t have left the door wide open, I wouldn’t have taken a chance at running.” She shivered hard as she eyed him expectantly.
RedKnife’s eyes shot to the door then to her before he slowly rose to cross to the door and, albeit reluctantly, closed it, sealing them inside the cabin.
“Look,” she began, hoping for a calm, adult conversation. “If Monroe needed to speak with me, you could have waited until I went to work. You didn’t have to come to my apartment in the middle of the night, break in, and scare me half to death.”
Silence.
“I know you can talk. You spoke to me just fine at the Crow’s Nest. So…” She left her sentence open ended, hoping he’d stop with the silent treatment and tell her what in the hell was going on.
“You need to talk to me!” She demanded. “Tell me what the fuck is going on!” It came out sounding a little more hysterical than she’d intended.
Finally, he stated, his voice grim, “We know you’re trying to infiltrate StoneCrow.”
His words had her mouth falling open as all the color drained from her face. She swallowed hard and shook her head. “RedKnife, I’d never…”
“YOU WOULD!” He snarled viciously. Angered by her treachery and attempt at deceit, he also had to admit that her affiliation with the man, Cody, had a part to play in his rage. He stalked to the door. “Don’t try to leave. I’ll be watching!” The door slammed behind him as he exited.
Cindy turned in the couch to huddle over her knees, a sick feeling washing over her. At first, she’d hoped this whole kidnapping had something to do with her ‘earning herself an admirer’ as Monroe put it. But that’s not what this was. She was in trouble. Somehow, they knew about Cody’s plot and her assistance in it. Fucking idiot! She groaned to herself. Of course they know! Was there anything they didn’t know? How in the hell had she ever hoped to fool Monroe StoneCrow, or even Cody for that matter. She was in serious, serious trouble.
Getting up, she paced to the window and stared out at the snow-covered terrain. Was he really out there watching? Yes.
Chapter 11
RedKnife huddled in wolf form just inside the tree line outside the cabin where Cindy slept. Nothing had gone as planned. Probably because he didn’t really have a plan.
He’d taken her and run when he was supposed to have returned her to StoneCrow for questioning. Something about how forlorn she’d been had pulled at his heart. She didn’t seem like a traitor, though her conversation with Cody said otherwise.
Now, he had tucked her into the cabin and ran out just as quickly, which wouldn’t do. The whole point of taking her was to get the truth from her before Monroe used his own ‘methods’. The CEO and Dominant Walker was merciless in all matters pertaining to the safety of his Walkers.
***
After a fitful night of sleep, Cindy woke late in the day to find RedKnife standing over her bed. Startled, she gasped and sat up, clutching the blanket to her chest. “What’s wrong?”
She could just barely make out his face in the semi-dark, and surprise, surprise, he looked angry.
“We need
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