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What the hell is he doing?
My eyes bulge. Tears trickle down my cheeks, crashing against Marcus’s hand.
The shock I’m in as well as the drug filtering into my bloodstream render me immobile.
This isn’t happening.
Not him.
I trusted him.
“Sleep tight, plaything,” he murmurs into my ear, his grip unwavering.
I try to scream. Try to ask him What the fuck are you doing? Try to flail my arms, then bend them to elbow him in the stomach.
He’s too strong. Too determined.
I’m powerless against him. Against the drug in my system.
He’s won the fight, and I…
I black out.
CHAPTER FIVE
Marcus
It’s just us now. Leighton’s sleeping body in the passenger side.
The neighborhood of two-story houses on our street disappears behind us. Next, the palm trees on either side of the main road.
I’m not going fast enough. Even though there’s no sign of a red Mini in my rearview mirror, I feel like I’m moving too fucking slow.
Driving just below the speed limit infuriates me. My instincts scream at me to put the pedal to the floor. To get as far away from my home as possible.
No can do.
Being pulled over by the cops will waste precious time. They’ll take the knocked-out Leighton from me. Put her back in harm’s way.
This beautiful, sleeping girl of mine. They won’t have her. No one will.
I already risked her life back home. A mistake I won’t repeat.
My fingers clench on the steering wheel, my molars grinding. I saw this coming a mile away, and I still got close. Too fucking close.
Rylan didn’t let it slide. She’s had Leighton in her sights for a while now. The NyQuil bottles were a red flag I should’ve taken more seriously than I have.
I’ve been a fool to think my daughter would let our stolen glances and recent flirting slide. An irresponsible bastard to believe that if she’s swimming, my predator of a daughter won’t notice what I’m doing.
Nothing gets past her.
She caught us. My only child has a sixth sense when it comes to me and other women.
Ry sniffs them out like a bloodthirsty vampire.
Flashes them her charming smile and pearly whites.
They always miss her canines. Until it’s too late.
