Page 71 of Her Wicked Promise
He’s helped memaintainthat fiction, because he understood it was the only protection I could offer her.
“What are your orders?” he asks.
I’m already moving, pulling on clothes. “Get the Gulfstream ready. File a flight plan to Vegas immediately—I want the Gattos toknowwe’re coming. To know that the bait worked, so they’ll keep her alive. And Leon?”
“Yes?”
“Tell the crew to pack for an extended stay. We’re not coming home until Robin is safe.”
After I hang up, I stand in the middle of my dressing room and allow myself exactly ten seconds to feel the fear that’s clawing at my throat.
Robin. Taken. Hurt. Possibly?—
No.
I won’t think that word. Won’t give it power by even acknowledging its possibility.
I take a deep breath and re-center. But my hands are shaking as I keep dressing, and I realize I’ve never felt fear like this before. Not when my father was shot. Not during the worst firefights ofmy career. Not even when I thought I might die in that ambush in Vegas.
This is what love feels like when it’s threatened.
I force the trembling to stop, locking down my emotions with the iron discipline that’s kept me alive this long. Robin needs my strength now, not my panic. She needs the coldhearted bitch, the Eva Novak who is feared across six continents, not the one who’s falling apart at the thought of losing her.
The Eva Novak who will turn the world to dust if that’s what it takes to bring Robin home.
Eva Novak is out for blood—and she’ll do whatever it takes to save Robin in
Her Ruthless Heart
