Dangerous Beauty: Part Three: This is War by Michelle Hardin Read Free Book Online Page A

four days she was there’ .
    Vladek leaned forward and rested his arms on his knees. “This is what I meant when I told you I don’t know where your wife is …”
    Nathan shot up from his seat. “What do you mean you don’t know?” he snapped. “You make me sit through this bullshit story, then you don’t tell me where I can find my wife?”
    “I knew where she was. She was in a small village named Rigton. Silas owns a castle there. He keeps his slaves locked there for viewing.”
    “Where did he take her?” Nathan shouted. Reaching forward, he snatched Vladek up from his seat “You tell me where the fuck he’s keeping my wife or I swear to you I will rip you limb from limb!” He roared the words in Vladek’s face and was happy to see the man finally flinch.
    Perhaps Vladek didn’t want to die.
    “Talk!” Nathan commanded.
    “She isn’t with Silas anymore,” Vladek yelled. “She escaped him.”

Chapter 3: Safe Place
    Nathan had gone silent, but didn’t release Vladek. He was trying to process what he’d just heard. Did Vladek just say what Nathan thought he’d said? “She escaped?”
    “Yes, she got away!”
    “What are you talking about?”
    “Something happened. I don’t understand how she did it, but she got out of her room. I don’t actually know what happened. Aziz just said she found something. That place isn’t heavily guarded because we don’t have these kinds of problems with the other prisoners.”
    “What did she find?”
    “I don’t know. Silas is secretive about that place. Aziz, Scott, and Naveed know everything. All I know is that she found something. Whatever it was must have meant a lot because she killed to protect it. Somehow, she got one of the jeeps and hit the road. If you think you know where she’d go, I suggest you go there. I’m not sure what Silas’s next move is, but he wanted us at the castle. He’s never requested that of us before.”
    Nathan threw Vladek aside. He’d heard enough; it was time to go back to Russia. It had been three days since Carter had escaped Silas, and he knew for a fact that she would do whatever it took to get to safer, familiar territory. She’d been to Russia with him numerous times, and he would know exactly where she was. “Freddy…”
    “I know what to do, brat,” Freddy said, smiling in anticipation of his next kill.
    Nathan left the room with Kyle following behind them. On the way out, he grabbed the hand of Gwendolyn and exited the building.
    She looked up at him with terror in her innocent, bright-blue eyes. “What are you doing?” she cried. “Where is my husband?”
    Nathan stopped walking once they stood a small distance away from the house. Turning to the small woman, he stared her directly in her eyes. “Listen to me, Gwendolyn. I want you to know that none of this is your fault. Your husband has been lying to you about who he is, who his family is …”
    “What does this mean? I don’t understand. How does he lie to me? He is my husband,” she sobbed.
    Nathan nodded. “I know, sweetheart, but trust me. You needed to be saved. What did your husband tell you he did for a living?”
    “He is a business man. He has many clients.”
    “Did he ever tell you what he sold?”
    When she shook her head no, Nathan sighed. The woman looked like a child. He felt sorry for her. “Gwendolyn, sweetheart, he sold people.”
    “ What? ”
    “Young men, woman, and children.”
    “You’re lying, he would never do that!” she exclaimed, tears filling her eyes.
    Nathan nodded. “Yes he would, dear, yes he would.”
    The woman completely broke down, crying hysterically. Nathan fought the urge to roll his eyes and brought her to him in an effort to make her feel protected. Being married to Carter, he wasn’t used to this type of reaction. Betrayal such as this would only ignite Carter’s wrath. He shook his head. He had to stop comparing every woman to Carter, it wasn’t fair to do that; Carter was one of a kind.