Secrets (The Secret Series Book 1) by Jax James Read Free Book Online

I would imagine that once they find out that you aren’t dead, they will most likely call in for reinforcements to make this go away.” He was looking through the small slat of a window in the door, before opening it quickly and taking me by force into the open.
    Moving quickly, he was constantly looking around, before finally we stepped out into the light of day. “I already regret getting up in the morning and sometimes it just doesn’t pay to get out of bed. I knew that you were too good to be true, but I deceived myself into thinking that this was a once in a lifetime opportunity.” I wasn’t sure he was listening to me, as he was still trying to button up his shirt with his pants half undone and the belt still hanging loosely.
    Even though he was sent to kill me, it didn’t stop me from looking at his body and swooning all over again. I tried to pull my gaze away from him, but it was almost impossible to do it. This was a life and death struggle between two opposing forces that used to work together toward a common goal. That goal was to put my head on a stick, but now things had gone drastically out of control.
    “I’ve got a car nearby that I hotwired, which should get us out of this area before they realize that you’re gone.” I followed close behind and soon we were coming to this nondescript brown minivan that could’ve belonged to any family in the area. It was actually a good idea, considering that we wanted to blend into our surroundings and this car would do that and then some. “You drive, while I make sure that we’re not being followed.” It felt like I was in some kind of action suspense movie with new information coming to light at every turn. If I didn’t know any better, I would think that I was one of the stars and that over there by the door was the director yelling action.
    Climbing behind the wheel, I found a hat lying beside the seat and decided to put it on. It wasn’t much of a disguise, but it was the best that I was going to do under the circumstance.  
    This killer had just shared my bed with me last night, but now those that he worked for were coming after me to finish the job. I knew that if I had a chance to think about all this, I probably would scream until I was hoarse, but I didn’t have that luxury. “Where are we going, or haven’t you thought that far ahead yet?” We moved out of the parking lot and he was hunched down behind the seat, with his eyes zeroed in on the front of the building, until we went around the corner and out of sight.
    Lying back in the seat, he was breathing heavy and showing that he was as terrified of them as I was of him. “Just get on the freeway and for god’s sakes stay below the speed limit. They will be monitoring traffic cameras, so as soon as you can get off onto a side road. We’re going to have to stay under their radar, which means we’re going to have to avoid any kind of technological advances.” I could see that his mind was going a million miles an hour. Maybe he was regretting climbing out of bed this morning as well. If that was the case, then I could certainly see where he was coming from, even though I was still secretly looking for a way out underneath his nose.
    I found the next exit and turned off; looking for any sign that would indicate that there was a police department nearby. Unfortunately, there was nothing but old farmhouses out this way and the further we went out past the area, the more desolate it became, until finally there was nothing but trees for miles. He seemed to have relaxed a little bit, but I was still going crazy inside and wishing that I could crawl into a hole and die. Then again, if they had their way that would be exactly what happened to me.
    “Drake…or should I say Jason...where exactly do you expect us to go?” His name was most likely one of many secrets and I was sure that I didn’t want to know any more of them.
    “Larissa, to be honest I haven’t been in this position before