Chapter 30: Free, At Last
One year after the public wedding, Paige woke to find Vincent already up, standing on the porch with coffee, watching […]
Paige agrees to testify against her abusive ex-boyfriend—until his brother offers her money to stay quiet. But the line between guilt and desire blurs fast, and soon Paige is caught in a web of seduction, secrets, and survival.
One year after the public wedding, Paige woke to find Vincent already up, standing on the porch with coffee, watching […]
Six months passed like a dream. Six months of peace so profound it felt surreal. No trials. No threats. No
They had three weeks of perfect peace. Three weeks of waking up to birdsong instead of sirens. Three weeks of
They were supposed to leave for Montana the next morning. The car was packed. The cabin keys were in Vincent’s
They should have left for Montana immediately. Should have gotten in the car the day after sentencing and driven until
The attack came five days before sentencing. Paige was in the safe house with Vincent, surrounded by police protection, when
The guilty verdict should have meant safety. It should have meant Marcus was locked away, powerless, no longer a threat.
The Nevada compound became a crime scene. Police swarmed the property, documenting everything. FBI agents arrived—kidnapping across state lines made
The drive to Nevada took four hours. Four hours of Paige second-guessing herself, checking her phone obsessively, wondering if she
Paige couldn’t go back to court the next day. “I can’t watch him lie,” she told Vincent over breakfast. “I