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Bay wrapped an arm around his waist, and he did the same as they read the scrawl of the
handwritten note.
I will kill your child, your Micah, if you, Adam Jamenson, and your bitch mate, Bay
Jamenson, do not come to me personally. Do not tell others of this note, or I will kill your child
myself. Slowly.
Adam roared, and Bay took the note from his shaking hands. She leaned against him and gasped
as rage poured through him.
Bay?
I see him.
He put his hands on her shoulders and turned her to face him. What?
My powers. You know how I can use them to see pasts and memories with objects? I can see
Corbin; at least that s who I think it is. He at least looks like the man you described. Oh, Adam, he
and Caym aren t at the den. They re in the cave. The same cave I ran to before where you found me.
Oh, God, they have Micah.
He kissed her temple and held her tightly. We have to go. We can t let our families go to the
Centrals.
She nodded, her gaze off in the distance.
We can t tell my father where we re going, but we can tell them not to go to the Centrals.
She nodded but didn t say anything. Worry crept through him as he gripped her chin.
Bay?
She kissed him, hard, then pulled back. I m sorry, Adam. I love you.
Confused, he pulled back as she gripped his shoulder. Pain ricocheted through him through a
pressure point, and he fell on the bed, darkness falling over him.
I m sorry, she whispered as he passed out, his mind on the fact that she couldn t betray him.
No, she was saving him. Or at least that s what she thought.
Darkness.
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Caym strolled through the cave and took a deep breath. It would be over soon. It had been easy
to snatch the brat, but he wasn t strong enough on his own to kill all the Redwoods. Damn.
Bay and Adam would be there soon.
His daughter.
What a novel idea.
He hadn t loved her mother. No, she had been just a wolf who d had the ill fate to mate with
him. He d taken what he d wanted and apparently left his baby in her belly.
This Bay was too wild, too independent. He didn t think he d be able to use her for what he
wanted. He would most likely give her to Corbin then use her child. His grandchild.
He would raise it in his image and kill everyone in his path. Oh, he liked that idea.
His body went on alert as he felt Bay walk toward the cave.
Ah, she d come alone. This would be good.
Corbin. Take care of her.
Corbin grinned and walked toward the entrance. Caym stood back and watched as Bay walked
in with her chin held high.
Corbin would enjoy beating that confidence out of her.
Caym ignored what they were saying; it wasn t important to him. He just wanted this to be over
with so he could move on and take over. It was taking too long as it was. He smiled when Corbin
backhanded Bay and she flew into the air, crashing into the wall.
Progress.
Chapter 19
A droplet of water hit a rock near her face, and Bay jerked. She tried to move, but her arms were
at an odd angle, and she discovered she was chained to the cave wall. She forced herself into a sitting
position, ignoring the fiery pain in her shoulders. Her lip ached where Corbin had slapped her. She
looked out into the cave and sighed. Before where it had looked like in an oasis inside of a forest,
now it looked like a death trap. No, the pools and trees hadn't changed, but what it represented had.
Before she had ran into this cave as a place to hide, not from the people who loved her, but for them.
She hadn't wanted them to get hurt, so she had run, not thinking. And now, she had run directly to the
enemy for the same purpose. To protect those she loved. She couldn't let the family that had taken her
in get hurt by attacking the Centrals. It was a war they could not win. Maybe if she d had more time
she would have been able to figure out a way to strengthen the wards. But as it was, it was too late.
She rested her hand on her flat stomach and held back a sob. Her Micah was out there
somewhere, in the hands of her enemy. She could feel that he was close, that bond between the wolf
and her child wouldn t fade for a few years. But it scared her that not even the Alpha could feel her
child. That meant he was near the demon. It was only because of the blood in her veins she could
even feel Micah.
Ah, I see you ve woken up, Caym drawled from the edge of the cave opening. Bay stiffened
but didn t lower her head. She wouldn t, not for this piece of trash. She would go down fighting to the
end. It s about time. I had been afraid that my Corbin had hit you too hard. But really, it would have
been a shame for you to have died& so soon.
The way his eyes gleamed when he had said my Corbin made her want to vomit. There was no
love in that gaze, only a desire for power.
She could almost feel sorry for the wolf, almost.
Caym took short, measured steps toward her, as if knowing each time he moved closer she had to
bite her tongue that much harder not to flinch. He squatted in front of her, resting his forearms on his
thighs. He still wore his suit pants and pressed shirt, but he d lost the jacket and tie he d worn the
other time she d seen him. His hair was smoothed back so his cheekbones were even more
pronounced, and his eyes were their usual black orbs of darkness, but now the red flashed with each
breath.
She didn t want to be like him, nor did she want her child to be raised like him. She d die first.
And she probably would.
I m not surprised you came, darling, he said softly as he traced his finger down her cheek.
Against her will, she flinched away from his touch as it left a trail of cool numbness in its wake.
She lifted a lip and showed some fang. Her wolf wanted to pounce and tear out his throat, the
woman not too far behind. But she couldn t do anything rash. Not when she knew she wasn t yet
strong enough to do it and when she didn t know where Micah was. Her baby had to come first. Then
Adam. Then her. That s the way it had to be.
Uh uh uh. Watch your attitude, little girl. He twisted his finger so his nail ran across her cheek
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