His face hardens and then pleasure washes over him as he groans my name and does what he promised. He’s cumming inside of me, and I can feel the heat of it pouring from him. He looks at me as it pumps out of his cock and I clench around the tip. He’s made his ownership clear even without words.

  I belong to him.

  Chapter Ten

  Kai

  I didn’t think there was anything worse than being trapped inside these prison walls, but after tasting Sienna and having to let her walk away, I know that I was wrong.

  We stood in the storage closet for a long moment after, and the weight of what I’d done fell between us. I touched her face tenderly, and when I kissed her again it was slower and softer than before.

  Seconds later she was gone, and although I don’t regret a single second, I hated that it wasn’t under different circumstances. Ones where she’d be under me for hours and then on top of me for hours more. Then I’d be able to hold her in my arms.

  Sienna is something special, a queen to be worshiped, and I’m just the man to do it. The longer I’m in her presence, the clearer my path ahead becomes. Now I just need to put my plan into action, and everything will be the way it’s meant to be.

  When I get back to my cell, I slip the guard his payment, and he nods at me. Sam found out this guard had some gambling debts that were about to wind him six feet under, so I decided to make him an offer. Get me and my girl some alone time, and his debts would disappear.

  He made good on his end, and so I held up mine. The piece of paper I just handed him is the confirmation from his debt holder that he’s square. Most likely he’ll be back in this same situation in no time, but that’s for someone else to figure out.

  When I first offered him the deal, he was shocked I’d pay so much money for a woman, but there’s nothing I wouldn’t pay to have Sienna. Even if it was only for a moment, I’d drain my bank account and make it last. Good thing I’ve got plenty of zeros, because I plan on spoiling her with all of it.

  After the guard leaves, I sit down on my cot and bring my hands to my nose. I can still smell her on me, and I inhale over and over. It’s a mixture of her sweet pussy and something soft like jasmine. It’s driving me insane, and I ache for her.

  I think about jerking off again, but there’s no time. The plan starts tonight.

  Lifting my pillow, I see the note and read it over twice just to make sure. Sam has left instructions, and I’m the one that has to see them out. I just need to make sure there are no mistakes, and everything will be fine.

  Hours later, it’s free time before lights out, and the guards are about to change shifts. I’ve got a small window of time, with only a few seconds to get it right. Leaning up against my cell door, I hang my arms out and wait. At exactly ten o’clock I hear the signal, and my door unlocks. Sliding it open as quietly as possibly, I exit my cell to the left where there aren’t any inmates on that side. I move against the wall so I can’t be seen by the cameras and then duck around the corner. One glance into the guard tower shows me it’s empty and I can keep going.

  It’s not hard to find crooked guards in a place like this, and most of them have a problem that needs solving. The right amount of money to the right guard during a shift change can literally open doors.

  Once I’m through the cell block, I make my way down the corridor and to the cell I need. Leo O’Neal has a cell almost as nice as mine except his is in the corner away from everyone else. It’s twice as large as the other cells, and away from prying eyes. I know this isn’t just a coincidence.

  As I approach his cell, I hear the click of the lock and see the door open slightly. As quietly as I can, I go over, and he’s standing there staring at the door.

  “Come with me,” I tell him, but he doesn’t move. Instead he narrows his eyes.

  “Why should I trust you?” He opens his hands as if I should look around. “If I try and break out and get caught, I lose all of this. And I have no chance of ever getting out.”

  “You don’t have a chance of that happening even if you don’t try to escape,” I explain as I look over my shoulder.

  “Maybe, but if I’m stuck in here for life, why should I give all this up?” He sighs and shakes his head. “I can’t risk losing any communication with my daughter.”

  “Leo,” I say, stepping closer to him. “This is your one chance, our chance. I’ve spent the past two years undercover so I could get to you.”

  Anger flashes in his eyes as squares his shoulders. “Who are you?”

  “Right now, I’m a rogue FBI agent.” His eyes widen, and I try to quickly explain. “I was part of the investigation into putting you behind bars. But when the evidence came through it didn’t add up. We watched you for years and couldn’t get a single scrap of evidence, no one would turn on you.”

  “My men are loyal, especially to rats like you,” he spits at me, and I shake my head.

  “No, not like me. I got into the feds as a means to an end. I’m ex-military, and they used me like a weapon. My parents died when I was in college, and after I graduated, I was recruited by them. They put me through training and sent me on missions. I didn’t have anything left to make me question it, but the deeper I got, the more I saw the corruption on the inside.”

  “No shit,” he hisses.

  “The investigation into you was my last. I was retiring after your case, and then I saw the dirty evidence. It was planted, and I had everything to clear your name.”

  “So why didn’t you?” His eyes are burning through me, but I don’t flinch.

  “Why do you think I'm in jail?” His eyebrows pull together as he tries to process this. “As soon as I tried to expose the truth, they tossed me in a cell. The feds erased my past because of the work I’d done for them and expected me to rot in here. It took me over a year to get transferred to this prison, and it’s only because I’ve still got a couple of friends left on the outside.”

  “I’ve been asking you this from the beginning, but what do you want? Why are you doing this?”

  “To make this right,” I answer honestly. “You’re not an innocent man, but you’re innocent of this crime. I can prove it, but I don’t trust that either of us are safe when I uncover the corruption. We need to get out of here before we can clear your name.”

  He looks into my eyes and for a moment doesn’t say a word. But I can see when his decision has been made and he nods.

  “Lead the way.”

  I check the clock on the wall and see we’ve only got seconds before it happens, and I turn to Leo.

  “Will you trust me?” I ask, adrenaline climbing my neck.

  “Do I have a choice?”

  “No,” I answer and push him behind me.

  On cue, the alarm sounds and every cell door on A Block opens.

  Chapter Eleven

  Sienna

  I trail the pink ribbon behind me as I walk down the hallway. Tiger bounces around behind me, trying to pounce on it, and it makes me laugh. I scoop him up when I get to the stairs and carry him down before putting him back on his feet to chase the ribbon again.

  “I figured you’d show up.” Margaret smiles as she uses the spatula to lift the cookies off the tray and put them on the cooling rack. I go for one, and she warns me like a mother hen, “Careful.”

  “I love when you make cookies. It makes the house smell wonderful and gives it a homey feeling.” That’s not here much anymore, and I’m not sure if it’s ever going to come back.

  I’m actually starting to hate this place more and more every day. I don’t know if it’s out of resentment because I’ve been kept here alone, or because it’s missing the magic of my mother.

  “You’ve been moping around, so I had to do something.” She points at one of the cookies, letting me know it’s okay to pick up.

  I take a bite and think that last week I would have said nothing tastes better than Margaret’s cookies, but that’s not the case anymore. Kai now holds that spot, and I have to make a conscious effort not to press my legs together when I remember what we did.

  “Can I ask you about Mom and Dad?” I say as I take a seat on the high-top chair at the island. Tiger rolls over at my feet as I keep twirling the ribbon.

  “You can ask me anything, you know that, sweetheart.” She rolls another ball of cookie dough and places it on the sheet.

  “Dad said he knew the second he spotted Mom she’d be his forever.” I reach up and touch the locket around my neck. Sometimes I wonder if it’s a good thing I don’t really remember her. I can see the ache and loss of her in my dad’s eyes to this day. It’s a heavy grief to carry, and one I would never want.

  “It was the same for your mom too.” She smiles, looking past me like she’s trying to see a memory that’s far away. “But it wasn't always easy. Your father was in this life and your mother was a preacher's daughter.”

  My mouth falls open. Okay, I did not know that part of the story. “I didn’t see that twist coming.” I guess that’s the reason I’ve never met anyone from my mom's side of the family.

  “In the end she picked love and she still has that love to this day.” My eyes start to water. “The one thing your father couldn’t fight took her from us, but even if it was only for a handful of years, she got to live their love story without regrets. She gave your father a daughter, and I think that’s the only reason he didn’t follow her to the grave.”

  “I would rather have a few years of real love than a forever of never experiencing it.”

  “I agree. Finding a soul mate is rarer than I think people understand. They settle for what they think will work out, but when it’s a soul mate, you know.” She winks at me. I watch as she picks up the cookie tray and puts it into the oven before she washes her hands. “I’ll start dinner in a few hours.” She comes around the island and kisses the top of my head. “When it comes to your own life you must make your choices and not worry about what other people will think. We only get one life, Sienna. Make it count.”

  With that, she leaves me alone in the kitchen to ponder her words. It would break my heart if my dad couldn’t come to terms with Kai and me. If anyone should understand, it’s him.

  Tiger plops down and lies across the ribbon so I can’t move it anymore. “All played out?” I ask as I get down from the chair and pick him up. I grab a couple of treats for him and another cookie for myself as I head back to my bedroom. I really hope Kai can call me again tonight.

  When I step into my bedroom, I pause when I see Marco coming out of my closet.

  “What’s going on?” I walk over and put Tiger down on the bed. He circles around a few times before he plops down, snuggles into the blankets, and puts his head on his paws.

  “Security check. Something’s happened.” His face is blank, and he’s giving nothing away.

  “What? Is someone on the property?” I debate if I should grab Tiger and go to the panic room, but that’s not always the escape plan.

  He walks over to my bedroom door and closes it. What the hell is going on? My heart starts to pound because there’s never supposed to be anyone in here.

  “Sit.” He grabs my hand and guides me over to the bench at the end of the bed.

  “You’re scaring me.”

  “Sienna, I just want you to know everything is going to be okay. You know I’ll always keep you safe, don’t you?” He runs his fingers up and down the side of my jaw. He’s being overly affectionate, and it’s only making me freak out more. He’s always so stoic that it’s rare to see any emotion from him. Even when Dad was arrested, he was so calm and put together.

  He moves his hand away from my face and picks up the remote lying on the seat next to me. When he turns on the TV, there’s a breaking news story.

  I gasp and go to my feet when I see the prison on the screen. A huge chunk of it is burnt to ash and has crumbled to the ground. My nose burns as tears start to fall down my cheeks. I don’t want to believe it, but he must be here to deliver the bad news.

  “My dad?”

  “I’m sorry, baby.” He pulls me into him and wraps me in his arms.

  Sobs wrack my body, and I don’t know how long I cry while he holds me. I can’t stop the tears from falling as Marco leads me over to the bed and helps me lie down. I can only pray that Kai is okay, because I don’t think I could bear losing them both.

  Soon exhaustion takes me, and I’m swept into sleep.

  I jerk awake, not knowing how much time has passed, but it’s night again. I sit up and let out a gasp when I see Marco sitting in a chair next to my bed.

  “Am I in some kind of danger?” I ask as I look around the room.

  “No, but I enjoy watching you.” A smile pulls at his lips and for the first time, he makes me feel uneasy.

  When I try to pull the blanket over myself, I realize my pants are gone and I’m only in a shirt and panties. My head snaps up, and his smile softens.

  “I made you more comfortable. It is my job to take care of you.”

  Call it women's intuition or whatever you want, but I know something isn’t right here. “Um, thanks,” I say, not meaning it at all.

  “We need to talk, Sienna. Things are going to be changing around here, and we need to settle what role you’ll be playing in that.”

  “Role? What are you talking about?” My heart starts to race as I try to keep my expression neutral. It’s something I’m not very good at.

  “Yes, your role here on the estate. Someone has to take over in your father’s place. He told me if anything happened to him that would be me.” Now I know Marco’s lying. Or at least I think he is.

  Dad told me long ago what to do if something ever happened to him. There’s a safe hidden in the tiles of my bathroom that contains everything I need to disappear. There’s a whole new identity there. I even have a bank account set up for me, and I’m the only other person besides him that knows about it.

  “Okaaay,” I say slowly, trying to assess what’s going on.

  “This can go one of two ways, my little Sienna.” My stomach clenches, and bile climbs my throat. This is going to be bad. “You can be my wife or my mistress.”

  Immediately I begin to shake my head. “No.” He’s lost his damn mind.

  “No isn't an option. Besides, it’s time you made yourself useful around here.”

  “Please don’t do this,” I beg him as my hands tighten in the blanket. “Dad wouldn't want this.”

  “Oh sweetheart, yes he would. He told me so.” Now I know he’s full of shit. Everything coming out of his mouth is a lie. “And I was more than willing to make you my wife until you turned yourself into a whore.”

  Oh god, he knows about Kai.

  “You’re not even going to deny it?” he hisses, leaning forward in his chair. “If you’re still a virgin I’ll make you my wife. If not, I’ll treat you like the whore you’re so desperate to be.”

  He stands up and comes over to the bed while I shrink away. He rips the blanket from my grasp and tosses it on the floor. I’m praying someone here is more loyal to my dad than Marco as I do the only thing I can.

  Scream.

  Chapter Twelve

  Kai

  My hands grip the stone tight as I pull myself up, and then I hear the sound that tears my heart into pieces. It’s Sienna, and she’s in danger.

  Using all my strength, I climb the rest of the rocks quickly and leap over the railing and onto her bedroom balcony. I’ve made it through security undetected and now I’m here to sneak her out. It looks like there’s going to be some bodies along the way, but I don’t have a problem with that.

  Through the glass doors, I see Sienna pinned to the bed by one of the security guards, and rage bubbles inside me like lava. I roar as I burst through the doors, and the glass shatters as it slams into the walls. The guard turns to me, and I lunge for him, gripping his throat in both my hands as I body slam him to the ground.

  “Wait, it’s not what it looks like.” He holds his hands up as he pleads, but I don’t listen as I fall on top of him with my elbow down.

  It lands in his chest, and all the air leaves his lungs as he turns purple. There was some crunching in there too, but broken ribs isn’t enough of a punishment for him for touching Sienna.

  “Kai!” she screams, and I look up to see her eyes red and swollen like she’s been crying. She sobs, reaching her arms out to me, and I have no choice but to go to her.

  “Sienna,” I say as I pull her against me and breathe in her scent.

  “You’re alive.” She begins to sob, and I try to calm her down.

  “Of course I am.” I hold her cheeks and look into her eyes. “Do you think I’d ever let anything keep me from you?”

  “I thought you died with my dad.” She sniffs, and my brow furrows.

  “Who told you your da—” My words are cut off by the sound of a gun cocking behind me.

  When I turn around, I see the guard has his weapon trained on me, right in the middle of my chest.

  “Marco, no!” Sienna pleads from behind me. But I’m so big, I cover her completely.

  “You think you can come into my castle and take her?” Marco shakes his head as he tries to smile. “The king is dead, and she’s mine.”

  This man trying to make a claim on the woman I love will not be tolerated. He’ll die for uttering those words, and I’ll do it with my bare hands if I have to.

  I take a step forward, ready to feel a bullet hit me, when out of the corner of my eye I see movement.

  “She’ll be a useful toy to sit at my feet while I’m the one that rules,” he hisses.

  “Never,” I seethe, and then the gun goes off.

 

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