Total pages in book: 34
Estimated words: 31834 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 159(@200wpm)___ 127(@250wpm)___ 106(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 31834 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 159(@200wpm)___ 127(@250wpm)___ 106(@300wpm)
“Are you all right?” Grim asked.
Eve placed a hand on the girl’s back, and she immediately sunk against her. “I was going back to school. Every lunchtime I go and see my mom, and we … I … it’s the same, and I come through the park, but he was waiting. I’ve never seen him before.”
“Should we call the police?” Eve asked. She didn’t know what to do in this situation or whether Grim would even want the police involved.
“Already done. Sweetheart, do you have your mother’s number?” Grim asked.
She had never seen him be nice to anyone but her. Watching him with this girl, even though he did keep his distance, Eve knew in that moment he was going to make an amazing father. There was no doubt about it in her mind. She watched him, unable to look away.
The young girl nodded, and the rest of the night was a whirlwind. A single police officer showed up, and he took her statement along with the young girl’s, and then Grim’s. Eve couldn’t believe what had happened.
Chapter Nine
Grim was pissed off. Children had been going missing, but since he tortured and killed the man who gave him the name Anthony Thistle, everything had gone silent.
According to his source in the police force, four children had been taken in the past week. The girl in the park would have been the fifth one, and they all had the same MO—blonde with blue eyes. Someone was completing an order.
He wasn’t happy that he hadn’t been alerted to the missing children, but now he was more than happy to hunt for Anthony Thistle. He’d already put his men on the hunt, and when he was happy with Eve, and she felt okay, he would be going to find him.
“Why that girl?” Eve asked as they returned home.
He only closed the front door and turned to face her.
“She has blonde hair and blue eyes. Also, as she admitted, she takes the same route every day.”
“School is not open every day,” Eve said.
“But if she visits her mom every single day, then he has watched her. All you need is a short time to watch someone to see if they do the same thing every day. It’s not hard, and in the winter, there are not a lot of people around.”
“But it was broad daylight,” Eve said.
Grim shrugged. “It doesn’t stop the monsters, Eve. Evil doesn’t wait for the cover of darkness.”
She shook her head and he went to her, pulling her into his arms.
“There shouldn’t be a market for this. This kind of thing shouldn’t be happening.”
He couldn’t agree more, but it didn’t change the fact that it was happening, and it was impossible to stop.
“You have the guy, don’t you?” Eve asked.
“Yes.”
“You told that officer he got away.”
“I know.”
She pulled back and looked into his eyes. “What are you going to do?”
“Whatever I have to do. I know who’s demanding these kids, who’s making these orders.”
“Orders?” Eve asked.
“Think of it as a shopping list. There are men willing to pay a lot of money for this kind of stuff.”
She shook her head. “That is sick.”
“It happens all the time. Some people don’t limit themselves to men and women, they want children.” He cupped her face, forcing her to look at him. “I am going to take care of this. I promise.”
“I know and I … I don’t want you to let that animal go,” Eve said.
“He’s not going anywhere, Eve. The moment I caught him, his life was all but over.”
Eve pressed her lips together.
“What’s the matter?” he asked.
He saw her struggling. He didn’t like this. The picnic today was supposed to be fun, romantic, and help Eve continue falling in love with him again.
Grim was pissed that it had been spoiled by fucking scum, and he was going to delight in hurting that bastard for ruining his plans. Also, for attempting to kidnap young children.
There was a lot of shit he was going to do to that asshole, and he was going to delight in every single thing.
“I … I want you to hurt him. I want you to make him scream and beg and wish he had never stepped foot in that park today,” she said.
“Consider it done.”
She let out a whimper.
He gripped the back of her neck and held her tightly against him. “I’ve got you, Eve. I’m not going to let anything bad happen to you.”
“What kind of a person does it make me to want him to die?” she asked. “I’m a horrible person.”
“You’re not horrible, baby. I promise you, and trust me, men like that, if there was a price for you, he would have done the same to you. There is no reasoning with these bastards. Trust me, and let me take care of it.”
Eve nodded and rested her head against his chest. “I don’t want anything bad to happen to you,” she said.