Stolen Moment [Enslaved & Enticed] (Siren Publishing Classic) Read Online Free Page A

please.”
    Rylie reluctantly sat inside. Trey got behind the wheel and cranked the engine over.
    “You’re staying at Duval, right?”
    It was no surprise that she didn’t have to tell Trey which hotel she was using as a staging ground for the heist. Their eyes locked. “Yes. I am.”
    “You might want to stay out of the Playground too,” he said.
    “Why?”
    “It’s known for being a Den for werewolves.”
    A shiver ran down her spine. “How do you know?”
    “A friend of mine goes there from time to time. He’s part wolf.”

Chapter Six
     
    “You didn’t know?” he asked.
    Anger undulated off of Trey’s aura. She could feel each cascading wave as though a storm were brewing off the ocean. He was upset with her for not trusting him.
    She shook her head. “I knew there was something different about Eric.”
    “Your gifts are like a dial on a radio. Once you learn how to fine-tune them, you’ll start picking up on everything when you want to.”
    She laughed. “What else is there?”
    “You’re better off not knowing until you start sensing it. Trust me.”
    She shivered. All those scary bedtime stories were probably true. Rylie stared out the window as the lights from the streetlamps blurred from the movement of the Escalade. There were good reasons for her not to trust him. He wanted more than she was capable of giving. Trey drove to the upscale hotel that was across from the jewelry store. He parked on the street.
    “I’ll go check out and get my things,” she said.
    “I’m coming with you.”
    She gave him a look. “Wait in the lobby.”
    “You have ten minutes,” he said. “Then I come for you.”
    She was surprised he’d given her the amount of time he had. They walked into the lobby together, but Trey hung back as she went to the elevator and up to the fifteenth floor. Her room was street facing. All of her equipment for the heist was laid out on the extra bed.
    She wanted to stick to the plan to steal the necklace from the couple tonight, but she knew she couldn’t. The pendant was going to slip through her fingers again. The evil she released by finding the pendant would forever haunt her dreams. She paced. She needed to figure out how to get rid of Trey.
    A light knock sounded at her door.
    It was over.
    Her heart started to pound as her gaze swung toward it. Rylie knew even before she went to it that it’d be Trey. She went to look out the peephole.
    “Open the door, Rylie. It’s been over ten minutes.”
    Rylie pressed her hands against the door. She didn’t want to let him inside. He wasn’t going to go away. She opened the door, and he shut it behind him as he came inside. Rylie went back to the bed and packed away her equipment. He sighed as he moved through the room.
    “I can’t let you go after the pendant.”
    Rylie’s hands stilled on the zipper of the duffle bag. “I know I shouldn’t.”
    “You need to go back to your life.”
    “I can’t do that either.”
    “You have to.”
    “There’s nothing left for me.” She couldn’t even imagine going back to work overseas. That world felt like a lifetime ago. She wasn’t the same person she was six months ago. She hasn’t been the same since she found the pendant in Jordan. She closed her eyes tightly and opened them. “Why are you here?”
    She watched him pace the room. He went to the window where he fingered open the curtain to look outside at the downtown skyline. His gaze settled on the jewelry store below.
    “I’m here to protect you.”
    “I don’t need your protection.”
    “I need to make sure you stay out of the way as my team takes the pendant out of the game. That means you and I are best friends.”
    “No way,” she said.
    “I’m sorry, but this is how it needs to be. You and I are linked until this thing is resolved.”
    “For the love of fuck,” Rylie said.
    Rylie dropped back onto the bed and stared up at the fancy embossed ceiling. She stayed like that for a long time. She heard