Insatiable (Steel Brothers Saga 12)

“And you better have a good reason for having a meth lab in your kitchen,” I retorted.

“It’s not mine,” the man said.

“Sell it to someone else.” Talon cocked his gun. “We’re looking for three people. An older woman with brown hair and eyes, a younger one, same coloring with long hair, and a young man with light brown hair and hazel eyes. Hair’s real short.”

“Don’t know what you’re talking about,” he said. “Put those guns down, please.”

“Not on your life,” I said through clenched teeth. “You’re holed up in a meth lab. Even if you don’t know where—”

A slight movement to the man’s right.

Then, a woman’s voice.

“Brad? Is that you?”

Chapter Sixteen

Marjorie

Slit her throat.

The words rang in my head.

Could I? Was I capable of doing harm to another human being?

I was certainly capable of harming myself. With the slight thought, my fresh cut itched and tingled, and the steel blade grew hot against my breast.

My friend…

Would I get in trouble? I’d been kidnapped. Taken against my will. Surely this would be a case of self-defense.

If only Jade were here. She was an attorney. She could tell me for sure.

Alex rustled around in the other room. Until she fell asleep, we couldn’t do anything anyway.

Still, the blade burned against my flesh, as if it were branding me.

“What now?” Colin mouthed to me.

“We wait, I guess,” I mouthed back.

We should be exhausted, but energy rolled through me. My heart beat rapidly, keeping me on edge. No way would I be able to sleep. No way.

I just hoped Alex could. Apparently, she was used to doing these sorts of things for a living. If so, she should be able to sleep through anything by now. Or she slept lightly. I prayed it was the former.

Come on! Fall asleep, damn it!

Still, she rustled around, sounding as if she was having a difficult time getting comfortable. Served her right, though I wanted her comfortable at the moment.

I wanted her damned comfortable, dreaming about pink clouds and unicorns and sleeping like a baby.

I lay down on the bed. “Lie down,” I said barely audibly to Colin. “In case she comes in here.”

He nodded and took his place on the floor.

Normally I’d have resisted lying down, afraid I’d fall asleep. Not tonight. My beating heart wouldn’t let me succumb to slumber anytime soon.

I sat up in bed and checked my watch. Shit! Forty-five minutes had passed in the span of two. So much for not falling asleep. On the floor next to me, Colin had succumbed as well. Maybe this had been a good thing. If Alex thought we were asleep…