Total pages in book: 37
Estimated words: 32429 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 162(@200wpm)___ 130(@250wpm)___ 108(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 32429 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 162(@200wpm)___ 130(@250wpm)___ 108(@300wpm)
As I wonder about my brother and whether or not she'll see through my guise, I realize I have to keep her blind for much longer. Maybe for the whole time she's with me. It'll also be easier to keep her hands and her legs bound, so she can never take the blindfold off herself. I need to ensure she can't see me if I am to convince her with my voice alone that I am Xander. She may believe me. Xander's voice is a little deeper than mine. I've been smoking in preparation for convincing Tallulah I'm him.
I have a good feeling she's going to go along with it, never suspecting it's actually me on the other end of her blindfold.
My thoughts circle back to Rain. Rain Ferrel. The woman I thought would be my wife for the rest of time. She never gave me an heir, and only now do I realize that I never wanted one with her. I was obsessed with her back then. But I only now know it's because she was a possession I couldn't own. She always belonged to Heath - my nephew. But there's no way I could have resisted Tallulah Gunn. Not when she was promised to me when she was nothing but a seed in her mother's belly.
I've wanted her since then. I marked her as mine the first moment I could. I know despite her training, Tallulah has grown to love me. I can see it all over her face. Written in the way her eyes tear up every time she looks at me. In the way the corners of her mouth crawl up involuntarily every time I'm near her.
I take a swig out of a bottle of whiskey I have my by my side, and tell myself it's the last drink I'll have while I'm driving. But I need something to calm down my nerves. My mind is racing, trying to figure out what I'm going to do next. I haven't told any of my guards what I'm planning to do with Tallulah. For now this, plan is mine and only mine, and nobody knows what I have in store for my ward.
Instead of reaching for the whiskey bottle again, I pull out a pack of cigarettes and start smoking one. The sweet relief of the poison entering my lungs is a small mercy to my racing heart, and my mind jumping from one idea to another. All the things I could do to her... I could torture her.
My thoughts are making me more excited than ever. I can feel my cock tightening beneath my trousers, eager to get out, tenting my pants and forcing me to touch it as I drive.
I haven't been this horny in a while, because I mostly haven't let myself think about Tallulah at all. But now that she's so close to me and she has no idea she's my captive again, I'm finding myself more turned on than ever.
I drive toward my house, which we aren't far away from.
I start wondering whether or not I can actually pull this off. Eventually, I'll have to tell some of my men. At least Saul, and maybe Phoenix too, but I can't have them revealing who I am to Tallulah. Maybe I'll only tell my right hand man. I trust him and I believe he can keep a secret even though he's disappointed me in the past.
I take another long drag of the cigarette and shake out the ashes on the road.
We're not far away now, and soon enough, I'll have to explain what happened. For now though, Tallulah will have to remain in the truck tied up and blindfolded. Like a wild animal.
It takes another twenty minutes for me to arrive at my home. There are guards already waiting along with Saul.
"Where's the fire?" Saul asks with a troubled expression. "You're driving like a madman. And where's Tallulah?"
I know he was worried about me when I just disappeared after I left Tallulah free in the woods. But there was no way I wasn't bringing her back, and I'm sure Saul's well aware of it.
I leave the car running, so Tallulah won't suspect our journey is over. I walk out and approach Saul, glancing at him with a guilty expression and a heavy smirk.
"You knew I was going to go after her."
"Of course I knew," he grins. "You never could leave that girl alone, but I'm starting to accept that and realize she may be the one for you... As fucked up as your relationship is. But you do need to attend to business sooner rather than later, Xavier. We've left things waiting for too long and we need your help. I can't be the only one carrying the weight of this cartel on my shoulders. We need our padron back. We need a man who oversees all our actions. "