He would let Farrar think he’d won.
He would let Monica hate him.
And when it was over?
He would bring Farrar down.
He would bring Dena back.
And if he survived it…
He would spend the rest of his life making it up to the woman he just locked away to keep her breathing.
CHAPTER 33
Monica paced the room, her stomach in knots so tight she thought she might throw up. She couldn’t stop thinking of Dena being scared. Her heart dropped to her stomach as she prayed nothing happened to her niece. Fear, anger, and rage overwhelmed her as she paced. Images of Dena being frightened kept flashing through her mind.
She stopped glancing at the window again, but she’d already checked the window more than once, even though Kane had told her it was useless. He’d been right. It wouldn’t open. She’d tried everything to get it opened, but nothing worked.
She was on the second floor, and even if she had managed to get it open, she wasn’t sure what she would’ve done next. She hadn’t gotten that far, and the door was just as useless. She had also tried that multiple times by pinning every number combination into that damn pad on the door. Seriously, who had that in a bedroom? Fucking Dark Guardians, that’s who, she thought with a snort.
Cursing under her breath, she shot it a glare before flopping back onto the bed. A moment later, she dragged herself up again andstarted pacing. She checked her phone and frowned. She had to try to call her brother, but he hadn’t answered. She then texted him, but there was still no reply or call back. Fear overwhelmed her again. Doug always called her back or texted. Thoughts of Ken doing something to her brother overwhelmed her.
Monica started to call him again when the door beeped. Rushing that way to make an escape, Raven appeared with a bag and a fountain drink.
“I need to get out of here,” Monica tried to go around her, but Raven blocked her path with ease.
“Yeah, that’s not going to happen.” Raven used her foot to shut the door while still facing Monica. “I figured you might be hungry and thirsty.”
“I’m not,” Monica replied, already glancing past her toward the door. “I have to talk to my brother. He isn’t answering his phone or returning my texts.”
“He’s fine,” Raven said as she headed toward the bed and set the bag on it, then sat down, holding out the drink to Monica.
“I don’t want the fucking drink, Raven.” Monica hissed, wanting to pull her hair out in frustration. “I want to talk to my brother! I want to find Dena! I want out of this room! Kane has no right locking me in here. None of you do.”
Raven shrugged, then took a drink before setting it on the table next to the bed. “Kane has already talked to your brother. Two of the Warriors are at his house now. He also sent someone to your neighbor’s house. Kaneisgoing to get Dena back, and until you understand what the fuck is going on, you are staying in this room.”
Okay, that bit of information took the wind straight out of her. Kane had thought of her brother and Theo. “He did?” Monica whispered as she turned and plopped down on the bed, staring at the door.
“Yeah,” Raven dug through the bag, pulling out a fry, then took a bite. “Fry?”
Shaking her head, she then looked at Raven. “Why?”
Raven finished off her fry and sighed. “You’re really asking me that?” Raven narrowed her eyes at Monica. “Kane isn’t the asshole you seem to think he is. He is also one of the best Dark Guardians to ever be a part of this fucked up team. If anyone can bring Dena back safe, it’s him. If anyone can take down Farrar, it’s him. And for the why. He is in love with you. So, anyone in your life that is important to you, he will lay his life down for them and you.”
“He told you that he’s in love with me?” Monica frowned, not knowing what to think at this point.
“Fuck no,” Raven snorted, then laughed. “He’d rather cut out his tongue and nail it to the wall than tell me that. I’ve known Kane for a long time, Monica. I have never once seen him look at a woman as he looks at you. And let me tell you, I’ve seen that man with a lot of women.”
Monica really didn’t know what to do with that information. She knew she had deep feelings for Kane, but with everything going on, she had tried to ignore them as much as possible. For so long, finding her sister had been the only thing she thought about. Some say it had become an obsession, and she would have to agree with that. Her life had been put on the back burner, so to speak.
“I heard you tell him you trusted him,” Raven said, grabbing her attention away from her own thoughts. “Are you a liar?”
“No,” Monica said with a frown. “I’m not a liar. It’s just I’ve been doing this, trying to find my sister, and now trying to find who killed her, for so long that...it’s my responsibility.”
“Says who?” Raven cocked her eyebrow. “You?”
“Well, yeah, me.” Monica was starting to get a little angry at being questioned. “Who else is going to do it?”