Bound By Pain: The Billionaire's Captive

es. She slipped on the slick mud, her fingers desperately c

nd on the other side. A sharp crack echoed in her ears, follo

she tasted copper. She swallowed the sc

f wealth and suffocation. Eleanora's voice rang in her head, cold and absolu

e sound of the rain. Flashlight beams sliced

dragged her injured foot and threw herself into the d

one of the hounds stopped. It pointed its s

rd she thought it might break them. She d

e ignored the stabbing pain in her

road. She raised her hand to scream for help

a fam

the distinct splash of expensive leather shoes hitting the muddy puddle. It was Adalberto. She could sen

bed her shoulders. They forced her down. Her

grabbed a fistful of her wet

Adalberto laughed. "Did you r

nds down into the freezing mud. Her fingers fo

is breath smelled of exp

d. "And I will make sure your adopti

hest caved in. Her fingers went numb a

left cuff. He raised his hand high,

d never

Adalberto's wrist mid-air. T

His face was a mask of pure violence, though he moved with a barely perceptible limp, his jaw tigh

bones grinding together was lou

until a loud snap echoed in the air. He kicked Adalberto

did not even look at them. He moved with brutal efficiency, strikin

anger. Rainwater dripped

dark bruise forming on her cheek. For a fraction of a second, a muscle i

t around Carole's trembling shoulders. The fab

n the mud, clutchi

screamed. "She belongs t

or completely devoid of any emotion. He bent down and scooped Carole up into his arms,

s solid chest. The pain in her ankle flared, and

ed further down the road. He shoved her in

in and Adalberto's

ling sat in the driver's seat. He

est. She watched the dangerous ma

ook a long drink. The veins on the back of his hand bulged. He was

brow. A strange, unsettling

Pennington estate far behind. Carole gripped the e