Page 90 of An Epic Voyage

She recalled the details of the attempted rape and then smoothed her fingers over his cheek.“Griffin, unclench.”

“I can’t help it.I want to kill him.”

“He’s probably being eaten by a great white as we speak.”

“Okay, that helps.How did you get away from Van Houten?”

“I put the same mixture into his drink as the other night.He’s in his room, violently ill.”

Griffin chuckled.“You are amazing.”

“Nah.”She informed him that the meeting time had changed and that the other two bodyguards had retrieved the nuke.“I have to be there for the exchange.”

“No, Indigo—”

“Griffin, this isn’t a negotiation.I will be there.It’s my job.”

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Griffin hated thatshe had to go back into the lion’s den.Yes, it was her job, and she was good at it.He would never have had the forethought to bring the knockout drug while they were searching for the safe.They had assumed they were alone.She’d been prepared for any contingency.The woman was a badass in every way.

“You probably want this back.”

He looked down and saw his gun.“How did you get it?”

“I swiped it from Gordon in the fight.”

She’d been in a battle with a man built like a tree stump.And she’d won.She said Gordon had done it to himself, but she’d outsmarted the man.That’s all there was to it.

He certainly didn’t want her facing both Van Houten, who’d proven to be a cold-blooded killer, and Jabari Abdullahi, a murderer in his own right, without a weapon.“If you must go back, you’ll need it.”

“I have to dress in a gown.I don’t have any way to hide it.”

“We’ll strap it to your thigh.”

“I’d feel better if you were there in the shadows, watching my back.”

That might not be a good thing.He’d be tempted to shoot everyone in the room to keep her safe.“I can do that.”

She leaned forward and kissed him.“I know you can, and I trust you.”She brushed a thumb against his busted lip.“You need to know how hard it was for me to say that because I don’t trust easily.There are only a handful of people on earth that I can say that about, and you’re one.”

Oh, damn, he loved her so much.“I feel the same way about you, Indigo.”His voice was gruff.

“Good.”

He cleared the lump of emotion from his throat.“I found Franklin Shepard.He’d been beaten almost to death.”

“Van Houten is getting rid of loose ends.”

“It looks like it.I checked out the speedboat.There are storage areas under the seats.I’m going to get him and Jordy and put them in there.”

“That’s a great idea,” she praised.“They’ll be sure to get out of here safely.I’ll help.”

They returned to the cargo hold.Griffin propped the hatch open so they wouldn’t get locked in again and led her to the room where the other men were located.

“Jordy, it’s Griffin and Indigo.I’m going to turn on the light.”

Jordy popped up.“Indigo?Thank God you’re okay!”