Twenty-Two
Late Monday evening
Alaric had been drugged and beaten. And were it not for the threats against his family, he would have taken out every last one of Wyatt’s goons by now.
Elize had gotten home okay. However, it was made crystal clear that if she went to the cops, his entire family would be wiped out, starting with her and her unborn child. His sister had sounded more pissed than scared when they allowed them to speak. He needed motivation, in case he tried to escape again. The only reason he was alive was to ensure that Elize didn’t go to the cops, as well as leverage against Scarlet, but Alaric suspected there was more to his survival at this stage.
During his brief conversation with his sister, he had given her the code word—a getaway plan his father had developed while t
