“I DON’T WANT TO LEAVE. Can’t you just protect me here?” Nita twined her fingers, trying to think of a way out of the current crisis. If she allowed Heathcliffe and his brothers to take her away from the ranch she’d have a much harder time getting away from them.
Heathcliffe tugged on a strand of her hair. “Officer Parkins says we’re endangering the other people at the ranch by staying here. He can put us up in a safe house for a couple of days. By then Brita will have found Max and you can come back.”
Nita knew better. She knew Max was too cagey to be caught. He’d evaded the police for years. But she knew Heathcliffe thought Brita and his brothers could do anything they set their minds to. He also wouldn’t believe he was in more danger than she was.
She swallowed hard, knowing what she
