Silver Bastard (Silver Valley #1)(96)
Author: Joanna Wylde

Triumph flashed through me—I had her.

“I know everything,” I whispered. “I know about the trial. I know about the custody battle. I even know about what you were doing the night it happened. I don’t want to hurt you, Piper. You’re an innocent girl and you don’t deserve any of this. Keep your fucking mouth shut and nobody ever has to know any of it.”

“I will.”

“I’m going to let you go now. You’ll go back to your apartment and you’ll never talk about this to anyone. Stay away from Lola and don’t give anything away to your mom. You’ll live happily ever after.”

Piper nodded desperately. I inhaled, drinking in her scent, then forced myself to push away. She refused my offer of a hand up, edging away from me on her hands and knees. Then she was up and running.

Seconds later, Piper and Lola were gone.

I looked at Rourke and smirked.

“She’s right,” he said. “You really are a fucking psychopath.”

“No, I’m not. If I was, I’d have killed her. That would be safest, and we both know it.”

He laughed.

“That’d be a waste—I’ll bet you never see her again. She’ll be too scared to leave her room.”

I shrugged.

“Better that than dead. I’ll need you to take a message back to the MC. Just because we can’t kill Jamie doesn’t mean we shouldn’t send him a message. In the long run, this may work to our benefit.”