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Much to her sister’s disone downstairs to eat dinner in her jeans, plaid shirt, and cowboy boots
She glanced at theThe sun was going down The guards et close to aHer father’s orders, no doubt, after he’d caught her eavesdropping on Rhett
She scanned the dining roo them At least she hadn’t been forced to endure Rhett’s coroaned Speak of the devil He strode into the roo a white silk scarf around his shoulders and an obnoxious smirk on his face
He stopped in front of her "I have a surprise for you"
Her eyes widened "You have dog uests chuckled, and his ser
He seized her arm "Come with me"
As he dragged her frouards following Would they defend her if she was attacked, or stand by and applaud?
Rhett pushed her out the back door, rabbed her once again and pulled her close
"You will show rowled softly
"Then I can be rude in private?"
His hands tightened painfully on her arms, and she winced There would be bruises to sleeves
"You don’t want to knoe’ll do in private," he hissed He whipped the white silk scarf off his shoulders and spun her around
She lunged forward to escape, but the three guards blocked her Suddenly, the silk scarf covered her eyes She gasped and felt a tug at the back of her head The scarf had been knotted
She reached up to pull the scarf down but her hands were grabbed by a pair of tight fists
"Come with me" Rhett pulled her forward
Her heart raced She heard the guards following behind, but she doubted they would help her "What are you doing? If you harm me, my father will kill you"
Rhett chuckled "Harm you? I plan to marry you, you nitwit Noo steps down" He held on to her hands and guided her into the backyard
"Where are you taking me?" she demanded
"I told you I have a surprise for you" Rhett wrapped an arm around her shoulder and steered her to the left "It took all night and all day for me and my men to pull off this feat You’ll be very ied to castrate yourselves," she muttered
He chuckled "I like the way you resist It will make your final subainst her cheeks The ten that the sun had set Would Phineas co for her?
She strained her ears and could hear the soft thud of footsteps behind her The guards were still following Up ahead, she heard voices So down? She sed hard
Ih her mind, and her heart thundered in her ears No! She pushed the memories aside She wouldn’t panic She would be brave
Rhett stopped her and placed her hands on a horizontal wooden beaers into the wood
Rhett whispered, hisher ear "Your sister toldit to you as a sign of asped
Her heart lurched, and tears instantly sprang to her eyes
The hite stallion was iround furiously Its eyes rolled about in fear and rage Three ropes had been tied around its neck and secured to the fenced enclosure The horse strained to move, its neck already red elts as the ropes cut into its white coat
"You’re hurting hi me She could alhter and tighter
"It’s the only way to contain hiht"
She noted the dried blood on the horse’s flank "Let hi? Do you kno ?"
She wiped the tears off her face, and jutted out her chin "Let hio if you’ll bebride"
Her heart skipped a beat as it plu of doom sucked her down Subazed at the hite stallion, and reed, at least one of them would be free
Chapter Twenty-four
Phineas nearly fell out of the tree when he teleported there Was that Brynley? Blindfolded? Rhett Bleddyn was leading her across the backyard Three guards followed close behind They appeared to be headed toward the stable
Maybe he could teleport to her and grab her before Rhett or the three guards reacted Might be difficult since Rhett had an ar in Nate Carson’s basement, he’d been so anxious to return here and watch for Brynley that he’d guzzled down a bottle and teleported straight here with Phil He’d left the olf in his favorite tree in the front Zoltan and Jack were supposed to follow
He texted a e to Zoltan Go to stable roof now!
He pocketed the cell phone and glanced at Brynley Rhett had taken her to the horse pen
His breath caught Glea white under the full moon, the hite stallion strained at its ropes
Shock quickly gave way to anger The bastards They’d found the perfect way to hurt Brynley This was no slap on the face It was a wound inflicted upon her soul
He teleported to Phil, and before Phil could ask a question, he’d landed the two of them on the stable roof
Zoltan materialized with Jack
Phineas pointed toward the horse pen and whispered, "Brynley" As he stretched out on his stoe of the roof, the others did the saet her" Zoltan nudged Phineas with his elbow "Jack and I will keep the guards busy"
"No," he whispered back "I want you and Jack to teleport into the pen You’ll use your mojo to calm down the stallion while Jack cuts the ropes Then you teleport the horse out While you’re--"
"The horse is too heavy," Zoltan interrupted
"You can do it together"
Jack shook his head "We could end up ripping it in two"
"Then connect your ether at the cabin You can do it And while they’re freaking out over the horse, I’ll swoop in and grab Brynley We’ll all uys go ahead Have all the fun"
"Sorry, dude," Phineas said
Phil snorted "I was kidding I want you to get Bryn out I’ll stay here I’m worried about the rest of my family, too"
Phineas removed the knife from his boot and handed it to Jack "Can you do it?"
He accepted the knife "It’s a crazy idea, but I like it"
"Ready?" Zoltan asked "On the count of three One, two, three"
Jack and Zoltan teleported Jack zoo the three ropes, while Zoltan faced the horse The stallion grew still
Rhett’s o of Brynley and shouted orders to his uards rabbed her She gasped, looking at hi with the horse, then he teleported, taking Brynley with him