Page 42 of Sinful Desires

“Let me go inside and get my phone.I’ll call them and see how much longer they’ll be.”

“Make it quick.”

“You can come in if you’d like,” Malik said, but he already knew the man wouldn’t set foot inside the house that was inferior to him.

He walked back in and closed the door.Aiden was waiting out of sight.

“She’s gone.”

Malik’s heart stopped.“Gone, where?”

“She got out of the office window.She’s injured, there was blood, I just don’t know how bad.”

“Her stepfather is fucking crazy.He’s saying how she’s emotionally unstable.He’s her next of kin, so we have no grounds to fight.I don’t have a lot of time.I told him you, and she went into town and won't be back for a few hours.That will give us a little time.We need to find her and take her to Judge Peters.He owes us, and I think we can talk him into getting us married.That way, he can’t take her from us.”

“I like the sound of that.I’ll suit up and find her.You call the judge and then deal with her stepfather.”

“Yeah, thanks,” Malik muttered.“Keep her hidden, and I’ll call with an update.”

“You got it.”

Malik watched Aiden get into his camo, grab the emergency backpack, and rush out the back door before he put in a call to the judge.After explaining the situation, Peters agreed with his assessment and would start on the paperwork so it would be ready by the time they got there.

Malik hung up, took a few deep breaths, pasted on a smile, walked out of the house, and up to Camila’s stepfather.

“So, I talked to Aiden.They went a little farther than they first thought.I guess Camila wanted to see a movie, and Aiden had a hard time telling her no.So, it’s going to take them a few hours, but if you’d like to come in, I started some chili if you’re hungry.”

Malik bit the inside of his mouth to keep from laughing out loud at the disgust on the man’s face.

“No, we’ll just come back.”

“Okay.If you think that’s best.”

Malik watched the chauffeur open the man's door.Before he slid in, he saw the pale face of a woman who looked an awful lot like Camila.He couldn’t miss the fear and desperation she had on her face before it became vacant of any emotion.

He waved to them, and when they were out of sight, he rushed into the house, got his own hunting gear on, and was out the door tracking Aiden’s footprints and the signs he left behind for him.

They needed to find her as soon as possible and do everything they could to protect her.