In His Power (Beyond Darkness, #1)
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‘Not good enough.’ Victor nodded and off came another toe...
London heard the loud screams as she climbed the stairs. She didn’t want to know what was going on. All she wanted was to find Paige. She knew that even though Victor had his way of doing things, she just wanted to find her daughter. But it wasn’t that simple. Each door led to nowhere.
‘Paige!’ She shouted. ‘Paige honey!’ She walked down a corridor, but there was no response. ‘Oh god!’ She understood why Victor was doing what he was doing. It would take a lifetime to find her daughter the way she was trying to, but she wouldn’t give up.
There was a door to one of the rooms that was opened. She peaked inside, there was no one there, but she noticed the red top that was on the floor. She picked it up and immediately knew. It was the Nemo top Paige had insisted she wanted to wear the day they went to the theme park. London dropped to her knees and cried. Where was her little girl? What did this all mean? Was she dead, had she been sold?
‘Oh god no!’ She cried, and she didn’t hear the footsteps that entered the room behind her.
****
‘Okay, I’ll talk, just don’t kill me!’ The man yelled.
‘You have five seconds.’
‘My boss is....’
Victor nodded.
‘Wait! He’s in Germany!’
‘Speak.’
The man told him the ins and outs of the business. Victor listened. He looked over at Bradley, who should’ve got this information ages ago, but Bradley was adamant that Paige was in the warehouse. But Victor knew otherwise. The minute it came out that someone was hunting them, they’d have cleared her out.
‘Go, find her!’ he said quickly to one of his men, but just as he was about to step out and man stepped in with a knife against London’s neck.
‘Not so fast.’
Victor’s heart dropped. He’d told her to stay in the car for that very reason. Now she was in the middle of a crime that could go very wrong.
‘Don’t hurt her! She has nothing to do with this.’
‘I said drop the gun! Or I’ll kill her!’
****
The little girl was cleared at the immigration airport in Germany as Paige Beach. She had a smile on her face because Lucia had told her she would see her mummy. She walked with a skip in her step, dressed in a pretty white dress, and two cute ponytails.
They stepped right into a waiting car and drove off. Lucia smiled. Everything had gone according to plan, and soon Lucia would be three million dollars richer. It was fifty minutes before the car finally stopped outside a posh looking building. Lucia held out her hand and Paige took it willingly, oblivious to what was really happening. All she knew was that she would see her mummy!
‘You look very pretty today,’ Lucia said just as they were about to enter the building.
Paige blushed and laughed shyly. Her mummy would really be happy to see her, and she would be happy to see her mummy!
Mister and Mrs Beach waited nervously in Dimitri’s office. He’d got the call that Lucia and Paige were on their way up. He’d told them, and they just couldn’t wait to see their daughter.
Mrs Beach held onto her husbands arm tight. She was nervous, but excited at the same time.
‘Not long now, honey.’ He rubbed her hand gently.
The door opened and in stepped Lucia and Paige. Paige looked around at the adults staring at her, but didn’t recognise a single one of them.
‘Where’s my mummy?’ she asked Lucia.
‘I’m right here honey.’ Mrs Beach couldn’t help herself. She rushed towards Paige and took her into her arms.
‘You’re not my mummy!’ she yelled. ‘I want my mummy.’
The woman retracted a moment and looked at Dimitri.
‘What is she talking about? I thought you said she was an orphan.’
‘She is. She’s been with her foster mother for months, she referred to her as mummy for a while. It’s natural for these children to bond with their carers.’ He reassured them. Mrs Beach looked at her husband and he nodded. All seemed okay.
‘It’s okay darling. I’m your new mummy now.’ The woman tried to take her into her arms, but Paige pulled away.
‘You’re not my mummy! I want my mummy!’
‘Why don’t you take her into the playroom to calm down, while we finalise the paperwork,’ he addressed Lucia.
Lucia pulled Paige away against her will. She cried about her mother, but Lucia didn’t care to know. All she thought about was the three million dollars that would soon be in her bank account.
‘Shut the fuck up!’ she said finally when they were away from prying eyes. ‘That is your new mummy, so deal with it! Your mummy no longer wants you! That’s your new mummy and she will love you very much!’
Paige broke into a fit of tears, but it did nothing to move Lucia. Instead she dragged the child down the hall towards the playroom. Nothing and no one would stop this deal from going through. Not even a screaming child! Everything would happen just the way she’d planned it!
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Iris Deorre is not only an Author but she is also an Entrepreneur. She loves to write erotic stories, weaving difficult love triangles with exciting and daring sex. Iris loves to mix her erotica with paranormal. You’ll find Shapeshifters, werewolves, vampires, to name a few.
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