Page 69 of Fierce Pursuit

Without taking the time to think, I jumped.

Tucking my knees into my chest, my body rolled into a tight ball.

I hit the cold ground hard. Pain exploded through my side, my hip slamming against the earth, the breath knocked from my lungs. I barely had time to react before I rolled straight into a patch of thick, wet mud.

Shock rippled through me.

I was alive.

I was free.

Holy shit. It worked.

CHAPTER 17

KOSTYA

Igot up and stretched, ready to go hunt down Marina and drag her back to this room before she got some crazy idea in her head.

She needed to be back in this bed with her pert ass pressed against me.

I enjoyed having her in my arms, knowing she was safe.

I had just fallen asleep when she tried to crawl over me.

She made her case, and although I didn't like having her out of my sight, she had a good point. Once I had her in my hands, she didn't alert anyone. She didn't cause a scene.

Marina may not have grown up in a bratva family, but she was close enough to know better.

There was nowhere she could go.

No way for her to run.

If she tried to hide, I would simply find her and then take my time punishing her again.

Then the train stopped.

It fucking stopped.

Dammit.

I could hear the bells of the crossing not far off, and I knew, I just knew, she was going to pull some shit.

As I rose, movement outside the window caught my eye.

"Motherfucker," I swore as I ran out of the room to the doors at the end of the carriage, which were still open.

Without a moment of hesitation, I jumped from the train.

When I got her back in our carriage, I was going to spank her until she couldn't sit for a month, then I was going to put her on her knees and choke her with my cock until she learned to obey.

It took only a moment to find her.

My little rabbit was trapped in the mud.

When she saw me, our eyes met and locked for a moment, then she tried to run.

The mud slowed her down, but that didn't stop her from fighting like hell to get away from me. It only took me a few seconds to catch up to her, tackling her to the ground and pinning her underneath me.

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