Page 41 of Reclaiming Izabel

“I’m fine, Izzy. Go with Drake.”

“But—”

“Come on. Let’s go.” My hands slid to her upper arms and led her toward the back exit.

“Drake,” Viktor called.

He pointed two fingers to his eyes.

“Fuck,” I muttered.

Brick approached us and handed me a hood.

Mutiny was written all over Izabel’s face as her eyes dared me to put the covering over her.

“I have no choice.”

“I’m not stopping you.”

I was beginning to hate those four words with a passion.

And with her eyes cutting right through the heart of me, I put the offending layer over her head and prepared for a hellish night.

“This isn’t the way home,”Izabel said.

“I’m not taking you to your house.”

“What’s going on?”

I removed the hood the second we got on the interstate. Izabel didn’t freak out or argue this time. I wondered if I should have warned her the first time that I was hooding her instead of simply throwing the cover over her head. Admittedly, a wrong move on my part, but it had been instinctive since I’d done it countless times on terrorists we’d captured and brought back to base.

“I can’t take you back until Viktor releases Marcus. The cops might be staking your house and I can’t risk it.”

It was two in the morning and I wasn’t taking any chances.

“So, I’m your prisoner.”

I gripped the steering wheel. “Yup.”

“Can you at least tell me if Marcus’s going to be okay?”

“Such concern for the commander.” I couldn’t keep the bite from my tone.

“He didn’t look okay.”

I clamped my mouth shut because I was afraid I might lash out at her. I concentrated on driving instead of dealing with a wife who didn’t want to be my wife anymore. Who showed more concern for someone else other than me, her husband, who she hadn’t seen in three years. Three years where my every waking moment was thoughts of her. And each time I closed my eyes to sleep? It was her face I saw.

What a mindfuck.

The silence in the car was choking, and I was relieved to see the exit coming up.

“Drake?”

“Not now,” I bit out.

“Why are you mad?”

“Think on that for a minute.”

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