care of everything else. I promise you, you have nothing to worry
about. Something like this will never happen to you again. This is my promise
to you.”
“How can you say
that? How can you make that kind of promise? You have no control over these
people. You don't know what they’re like, what they're capable of!”
“Angel, I know
exactly what they're capable of, and I just became their worst nightmare.”
As Jason drew to
a closer, Aviva felt the hairs at the back of her neck stand on end. Suddenly,
he seemed like a completely different person from the man who had only moments
before had tried to comfort her. His face had taken on a mask of determined
conviction. This man she readily admitted scared her.
Although she had
never witnessed it, Aviva knew Jason had a dangerous streak. He had admitted to
her and his family that he had dispensed his own form of justice on those who
had crossed him, and Aviva knew he was again in that same place. She wanted to
know what he was going to do, but coward that she was, she couldn't ask. She
was disturbed and frightened that she might stand up and urge him on. Even
worse, she might suggest ways of making whatever punishment he dealt out even
worse and their suffering more prolonged.
“Change your
clothes, Angel. One of us will come and get you when it's time for us to go.”
“Go…go where?”
Jason hesitated,
not wanting to alert her to the type of danger he thought they were in. These
men already had their plans in motion while they were operating blindly, only
just managing to stay one step ahead of them. If he didn't have her to think
about, keep safe, he wouldn't wait for them to come at them the way they had
just done. He would hunt them down and taken them out without a backwards
glance.
“We're moving to
a safe house. Now change and be ready to go as soon as someone comes for you.”
“What are you
going to do?”
Jason was growing
impatient at her constant questioning, and it showed in his response. “Just do
as I say. Change and do not leave this room!”
Aviva was
completely over the tone of voice he kept using when speaking to her, but
realized it wasn’t the time to question his dictates. Their position was at the
very least precarious, two armed men had just walked into their suite bent on
killing them. It was definitely not the time to argue with him.
“Please be
careful,” Aviva said, looking up at him with concern.
Her words
surprised him. He had been sure she was getting ready to take him to task for
giving her orders. His angel never ceased to surprise him. He wanted to kiss
her, take her into his arms and kiss her in a way that would make up for the
days they had been apart.
Jason didn’t try
to hide his feelings, they were there shining in his eyes, leaving Aviva in no
doubt as to what was on his mind. But he didn't act on his need. Instead, he
gave her a curt nod and left the room.
~~~~~~~~~~
The sight that
greeted Jason on his reentry into the living area would have been comical if
they were not in such a dangerous situation. The man he had felled was still
laying in the same position in which he had left him.
Josh, on the
other hand, had gone to the trouble of finding white material from somewhere
and had trussed up his captive to look something like a semi mummified body.
The material covering him from his mouth to his knees, his shins left unbound.
If he tried to run, he would have to move with his calves flicking outwards
from side-to-side, no doubt looking like a demented fool.
Jason looked over
at Jake and they both shook their heads. Their younger brother had a warped
sense of the ridiculous. Jason knew he wouldn't have gone to the trouble of
finding material and wrapping the thug up in the way Josh had. He would have
just knocked him out and saved himself the effort.
“Having fun?”
Jason asked his younger brother, nodding to the man sitting beside him on the
sofa. The man's eyes moving furiously back and forth between
about. Something like this will never happen to you again. This is my promise
to you.”
“How can you say
that? How can you make that kind of promise? You have no control over these
people. You don't know what they’re like, what they're capable of!”
“Angel, I know
exactly what they're capable of, and I just became their worst nightmare.”
As Jason drew to
a closer, Aviva felt the hairs at the back of her neck stand on end. Suddenly,
he seemed like a completely different person from the man who had only moments
before had tried to comfort her. His face had taken on a mask of determined
conviction. This man she readily admitted scared her.
Although she had
never witnessed it, Aviva knew Jason had a dangerous streak. He had admitted to
her and his family that he had dispensed his own form of justice on those who
had crossed him, and Aviva knew he was again in that same place. She wanted to
know what he was going to do, but coward that she was, she couldn't ask. She
was disturbed and frightened that she might stand up and urge him on. Even
worse, she might suggest ways of making whatever punishment he dealt out even
worse and their suffering more prolonged.
“Change your
clothes, Angel. One of us will come and get you when it's time for us to go.”
“Go…go where?”
Jason hesitated,
not wanting to alert her to the type of danger he thought they were in. These
men already had their plans in motion while they were operating blindly, only
just managing to stay one step ahead of them. If he didn't have her to think
about, keep safe, he wouldn't wait for them to come at them the way they had
just done. He would hunt them down and taken them out without a backwards
glance.
“We're moving to
a safe house. Now change and be ready to go as soon as someone comes for you.”
“What are you
going to do?”
Jason was growing
impatient at her constant questioning, and it showed in his response. “Just do
as I say. Change and do not leave this room!”
Aviva was
completely over the tone of voice he kept using when speaking to her, but
realized it wasn’t the time to question his dictates. Their position was at the
very least precarious, two armed men had just walked into their suite bent on
killing them. It was definitely not the time to argue with him.
“Please be
careful,” Aviva said, looking up at him with concern.
Her words
surprised him. He had been sure she was getting ready to take him to task for
giving her orders. His angel never ceased to surprise him. He wanted to kiss
her, take her into his arms and kiss her in a way that would make up for the
days they had been apart.
Jason didn’t try
to hide his feelings, they were there shining in his eyes, leaving Aviva in no
doubt as to what was on his mind. But he didn't act on his need. Instead, he
gave her a curt nod and left the room.
~~~~~~~~~~
The sight that
greeted Jason on his reentry into the living area would have been comical if
they were not in such a dangerous situation. The man he had felled was still
laying in the same position in which he had left him.
Josh, on the
other hand, had gone to the trouble of finding white material from somewhere
and had trussed up his captive to look something like a semi mummified body.
The material covering him from his mouth to his knees, his shins left unbound.
If he tried to run, he would have to move with his calves flicking outwards
from side-to-side, no doubt looking like a demented fool.
Jason looked over
at Jake and they both shook their heads. Their younger brother had a warped
sense of the ridiculous. Jason knew he wouldn't have gone to the trouble of
finding material and wrapping the thug up in the way Josh had. He would have
just knocked him out and saved himself the effort.
“Having fun?”
Jason asked his younger brother, nodding to the man sitting beside him on the
sofa. The man's eyes moving furiously back and forth between
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