PREGNANT CASHIER’S HUSBAND DESTROYED HER PHONE SO SHE COULDN’T CALL FOR HELP—HE HAD NO IDEA A MAFIA BOSS WAS WATCHING FROM AISLE THREE

once.

Elena lifted her hand.

“Wait.”

Vincent stopped.

And in that moment, Elena finally understood the difference between being rescued and being free.

The woman she used to be would have stepped behind Vincent and let his power swallow Derek whole.

The woman she had become reached for the hospital phone beside her bed.

Her fingers trembled, but her voice continue reading …