Left For Dead (The Guarded Secrets Series Book 3) Read Online Free PDF Page A

far first.”
    Demon rolled his eyes and shook his head. I knew he liked having a plan, which is why he wished that Renegade, or just about anyone else, had been sent with him. They would make a plan with him, they didn’t like to go with the flow and take risks. I had learned the best laid plan could still go awry. I preferred to know how to handle a stressful situation before shit hit the fan.
    “Maybe Renegade could have kept you in line,” Demon stated, clearly not willing to drop the topic yet. I knew it was because everyone at the agency was wondering what was happening between Renegade and I, and we refused to answer. “I would have preferred that, even if it meant being forced to watch you two together. The dazed looks and sparkle in both your eyes when you’re around each other—it grosses me out.”
    I clenched my jaw to prevent myself from discussing the topic. I didn’t want to talk about it, him. None of it made sense lately, and Renegade wasn’t helping the matter. Now that everyone was asking about it I never got a moment of peace. First, I had to figure out why he suddenly became uninterested in me. If I had to venture a guess it would be because we were no longer on a mission and the excitement had worn off for him. “Shut up,” was all I said before turning to cast Demon a glare.
    He nodded his head in understanding before a black car rolled toward the river bank. Demon quickly pushed me back down to the ground to conceal me, once again forcing me into the snow. I cringed, but this time didn’t bother to push away from the ground. Depending on how focused they were on their surroundings, and the weapons they carried, it was best to stay low and out of sight.
    I peered over the snow wall Demon had built for us to lay behind as two people were dragged out. I squinted in an attempt to see better, and saw that both women had their hands tied behind their backs and blindfolds over their eyes. I glanced between them until I saw a familiar pale skin tone, long brown hair, and figure I had seen in the file in Ash’s office. It was Katya, and Nikolai hadn’t lied that she was supposed to die today.
    I tried to move, ready to jump in and stop them from killing her and her mother, but Demon pushed me down again and held me there as we waited a few moments for the tree to stop shaking. He had risked giving away our position to stop me, but also caused my courage to drain away. I glanced at him—he held a serious gaze in his eyes. He wasn’t going to let me leave this spot until he was sure I’d be safe.
    “Remember what Renegade said, Night Stripe. We can’t interfere. No matter how much we want to. For now we wait until they leave.”
    “They’ll be dead,” I whispered back in disbelief. Demon couldn’t honestly expect me to sit here and let them die in front of me. He knew why I risked coming here in the first place. I hadn’t gotten rid of her file in Ash’s office only for her father to kill her later.
    “I’d rather them than you,” he said, holding his hand up as an order to stay. “Now stay put and wait.”
    I let out a low growl as I sank back into the snow and watched in a heated silence. I knew Demon would find a way to keep me here, and I couldn’t risk his life for theirs. There was a point where I had to choose my battles, and this one I’d call a forfeit, but there would be more to come if this played out correctly. First I’d have to sit through it though, and I didn’t see that happening very easily.
    We were forced to watch as the women were dragged apart, the mother calling for Katya and Katya calling for her mother. I assumed they were pulled away to watch the other die as well, but the further they took them apart I felt it played into the idea of being overpowered. There wasn’t a love stronger than that between mother and child, and now both of their lives were at risk, they each would fight to save the other. It only became apparent to Nikolai, who I could see from