Desert Ice Daddy
“So she pushed away and scurried after him, making as little noise as possible.
“He’s here,” she whispered when she caught up with him at the top of the stairway.
“You’ve seen him?” He mouthed the words as his gaze settled on her for a second before going back to scanning the area.
“Back there.”
“Guards?”
“Can’t tell. He’s—” She swallowed. “Tied up.” But he looked unharmed, and that infused her heart with new hope.
“Looking okay?”
She nodded, and tears threatened to spill again. Every atom of her body was pulling her back to that hole in the wall. “Sleeping.”
“We’ll get him. I swear,” he said just as someone stepped into the stairway below them.
Boots pounded up the metal steps.
All she could think of was that they could not get caught this close to Christopher. It would be so incredibly unfair.
Akeem pulled her into the cover of a rusty column that only protected them from one side, and gently pressed his index finger against her lips.
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