Cross My Tigress Face the Wrath

The Next Three Days

Hull and Dan were practically losing their minds trying to find Susanna. But no one had a clue where Yvonne had taken her. Every possible place they could think of-places Yvonne might go had been turned upside down, but nothing. Not a trace.

At the Quinn family manor, the mood was tense. Stella had been trying to get in touch with Yvonne and Susanna for days. Ever since Susanna made that phone call three days ago, her cell had been dead. Yvonne's phone, unsurprisingly, was switched off too, and none of her people could be reached.

Now, in the dining room, the atmosphere was thick with worry. Stella poked at her scrambled eggs, barely eating. Hull and Ronald sat across from her, both looking grim.

Ronald took a sip of his coffee and tried to sound casual. "Didn't Hugo get you that info? And your Lincoln's already back, isn't he?"

Hull's voice was flat. "It's been three days."

Ronald shrugged. "You know how Yvonne is. If she doesn't want to be found, nobody's going to find her. That's just how she is."

Hull clenched his jaw. He couldn't stop thinking about how he'd felt all those years ago-worried sick about Stella being in Yvonne's hands. Like Yvonne herself had said, she could be reckless and didn't always know where the line was.

"She's still sick," Hull muttered.

Ronald said nothing, just shot him a cold sideways look.

memory flashed through her mind: Yvonne, swallowing a mouthful of

tight with barely restrained frustration, his

you're gonna mope around like a ghost, why even bother being

humorless laugh. "I've already searched half the damn planet

it was true. He'd searched every coastal town, every place with even a hint of a marina. If someone was going to dump a person in the ocean for "training," only Yvonne would come up

a regular girl-she had no background, no experience.

back, you should go talk to Xander," Ronald

expression darkened. Even hearing Xander's name made him bristle. Xander had gone completely off the rails lately, insisting on getting involved. But as much as he hated to

think Yvonne would let him know

husband," Ronald

exactly why Xander was meddling-Dan was also looking for Yvonne and Susanna, and Xander just wanted to be

he thought about it, the angrier

out

go, then noticed Stella hadn't even touched her

picked it up and held it out to

Hull mad at me now or