Cross My Tigress Face the Wrath

Staring at the mesh bag overflowing with fish, Susanna let out a groan of pure exhaustion.

Yvonne grinned, handing her a tall glass of lemonade. "See? Nothing like some hard work to get your blood flowing again."

The glare in Susanna's eyes melted away at Yvonne's words. As Yvonne straightened up, Susanna collapsed dramatically onto the sand, wrapping her arms around Yvonne's legs.

"Please, Yvonne, I'm begging you just let me go!" she wailed, tears threatening. "I can't eat another bite of fish. I swear, if I see one more fillet, I'll lose it."

Real tears started to roll down her cheeks.

God, she was so tired. Yvonne's training methods were just plain brutal.

For the past three days, Susanna hadn't had a moment's rest. Every morning at five, she was dragged out of her sleeping bag to run laps. Ten laps around the island before breakfast. That was a solid five hours of running! At this point, she knew exactly how many palm trees lined the shore, and which ones had coconuts left. Morning runs, afternoon runs, evening runs... she was going to die from exhaustion.

And if that wasn't bad enough, they ate nothing but fish. Fish sticks, grilled fish, fish salad-Susanna was pretty sure she'd start sprouting gills soon.

Meanwhile, Yvonne looked like she'd just stepped off a magazine cover, her long, red bohemian dress making her look even taller and more glamorous. Susanna, on the other hand, was a sandy, sunburned, disheveled mess.

again, Yvonne rolled her eyes. "Hey, try not

please," Susanna whined, voice cracking. "Look, I can shoot now. I can hit a beer can off a fencepost at fifty paces! I know you want to take

a brow. "You're just gonna gun him down? Isn't

"He deserves it! That bastard

worry, I won't hold back. He's not really my

She'd deny any family ties to him

she done to

even know the guy. We're not

just stared down

since she'd found out Dan was supposed to be her brother, Susanna had been worried Yvonne would take it out on

sharp breath. "Brother? Dan's, what, ten years older than you? How's he your

don't know! Hull said, on

shook her head. This whole Black Gate mess was a

could be Susanna's little brother. If anything, he looked like

"Brother, cousin, whatever-just let me be the one to

her like she was the world's biggest