The Bound Between Us

Jason shoved open the door to Rowan's holding room. Inside, Rowan was convulsing on the bunk, two officers struggling to keep him still.

The place was a wreck-vomit splattered across the floor, the cot pushed sideways.

One officer gripped a syringe, ready to inject.

"What's in that?" Jason snapped, snatching the syringe away. "Who said you could do this? Why isn't he at the hospital?"

"It's just a sedative. He's too slippery. We can't risk taking him out," the officer replied, a little defensive. "Orders from up top."

Jason didn't waste time. He shoved the officer aside, glancing at Hank, who'd just come in. "Go get the car. We're taking him to the hospital. I'll take the heat."

"Jason, we don't have clearance. If something happens, you can't cover for this

But Jason was already clicking open his handcuffs, snapping one end onto himself and the other onto Rowan. The room went quiet.

He shot the others a hard look. "Out of the way."

With Rowan now literally attached to him, escape was off the table. The officers had nothing left to argue.

together they half-carried, half-dragged Rowan out

off a firestorm. His colleagues were furious, and his

hadn't been in Einsberg long, and now he'd handed his

Rowan

stayed close. That's how he noticed the scars running all over Rowan's body—raw,

of honor for men. Truth is, no man actually wants

him, lips quirking in a half-hearted smirk. "Thought this was

What happened?" Jason asked. "No way someone inside would risk poisoning

just glanced at him,

turned sharp. "Rowan, if Autumn did anything wrong, the law will deal with her. Don't try any tricks.

this wasn't a simple poisoning. Otherwise, Rowan would never have survived

made sense-Rowan had done this to himself, timing

what you're talking about. Ate dinner, stomach started hurting, thought

in with the pills already hidden, swallowing them on purpose to drag Autumn into the

to her. If things blew

tone

think the police are clueless? If you die in there, you're just giving Anastasia a lifetime of guilt. That's not helping her. You actually

had some