Meadow’s POV:

My eyes widened. Tyler wasn’t letting me go. I could see it in his eyes. He was ready to kill me. I could feel my face getting hot, and I thrashed as much as the ropes binding me would allow.

“Y… c-can’t k-kill…” I choked out.

“Is that what you think?” he mused.

He couldn’t kill me. He wouldn’t get the money if he did. Alaric wouldn’t surrender whatever amount of money he was asking for if he wasn’t sure I was alive.

Tyler squeezed harder for a few ...