Rose’s POV

A chill ran down my spine, although I didn't give it away.

Victor, though, had reached his limit.

No time for thinking, he seized his phone. “Okay. We can solve this the easy way.”

For a moment, Alexis's eyes flashed, a fleeting flicker of irritation, of fear, and it went away.

"Is it a call for your little lawman friends?" she scoffed. "Do you think they can help?"

Victor twisted his mouth in a dark smile. "I don't think. I know."

He depressed his dialing ...