He faced her before climbing up into the driver’s seat. Rather than start an argument, she saw that she’d made some headway. They were in this together. They were together in another way, too.
“All right, but you stay in the RV until it’s over.”
She didn’t agree to that. If he needed her, she’d be there for him.
* * *
Tony must have figured out where they’d gone. An RV this size was hard to hide. The meeting place was close. Korbin drove down another dirt road, this one private. As they approached a clearing, a ranch house with boarded-up windows came into view. The outbuildings weren’t boarded up, and outside the barn, two armed men stood.
Another appeared in the open door with Fallon in a chokehold, a gun to her head. Her long, curly blond hair was wild and messy. She wore faded jeans and a sweater and no jacket. Savanna saw the tightening of Korbin’s face. This was the reason she’d insisted on going with him. Women had fallen victim to violence everywhere he went. He had to stop it. And she was going to help him. Because if she’d ever have a chance with him, he had to be able to put all of this behind him.
She waited in the RV, watching him walk toward the barn. As she predicted, Tony appeared, pointing his finger into Korbin’s face. He sent a man to the RV. Savanna got out as he approached and walked toward Korbin, who looked furious that she’d done it.
Three men with guns forced them inside the barn. Fallon whimpered and eyed Savanna. Having been alone when she was abducted and not having a clue as to why, she was frightened to hysteria. She cried as the man shoved her to Savanna, who caught her.
“It’s going to be all right,” she said low into the woman’s ear.
Dust and dirt and cobwebs were thick from lack of care, and milk urns and pump equipment were just as they were left when the ranch had been abandoned. Drains in the concrete floor surrounded stalls on the other side, troughs underneath to catch blood of cattle when the barn had once been used as a slaughterhouse. Disgusting. The creepiness of this place enveloped Savanna.
Tony strode with his hands clasped behind his back, studying his prey, which at the moment was Korbin. Two of the goons with guns covered Korbin, and only one covered Savanna and Fallon.
“You’ve caused me a great deal of trouble, Mr. Maguire.”
“You should give up now,” Korbin said.
Tony snorted. “This coming from a man wanted for murder.”
“The police are going to find out about you. Nate knows all about your plans. We just left his house. He’s going to tell police, if he hasn’t already.”
“Nate doesn’t know anything.”
“The identity theft you’re planning is a ruse. Isn’t that something? What about the virus you’re going to try to infect all those companies with? Nothing?”
It was dangerous for Korbin to push a man like Tony. Right now. When the guns were all trained on them. Savanna looked for a way out. If she could overpower the man before her and Fallon...
“Killing us won’t solve your problem,” Korbin said.
“Perhaps not, but it will give me great satisfaction. I will gladly claim responsibility for your deaths. And I will go to mine with a smile.”
Fallon began crying again. She believed their situation was hopeless. While it did appear that way, Savanna refused to give up. She watched Korbin look over at Fallon. A quiet rage simmered inside of him.