Thread: Caught Between [LeatrixSage x Mr Quixotic]

Just breath. Dont rush it. Hell bite. Valentina, a pleasure to hear from you, oh, that is not what your voice says, Marshal. it has been a while and whilst I appreciate the call, who says I still require your help? You just told me you did, by asking the question. If you didnt need my help, you would have hung up the phone. Or, for that matter, that Id be interested in keeping you alive. Okay, well yes, if I didnt have anything to offer, youd let me burn. You may be the good guy in this twisted world, but that doesnt mean you have any honor. By this point, Val had to clear her throat to keep herself from laughing in amusement at her own internal monologue. She was sure the Marshal wouldnt approve of her snappy come-backs, so she kept them tactfully to herself. After all, she didnt need the man angry. Or, at least, not angry at her . If anything, she should appeal to the white-knight syndrome that so many of his master race were crippled by. The cloying in his voice shifted and drew her attention back to the buzzing landline that probably hadnt been updated since the sixties. He was already done toying with her. It was what separated people like him from people like her and Victor. U.S. Marshal Cole Whittaker didnt know how to have fun. However, his voice deepened as he flipped into cop-mode and got to the point, Im curious to know what youve done to piss off Curic and how bad of a jam youre in, which Id rather not discuss over an open line. When and where shall we meet? There it was, that ingrained need to protect, and likely the best target for her bait for the time being. If it wasn't for his strong moral backbone, this little lure would never work, which had Val admiring him... in a way. Of course, those were words that would never see the light of day if she had her way. Couldn't have him thinking she was anything more than a filthy criminal, that would just muddy the water. Any time before midnight would work well for me, Val twisted around to look at a clock on the wall behind her, and chuckled when she realized how late it was. You have a little over two hours before I hit general population in the Manhattan Detention Complex. These guys will give up trying to question me by then. If she was honest, theyd likely give up sooner than that. Sure, she was good but warm dinners and warmer wives were going to be far more interesting than the sobbing woman conned into stealing from her old boss in the very near future. Alayna Taylor was just arrested for drugging her ex-boss and trying to steal trade secrets for the competition. What do you know, the safe had some really hard to find security measures. Really, Im embarrassed, I had no idea what happened. Val laughed, but the sound was a little desperate even to her own ears. She told herself it had nothing to do with the constricted feeling wrapped her heart, or the way she forgot to breathe when she heard footsteps, or the fact that she felt naked without a gun, knife, anything on her. It wasn't that she was uncomfortable violence... she didn't want to die, that's all. Rein it in or youre going to scare him away before you get set the hook. Not to put any pressure on you, Marshal, she added on an exasperated exhale, but, we both know what happens to people Victor doesnt like in any prison in the state. If you want to know how I can help you, get me before they do. Val didnt wait for an answer, she hung up the phone. If he didnt take the bait well, there was always plan B. The hell is plan B? Fuck, if I know. Val was laughing at herself again as a gentle hand settled on her shoulder and pulled to turn her around. Some coffee, miss? a friendly smile with cold eyes greeted her, and Val busied herself with brushing away a tear that wasnt there with one hand as she accepted her coffee with the other. Are you ready to talk, now? Yes, sure, I mean, she fumbled, and then nodded weakly. She hunched in her shoulders and kept her head down to look small, fragile, weak, anything but what she was. The officers eyes had set alarm bells off in the back of her head, but she had to play the part as it was written. Cole would come, Victor was too big to pass up. Heres to hoping to comes fast enough.