Did she refuse to fuck me because she didn’t want to? Because she was afraid of me?
Or did she refuse because Waylon required her to lose the game?
We fly out further into the ocean instead of closer to land. I turn to Enzo.
“Where are we going?”
“They are on a smaller yacht a few miles from here. Zeke and Siren said something about it being safer than at Liesel’s place. I don’t know, it wasn’t my decision. We won’t be able to land the helicopter on it, though.”
“That’s okay. You can just lower me down.”
He nods.
I see the small yacht floating in the distance. It’s not one of the boats I recognize from Enzo and Kai’s fleet. My guess is it doesn’t have all the safety features that one of our regular yachts have.
So why would they bring Liesel here to keep her safe?
I find a rope in one of the storage compartments and tie it around a bolted hook then hand the rest to Enzo.
With a slight nod of our heads, he’s lowering me down while I hold onto the rope. It takes a few jerky moments for Enzo to figure out the speed to lower me, but soon I’m close enough to let go and land on the upper deck of the boat.
“Siren? Liesel? Zeke?” I shout as I look around. I should have armed myself with more than a pocket of knives before I got here, but I don’t think any enemies are on-board.
I head below deck and round a corner and then freeze. My eyes blink rapidly, not sure I believe the sight in front of me.
Zeke is tied up sitting in a corner, so tightly bound he can’t move a muscle.
But that isn’t what has me worried.
Siren is also tied up. And with tears streaming down her face, Liesel is pointing a gun at Siren’s head.
I put my hands up slowly as I approach, not entirely sure what I’m walking into.
“Huntress, talk to me. What’s going on?” I ask, my voice soft, soothing, and trusting.
She sobs, louder.
“If Waylon is forcing you to do this, you should know he’s dead. He can’t hurt you anymore.”
“I know.” She sobs more.
I gaze dumbly from her to Siren. I try to reassure Siren with my eyes, but Siren will barely even look at me, she’s so disappointed in me.
“I think it’s your turn to tell a truth about the letter, killer. Tell me something.”
“Okay, I’ll tell you whatever you want. Just don’t hurt Siren.”
“Tell me,” her voice shakes. This is about more than that stupid letter we ripped in half all those years ago, but I’ll appease her if it will calm her down.
I think through all the secrets I could tell, but the one I choose is obvious. She’ll figure it out soon enough if she hasn’t already.
“When your father dies, the secret will be told. Others will start looking for the treasure. You will have a choice—do nothing and let them take it, or go after it and protect it.”
“My father died a month ago.”
I nod, already knowing that. But I wasn’t sure if she did.
“So all these attacks have been people coming after the treasure?” she asks.
I nod again.
“You thought Waylon was coming after the treasure? That’s why you killed him?” She’s sobbing again.
“I killed him because he was hurting you.”
She shakes her head. “You don’t understand. Waylon would never hurt me.”
“You didn’t love him, Liesel. You can do so much better than that guy. He was using you.”
“You don’t understand. How could you? Waylon was everything to me.”
Her words stun me. How could she care about Waylon?
“You killed the one person I needed in my life, so I’m going to do the same to you.”
“Liesel,” my voice is a warning. I start surveying my options. I don’t have a gun, but I have a knife in my back pocket. That’s my only option to stop her.
“I thought about killing Phoenix, but then I remembered you don’t love Phoenix. You love Siren.”
“If you do anything to stop her, I’ll kill you,” Maxwell says from beside me a second before I grab my knife. My eyes cut to him in surprise, and I see the gun he has pointed at me.
Liesel had help, that’s how she was able to pull this off.
I have to reason with her. That’s all I can do.
“I’ll tell you everything. Everything on my half of the letter. I’ll trade your life for Siren’s, just don’t kill her. I’ll do anything,” I say.
More tears stream down her face as she looks at me.
“Huntress, please.”
“You’ve always said I was the huntress who could never kill. You’re the killer; I’m the huntress. Today, the huntress becomes the killer.”
Then I watch in horror as she pulls the trigger.
Thank you so much for reading Desperate Lies! Langston & Liesel’s story continues in FATED LIES!
She pulled the trigger. This is war. A battle that ends with only one of us keeping our hearts…
One-click FATED LIES now >
“AMAZING! Talk about edge of your seat suspenseful, non-put-down-able, emotional and gut wrenching book. WOW, just WOW!” —Reviewer
Haven’t read Enzo and Kai’s story yet?
I should have run away, found a new life, and started over.
Instead, I returned.
To find the man who sold me.
One-click Taken by Lies for FREE >
Haven’t read Zeke and Siren’s story yet?
She saved me. And now, seeing her about to be sold to the highest bidder, it’s my turn to save her.
One-click Sinful Truth for FREE >
JOIN ELLA’S NEWSLETTER & NEVER MISS A SALE OR NEW RELEASE → ellamiles.com/freebooks
Love swag boxes & signed books?
SHOP MY STORE → store.ellamiles.com
Also by Ella Miles
LIES SERIES:
Lies We Share: A Prologue
Vicious Lies
Desperate Lies
Fated Lies
Cruel Lies
Dangerous Lies
Endless Lies
SINFUL TRUTHS:
Sinful Truth #1
Twisted Vow #2
Reckless Fall #3
Tangled Promise #4
Fallen Love #5
Broken Anchor #6
TRUTH OR LIES:
Taken by Lies #1
Betrayed by Truths #2
Trapped by Lies #3
Stolen by Truths #4
Possessed by Lies #5
Consumed by Truths #6
DIRTY SERIES:
Dirty Obsession
Dirty Addiction
Dirty Revenge
Dirty: The Complete Series
ALIGNED SERIES:
Aligned: Volume 1 (Free Series Starter)
Aligned: Volume 2
Aligned:
