Chapter 31

She exhaled on a shaky sigh. “But without all that, I can’t hope to have anyone arrested or brought to trial so I can have my life back. Damn it, I’ve never been helpless, and I won’t start now.”

So fiercely independent. No doubt, she was going to keep his life interesting for the next fifty years.

He grabbed her hand, squeezed. “You’re not. Far from it.”

Kata scoffed. “Look at me. I’m shaking and confused. I don’t know what to do next. I have to figure this out quickly.”

“Have any interest in lying down and dying?”

She gaped at him as if he’d lost his mind. “Hell, no!”

“Good girl. Some people crack and, not knowing how to deal, they give up and wait for the inevitable.”

“It’s not inevitable.”

Hunter smiled. It was good to see her moxie again.

“If you fight, it’s not. You, honey, are a fighter. I needed you to realize that for yourself. I knew it because you fended off a professional today, got a jump on him. I’m proud as hell.”