Chapter 114
He was starting to get exasperated here. That woman was far more troublesome than she had ever appeared before.
Ernie had to give her that. Troublesome and intriguing. No wonder a man like Dominic Acardi had it so badly for her. The dogged determination to just keep running from him told him much about her character.
Or just her will to survive.
He had killed multiple people before, of course. He'd had them on their knees in front of him. Most begged. Some lied.
Still others fought. Madison was one of the fighters.
So many fought. Of course they did. It was the will to survive. Ernie had always enjoyed those very moments. Right before…
The control he had over others when he held a gun in his hands. It was the great equalizer, wasn't it?
Men far bigger than he had begged and cried for their lives at his feet. Men he had hated, men he had cared nothing about. It hadn’t mattered. They had all died just the same.
He would never forget the thrill of that.
Maybe that was at the heart of what he did? The control he had over those who should have been able to control others.
He just followed the girl. She wasn't going to get too far ahead of him. She just wasn't. He'd been in these mines repeatedly for years. Madison McAlister was not going to get away.
Ernie just followed.