Chapter 234 Strike Zone

• Ella POV
• My contact at the prison told me Hayes followed his script exactly, and for the moment, I decided to put the wolf out of my mind. Few things had ever worked out as nicely as discovering the good doctor’s gambling addiction, and Hayes had several million reasons to do as he was told.
• When the time was right, I’d get him released, maybe faking his death? And he could retire to the island of his choosing. I found myself oddly reluctant to take care of him more permanently; he’d been such a faithful little thing.