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A L L
H E
S E E S
(A Nicky Lyons FBI Suspense Thriller—Book Three)
B L A K E P I E R C E
Blake Pierce
Blake Pierce is the USA Today bestselling author of the RILEY PAGE mystery series, which includes seventeen books. Blake Pierce is also the author of the MACKENZIE WHITE mystery series, comprising fourteen books; of the AVERY BLACK mystery series, comprising six books; of the KERI LOCKE mystery series, comprising five books; of the MAKING OF RILEY PAIGE mystery series, comprising six books; of the KATE WISE mystery series, comprising seven books; of the CHLOE FINE psychological suspense mystery, comprising six books; of the JESSE HUNT psychological suspense thriller series, comprising twenty four books; of the AU PAIR psychological suspense thriller series, comprising three books; of the ZOE PRIME mystery series, comprising six books; of the ADELE SHARP mystery series, comprising sixteen books, of the EUROPEAN VOYAGE cozy mystery series, comprising six books; of the new LAURA FROST FBI suspense thriller, comprising nine books (and counting); of the new ELLA DARK FBI suspense thriller, comprising fourteen books (and counting); of the A YEAR IN EUROPE cozy mystery series, comprising nine books, of the AVA GOLD mystery series, comprising six books (and counting); of the RACHEL GIFT mystery series, comprising ten books (and counting); of the VALERIE LAW mystery series, comprising nine books (and counting); of the PAIGE KING mystery series, comprising eight books (and counting); of the MAY MOORE mystery series, comprising eleven books (and counting); the CORA SHIELDS mystery series, comprising five books (and counting); and of the NICKY LYONS mystery series, comprising five books (and counting).
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BOOKS BY BLAKE PIERCE
NICKY LYONS MYSTERY SERIES
ALL MINE (Book #1)
ALL HIS (Book #2)
ALL HE SEES (Book #3)
ALL ALONE (Book #4)
ALL FOR ONE (Book #5)
CORA SHIELDS MYSTERY SERIES
UNDONE (Book #1)
UNWANTED (Book #2)
UNHINGED (Book #3)
UNSAID (Book #4)
UNGLUED (Book #5)
MAY MOORE SUSPENSE THRILLER
NEVER RUN (Book #1)
NEVER TELL (Book #2)
NEVER LIVE (Book #3)
NEVER HIDE (Book #4)
NEVER FORGIVE (Book #5)
NEVER AGAIN (Book #6)
NEVER LOOK BACK (Book #7)
NEVER FORGET (Book #8)
NEVER LET GO (Book #9)
NEVER PRETEND (Book #10)
NEVER HESITATE (Book #11)
PAIGE KING MYSTERY SERIES
THE GIRL HE PINED (Book #1)
THE GIRL HE CHOSE (Book #2)
THE GIRL HE TOOK (Book #3)
THE GIRL HE WISHED (Book #4)
THE GIRL HE CROWNED (Book #5)
THE GIRL HE WATCHED (Book #6)
THE GIRL HE WANTED (Book #7)
THE GIRL HE CLAIMED (Book #8)
VALERIE LAW MYSTERY SERIES
NO MERCY (Book #1)
NO PITY (Book #2)
NO FEAR (Book #3)
NO SLEEP (Book #4)
NO QUARTER (Book #5)
NO CHANCE (Book #6)
NO REFUGE (Book #7)
NO GRACE (Book #8)
NO ESCAPE (Book #9)
RACHEL GIFT MYSTERY SERIES
HER LAST WISH (Book #1)
HER LAST CHANCE (Book #2)
HER LAST HOPE (Book #3)
HER LAST FEAR (Book #4)
HER LAST CHOICE (Book #5)
HER LAST BREATH (Book #6)
HER LAST MISTAKE (Book #7)
HER LAST DESIRE (Book #8)
HER LAST REGRET (Book #9)
HER LAST HOUR (Book #10)
AVA GOLD MYSTERY SERIES
CITY OF PREY (Book #1)
CITY OF FEAR (Book #2)
CITY OF BONES (Book #3)
CITY OF GHOSTS (Book #4)
CITY OF DEATH (Book #5)
CITY OF VICE (Book #6)
A YEAR IN EUROPE
A MURDER IN PARIS (Book #1)
DEATH IN FLORENCE (Book #2)
VENGEANCE IN VIENNA (Book #3)
A FATALITY IN SPAIN (Book #4)
ELLA DARK FBI SUSPENSE THRILLER
GIRL, ALONE (Book #1)
GIRL, TAKEN (Book #2)
GIRL, HUNTED (Book #3)
GIRL, SILENCED (Book #4)
GIRL, VANISHED (Book 5)
GIRL ERASED (Book #6)
GIRL, FORSAKEN (Book #7)
GIRL, TRAPPED (Book #8)
GIRL, EXPENDABLE (Book #9)
GIRL, ESCAPED (Book #10)
GIRL, HIS (Book #11)
GIRL, LURED (Book #12)
GIRL, MISSING (Book #13)
GIRL, UNKNOWN (Book #14)
LAURA FROST FBI SUSPENSE THRILLER
ALREADY GONE (Book #1)
ALREADY SEEN (Book #2)
ALREADY TRAPPED (Book #3)
ALREADY MISSING (Book #4)
ALREADY DEAD (Book #5)
ALREADY TAKEN (Book #6)
ALREADY CHOSEN (Book #7)
ALREADY LOST (Book #8)
ALREADY HIS (Book #9)
EUROPEAN VOYAGE COZY MYSTERY SERIES
MURDER (AND BAKLAVA) (Book #1)
DEATH (AND APPLE STRUDEL) (Book #2)
CRIME (AND LAGER) (Book #3)
MISFORTUNE (AND GOUDA) (Book #4)
CALAMITY (AND A DANISH) (Book #5)
MAYHEM (AND HERRING) (Book #6)
ADELE SHARP MYSTERY SERIES
LEFT TO DIE (Book #1)
LEFT TO RUN (Book #2)
LEFT TO HIDE (Book #3)
LEFT TO KILL (Book #4)
LEFT TO MURDER (Book #5)
LEFT TO ENVY (Book #6)
LEFT TO LAPSE (Book #7)
LEFT TO VANISH (Book #8)
LEFT TO HUNT (Book #9)
LEFT TO FEAR (Book #10)
LEFT TO PREY (Book #11)
LEFT TO LURE (Book #12)
LEFT TO CRAVE (Book #13)
LEFT TO LOATHE (Book #14)
LEFT TO HARM (Book #15)
THE AU PAIR SERIES
ALMOST GONE (Book#1)
ALMOST LOST (Book #2)
ALMOST DEAD (Book #3)
ZOE PRIME MYSTERY SERIES
FACE OF DEATH (Book#1)
FACE OF MURDER (Book #2)
FACE OF FEAR (Book #3)
FACE OF MADNESS (Book #4)
FACE OF FURY (Book #5)
FACE OF DARKNESS (Book #6)
A JESSIE HUNT PSYCHOLOGICAL SUSPENSE SERIES
THE PERFECT WIFE (Book #1)
THE PERFECT BLOCK (Book #2)
THE PERFECT HOUSE (Book #3)
THE PERFECT SMILE (Book #4)
THE PERFECT LIE (Book #5)
THE PERFECT LOOK (Book #6)
THE PERFECT AFFAIR (Book #7)
THE PERFECT ALIBI (Book #8)
THE PERFECT NEIGHBOR (Book #9)
THE PERFECT DISGUISE (Book #10)
THE PERFECT SECRET (Book #11)
THE PERFECT FAÇADE (Book #12)
THE PERFECT IMPRESSION (Book #13)
THE PERFECT DECEIT (Book #14)
THE PERFECT MISTRESS (Book #15)
THE PERFECT IMAGE (Book #16)
THE PERFECT VEIL (Book #17)
THE PERFECT INDISCRETION (Book #18)
THE PERFECT RUMOR (Book #19)
THE PERFECT COUPLE (Book #20)
THE PERFECT MURDER (Book #21)
THE PERFECT HUSBAND (Book #22)
THE PERFECT SCANDAL (Book #23)
THE PERFECT MASK (Book #24)
CHLOE FINE PSYCHOLOGICAL SUSPENSE SERIES
NEXT DOOR (Book #1)
A NEIGHBOR’S LIE (Book #2)
CUL DE SAC (Book #3)
SILENT NEIGHBOR (Book #4)
HOMECOMING (Book #5)
TINTED WINDOWS (Book #6)
KATE WISE MYSTERY SERIES
IF SHE KNEW (Book #1)
IF SHE SAW (Book #2)
IF SHE RAN (Book #3)
IF SHE HID (Book #4)
IF SHE FLED (Book #5)
IF SHE FEARED (Book #6)
IF SHE HEARD (Book #7)
THE MAKING OF RILEY PAIGE SERIES
WATCHING (Book #1)
WAITING (Book #2)
LURING (Book #3)
TAKING (Book #4)
STALKING (Book #5)
KI LLING (Book #6)
RILEY PAIGE MYSTERY SERIES
ONCE GONE (Book #1)
ONCE TAKEN (Book #2)
ONCE CRAVED (Book #3)
ONCE LURED (Book #4)
ONCE HUNTED (Book #5)
ONCE PINED (Book #6)
ONCE FORSAKEN (Book #7)
ONCE COLD (Book #8)
ONCE STALKED (Book #9)
ONCE LOST (Book #10)
ONCE BURIED (Book #11)
ONCE BOUND (Book #12)
ONCE TRAPPED (Book #13)
ONCE DORMANT (Book #14)
ONCE SHUNNED (Book #15)
ONCE MISSED (Book #16)
ONCE CHOSEN (Book #17)
MACKENZIE WHITE MYSTERY SERIES
BEFORE HE KILLS (Book #1)
BEFORE HE SEES (Book #2)
BEFORE HE COVETS (Book #3)
BEFORE HE TAKES (Book #4)
BEFORE HE NEEDS (Book #5)
BEFORE HE FEELS (Book #6)
BEFORE HE SINS (Book #7)
BEFORE HE HUNTS (Book #8)
BEFORE HE PREYS (Book #9)
BEFORE HE LONGS (Book #10)
BEFORE HE LAPSES (Book #11)
BEFORE HE ENVIES (Book #12)
BEFORE HE STALKS (Book #13)
BEFORE HE HARMS (Book #14)
AVERY BLACK MYSTERY SERIES
CAUSE TO KILL (Book #1)
CAUSE TO RUN (Book #2)
CAUSE TO HIDE (Book #3)
CAUSE TO FEAR (Book #4)
CAUSE TO SAVE (Book #5)
CAUSE TO DREAD (Book #6)
KERI LOCKE MYSTERY SERIES
A TRACE OF DEATH (Book #1)
A TRACE OF MURDER (Book #2)
A TRACE OF VICE (Book #3)
A TRACE OF CRIME (Book #4)
A TRACE OF HOPE (Book #5)
CONTENTS
PROLOGUE
CHAPTER ONE
CHAPTER TWO
CHAPTER THREE
CHAPTER FOUR
CHAPTER FIVE
CHAPTER SIX
CHAPTER SEVEN
CHAPTER EIGHT
CHAPTER NINE
CHAPTER TEN
CHAPTER ELEVEN
CHAPTER TWELVE
CHAPTER THIRTEEN
CHAPTER FOURTEEN
CHAPTER FIFTEEN
CHAPTER SIXTEEN
CHAPTER SEVENTEEN
CHAPTER EIGHTEEN
CHAPTER NINETEEN
CHAPTER TWENTY
CHAPTER TWENTY ONE
CHAPTER TWENTY TWO
CHAPTER TWENTY THREE
CHAPTER TWENTY FOUR
CHAPTER TWENTY FIVE
CHAPTER TWENTY SIX
EPILOGUE
PROLOGUE
All Mira could hear were the rapid sounds of her own breaths. Light bled in through the holes punctured in the box she'd been trapped inside. She wasn’t sure what it was—a wooden crate, it seemed, but how did she get here? She had no idea--but she was stuck, and she needed to get out.
Breathe, Mira, she told herself. Be still. You can do this.
But she didn't know if she could.
Outside of the box, Mira could hear voices--people talking. The smell of salt, like the sea, leaked in through the holes.
Mira swallowed, trying to dismiss the growing feeling of panic, and took a deep breath. She had to find a way out of this. She inched forward, her breath hitching, and put her hand to the lid of the box. She had to work fast.
But the wood was sturdy, and she knew she had to be careful. She closed her eyes and tried to focus. She had to get out. She had to.
Mira focused on the breath she was taking in and slowly exhaled. She repeated it slowly, over and over again. She had to stay calm.
She reached forward and touched the wood. Slowly, she moved her hand to the side and felt the wood, trying to find a way to lift it. It wouldn’t budge. Feeling desperate, Mira moved her hand around the box, her heart pounding in her chest. Her head ached with the effort.
Nothing was working.
Focus. But as she kept holding her breath and letting it out, her hands were practically shaking from the effort to stay calm.
She couldn't stay calm forever. Her heart was beating so fast that soon enough, she was sure her captors would hear it.
Turning back to the box, Mira put her hands to the wood. She pushed. The wood was worn and old, and she had to push with every ounce of strength before—finally—she got it to move.
With a creak, the top of box slid open, and the dim, flickering light from the lamps that flanked the side of the room flooded in. There were more boxes, but Mira could hardly see; if she had to guess—she was on a boat of some kind. A freighter, maybe.
Don't overthink it, she told herself. Just go.
Mira tiptoed as quietly as she could toward a door that led down a long corridor, and to her surprise, it was slightly ajar. Maybe they'd forgotten to lock it. Maybe they'd left it open. Maybe--
She stopped when she heard a voice, right behind the door. Mira gasped and stumbled back, nearly hitting another box. No—she had to hide. She couldn’t let them catch her. Without another thought, she ran in the opposite direction, dodging boxes.
The lights went off.
Mira nearly screamed. Darkness engulfed her. Go, she told herself. Go toward the door. Just do it. Get away.
But how was she supposed to go toward the door when she couldn't see? She reached out and felt the wall. It was metal and hot to the touch, and she pulled her hand back. The floor shifted beneath her, rocking like they were on water. But she had to find her way out.
The voices were vague. The smell of salt was strong. It burned her eyes, causing them to water.
Go. She repeated to herself. Go. She kept ducking around boxes, hoping to find her way back to that door so she could sneak out while her captors were busy looking for her.
Then, out of nowhere—a hand grabbed her wrist.
A scream grated Mira’s throat. Her body was roughly dragged to the ground. She kicked, trying to get away, but it was too tight. The person had her wrist in an iron grip, and he began dragging her through the room like she was a ragdoll.
“Let me go!” she yelled, kicking and screaming, but the person—the man—kept pulling her through the maze of boxes.
There was no escape.
"Help!" she screamed, but her assailant didn't say a word--just dragged her with immense strength. Mira kicked and screamed again, but it was no use. "Help!" Her throat became raw, painful from screaming, but the man kept dragging her.
Help never came.
CHAPTER ONE
Clouds churned in the sky above the prison, sending a cool breeze that cut through Agent Nicky Lyons's jacket. The storm was brewing violently, and a grumble of thunder took over the sky. She stared up at the tall, looming building, dreading going inside.
There was a lot at stake, and she couldn't let her emotions get the better of her. She had to stay focused.
Inside, Felix Anderson was waiting for her.
Not even a week ago, Nicky had apprehended and arrested him. Felix, the deranged Danish man who'd been obsessed with kidnapping twins, was behind bars, where he belonged.
But Nicky had to see him again. She had to see him, because she knew he knew something about what had happened to Nicky's sister, Rosie. It was all too much of a coincidence to be a mistake. Felix knew of the story--that Nicky and Rosie had been kidnapped when they were teenagers. Nicky got away. Rosie didn't.
According to Felix, he had known of Nicky and Rosie's case and became fascinated with the dynamics of sisters--hence his obsession with twins. Nicky and Rosie weren't twins, but they had looked very similar.
Unfortunately, Felix was a deranged psychopath, and nothing he said could be trusted. But still. This was the closest Nicky had ever gotten to finding out something about Rosie. If Felix somehow knew who the man who'd kidnapped them was, then she needed to get him to tell her. She needed to get in that prison, sit down with him, and make him fess up. She had to try, because Felix was the closest she'd ever gotten, and she had to pursue any possibility. Chief Franco had told her that if she could get Felix to say something concrete, then maybe, just maybe, the FBI would look into opening the case of Rosie Lyons officially. Then, Nicky might finally get the answers she'd craved inside her soul since childhood.
Nicky walked up the steps, opened the door, and stepped inside the cold, sterile prison.
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