Nick Cage trembled as he tightened his grip on Veronica Parker's chin. Subtle as it was, Veronica Parker felt it. But even if she felt it, she didn't understand what the tremor represented.

No, he was going to do something terrible to her.

"I won't do that to you, don't worry."

Veronica Parker was in a daze, she thought, 'Won't he? So now he's.'

"I will kill Toby!"

Veronica Parker frowned, she reached out and pushed him. "Let me go!"

Nick Cage clamped her wrists with his hand and pressed them against the top of her head to bring their bodies closer together.

Veronica Parker did not know what to...