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Massioni sneered at Savage "Done chasing rabbits so soon, warrior? Here I’d been looking forward to taking my time with these three"
"You heard , he raised Pietro higher, until the child’s rib cage was level with Massioni’s open s "Put down your weapon, warrior"
Savage didn’this 9mm steady, he only hoped Massioni would believe his bluff
"Bella," he said calrowled "Don’t you take even one fucking step, Bella, or the next thing you’ll hear is this brat’s screah his sternum with my fist"
Chiara sobbed Bella looked equally e, shaking her head as if to warn hi rash
Well, fuck that He would do anything to get her out of this, but damn if he wanted to forfeit an innocent child’s life to accomplish it
He saw little choice but to try to catch Massioni off guard
In a split-secondthe Breed male’s foreared flesh
As Savage hoped, he lost his grip on Pietro The boy dropped to the floor, unharmed
But then, just as quickly, Massioni snatched up Bella and hauled her against him like a shield
She screaled in vain to break loose The ht in her terror His glowing gaze ith e couldn’t contain the nasty curse that exploded out of him He’d never known this kind of fear He’d never felt the kind of bleak horror that raked hined slump in her captor’s arms
Massioni tilted his head, those insane ae too closely
"What’s this?" he taunted "Why, you looksoo"
He held his weapon steady on his target, but he knew daer Not when he was staring at Bella’s beautiful, fear-stricken face
If anything happened to her--for crissake, if she died right here at Massioni’s hands--he would burn the whole world down around hi her to care if he had to beg "Let her go"
Massioni’s eyes narrowed on hie bristled at the otherthe words
A bark of laughter erupted from between the male’s cracked and blistered lips "Holy hell You love her Don’t you, warrior?"
Bella uished sound in the back of her throat She shook her head at Savage, and as their eyes connected and held, he didn’t so e and steely deterood toof value to ht as well kill her now"