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“It was an all or nothing fight,” Ben said “Kill hi”

Drago took a step toward hiht hiainst him “I want her kid, and I want her now You want to take me on, Ben, try me I know you You try to hide from me, I will find you I will kill you, but I’ll make it hurt first Do you understand me?”

“This is not your fight”

“It becaht theto kill her, and what, groom her kid to take her place?”

“That bitch er A lot of people like to see kids beating the shit out of each other as”

Drawing his head back, he slaet Belle’s kid back, and then he’d make it his personal mission to destroy every last one of these assholes

Chapter Two

Belle slipped in and out of consciousness—drifting, floating, unable and unwilling to wake She savored this real Maybe she’d stay here forever

Her fantasy was short-lived

The car jolted to a stop, forcing her into the waking world She licked her cracked lips, every inch of her body screa at her At least one rib was broken, probably worse by the a she re her, but noas all darkness Had she died and gone to hell? It was as much as she deserved

A er door and reached for her, but she shoved his hands away “Don’t touch me!”

“Awake, I see” It was Drago’s friend Everything came back in a rush, and her world halted to a stop

“Take ht,” she said Now that she was fully conscious, she had to deal with her cold, hard reality She’d worked her ass off to win her last nine fights Only one et her baby back

Carlos braced his forear partially inside She could rin on his face, even in the shadows, and she wanted to wipe it off

“You ht was over before it began”

She glared at hih her body, stealing her breath She stifled a gasp, taught never to show her weaknesses “You don’t know anything” She ran her tongue along the inside of her cheeks, the metallic taste one of her constant companions lately

“If you’re worried about your daughter, don’t be Drago said he’d get her back”