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“I know I thought I’d be able to scare him I actually wanted to kill him”

“Coo Ties and smiled to himself He typed the address into his GPS

Once they were on the road, he released a stressed breath He had her back, and everything felt right with the world again This tis differently He wouldn’t have Belle risk her life again

“Where we going?” she asked when he skipped the highway

“Getting your daughter”

She shifted in the passenger seat “What? How?”

“I found out her location thisfor,” he said

“No, we can’t They’ll probably be expecting us afterworse”

“Don’t worry You’ll wait in the car”

“The hell I will”

Drago looked to the side and glared at her “You irl, but I can still take you down I won’t let you get hurt”

“And then what?”

“At least we’ll have her with us Safe and loved Then we can worry about keeping it that way”

She sighed “It shouldn’t be this complicated Why can’t they leave us the fuck alone?” Then she put her hand on his thigh “This isn’t even your fight, Drago”

He stopped the car on the side of the country road and put the car into park He shifted to his side and stared her dead in the eyes “How isn’t this hter, but I’m invested here, sweetheart In you Before you ca—retired with a shitload of cash and the world at , lonely, fucked in the head froed all that You know me, just like I know you, Belle You ive you the world if I could”

“Drago…”

He hters were disposable He’d always felt that deep-seated e to a soul Belle th, and he kneithout a doubt that he loved her with every fiber of his being