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“No,” I snarl “Never Do you hear me, Andrei, Wolf, whatever the fuck your name is? Never”

“What is she to you?” Andrei snaps

Everything

“You see to the Bratva or the Mafia or so cri toDrake And if you’ve done your research, you’ll know I’m not the sort of man to deal in flesh”

“This is a mistake—”

“I will kill a hundred of yourher—a thousand I don’t care”

He tuts again,me want to wrap my hands around his throat and squeeze until his eyeballs explode out of his goddamn head

“You are a hitman, an assassin, not a soldier Do you truly believe you can take on my army?”

“I guess we’ll find out,” I say

“Now listen—”

I open theand toss the phone, hard, over the barrier of the bridge so that it goes sailing into the river below

His words resound around my head

She belongs to him? Who the fuck does he think he is?

“Motherfucker,” I roar, sla wheel

“What did he led with fear

“I was about to ask you the sa,” I say “You have no idea?”

“No,” she says, shivering

She cradles Sparky close to her chest and so curl up in her ar his place, our baby

“It doesn’t rowl “I won’t let him have you, Dakota I swear I’ll die before that happens”

“Why?” she whispers “Why would you do that for me, Damian?”

I als to me

But then I hear the words in e happens They repeat, but only this time it’s in Andrei’s voice

She’s just had one killer say that she’s his property

Hoill she react to , even if it’s true, even if I’d never hurt her?