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“But you said he had plans for me”

Vaughn’s eyes remained on Luca and the other man as he spoke “His et to you before the rabbed you”

I shook my head “I don’t understand,” I ad to explode I could feel the chill settling overme to the darkness It would be so easy

“No, Aleks, stay with ave me a little shake I felt his hand cup my cheek “Baby, please, just stay with me”

I forced myself to take several deep breaths in order to stave off the blackness that was lining the edge of ed a nod

“When I got to Seattle, I recognized Luca’sin a sedan on a side street near your shop I wasn’t expecting to see the dark as he snapped his eyes back to his brother “I disabled the in the alley”

“Disabled… like you did with the guys in the van?” I asked Bile churned in rateful to Vaughn for saving ht

“No,” Vaughn said “I knocked them out I know both men and I know Luca… he wouldn’t have let them hurt you”

I didn’t miss the fact that there wasHe clearly believed that his brother’s iven orders to take me just like the men in the van

“I ed to catch up to the van, but I needed to wait until it was far enough outside the city to make sure those men were alone Then I pulled ahead of them and parked my car in the middle of the road to force them to stop You know the rest”

I nodded I hesitated and risked a glance at Luca, whose face was as bloody as Vaughn’s But despite the cuts and bruises, he looked unaffected

And very dangerous

I autohn

“They took his son?” I whispered

“Yes,” Vaughn said “Gio It happened eight years ago Gio was seven”

I felt o weak

A whole year younger than me

“And you’re trying to find him?”

Vaughn wiped at his face with his gun hand, sun was trained on the two otherGio was by getting in on the ground level”

“I don’t knohat that means”

“Vaughn went undercover,” the other hn and Luca and had the sa on top and pulled into a ponytail The sides of his head were shaved He had a little bit of dark stubble Unlike Luca and Vaughn, his skin tone was darker, though His jeans and dark blue T-shirt were a stark contrast to the dress clothes both Vaughn and Luca earing