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“Listen, I’ve loved our chat, but I’ve got a visitor on the way, so I’ve got to go.” Cash squatted in front of me, brushing my hair away from my eyes so he could take one last look at my face. With a wild smile, he reached down and yanked the knife out, holding it up so we could both see the blood before he tossed it away. “See you on the other side, queenie.”
Instinct had my body curling into a ball as he disappeared out the door. The blood, which had been a relatively slow trickle, quickly pooled beneath me. I tried to pull myself tighter, to roll onto my stomach and get some pressure on the wound, but with my arms cuffed in the manacles and no way to get them off, I knew it was over.
Exhausted and getting weaker by the minute, I lay on the ground wondering if there was anyone left to find me before it was too late. If so, they’d come. I knew my men. Not just Grey and Dominic, but Moore and Tennessee and Cameron. Once they knew I was missing, none of them would stop until they found me.
What if Cash was telling the truth?
If he’d really set another fire, if they were gone, and I’d lost everyone I’d ever loved… Well, at least I’d be with them soon enough. It was a small comfort, but one I didn’t mind taking when I had nothing to do but wait for the end. Because one way or another, the Marianna Marcosa I’d been had died.
The question was, would I rise from the ashes ready to slay my demons or stay buried for good?
Only time would tell.
