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The faint noise of Nalani yelling at him is drowned out by my air bubbles bubbling through the water and the sheer panic at being held under. A new level of fear surges, my heart races so fast it feels like it is beating out of my body. My chest starts to hurt from lack of oxygen, and my limbs begin to feel weak as dizziness sets in. Then, just when I feel like I can’t fight anymore, he yanks my head back out of the water. He releases a bellowing laugh from deep within his chest as he rests my dripping wet head against him, his hand around my waist holding my limp body up.
“Had enough yet, little mouse?” he whispers against my ear.
I cough and try to catch my breath, but I also can’t help the sass that leaves my mouth. “Not even… a… little… bit!” I grit the words out through my teeth, spin in his grip, my hand sliding into his pocket, reaching for his switchblade. I find it easily, pull it out, and flip it open as he jumps back from me, even though I’m only just able to stand. He chuckles, shaking his head, and tuts his tongue on the roof of his mouth. “You’re a fighter… I like women who can handle themselves. You’d make a great asset to my team, and I would make you my own. If only you would tell me who you are.”
Finding some inner strength, I stand a little taller, glancing down at Nalani and weakly smiling at her. Then I turn back to Park. “I’m Kaia fucking Ladet, and I’m from Defiance MC. We protect our own, and Nalani, she is our people, not yours.”
She bursts into tears when she stands, moving quickly to my side as the sound of gunfire blasts out in the club. The screams that follow somehow make my anxiety disappear.
Because I know they’re here.
The club has arrived.
And will be here any moment to back us up.
I just have to keep this going a little longer.
Park snarls at me, edging forward, so I raise the blade toward him. My hair drips onto the tiled floor, making it slippery, so I make a mental note to watch my step.
“Defiance scum, I should have known!”
“You treat Nalani like trash. Using her to gather intel on the club. You have abused her and lowered her self-worth in the process.” A smirk appears on my face, and I can’t help it as I blurt out, “You have nothing but small dick syndrome, Park.”
He goes to lunge forward, and I shove Nalani out of the way. At the same time, my hand holding the blade thrusts, stabbing him in the gut.
But that doesn’t stop him.
Park pushes me back so fast I fall to the tiled floor as he laces his fingers around my neck, but I thrust the blade deeper into him as he sits on top of me.
“Help! Help!” Nalani screams out as Park continues to chokehold me on the floor.
It doesn’t seem to matter how much I stab him, the fucker won’t go down.
Then I hear it! The thunderous footsteps alert me to men rushing into the bathroom and the roar of gunfire blasts through the small room. Suddenly, Park’s hands around my throat loosen, and his weight on me become increasingly heavy.
“Kaia!” Hurricane bellows, sliding in beside me, yanking Park’s dead body off me.
Nalani runs for Mauka, and she crashes into her father’s arms.
Hurricane takes one look at the blood covering me, and a terrified expression appears on his face while his hands rush all over me. “Fuck, fuck, fuck! Where are you hurt?” he urges, lifting my dress up, not caring about everyone in the room as he checks my stomach. Once he has finished his detective work, he slumps his shoulders, realizing the blood is not coming from me.
I catch my breath and squeeze his bicep as he helps lift me. “Not my blood. I kept stabbing Park, and it all gushed out and fell me.”
Hurricane leans in, pressing his lips to me so forcefully it knocks the breath from me again. My hand caresses his face, and I pull back, looking into his eyes. “I’m okay… we’re okay,” I tell him, placing my hand on my stomach.
The concern on his face is immeasurable as he clings to me so fucking tight. “You disobedient, deceitful, fearless woman! You coulda gotten yourself and the baby killed. What would I do without ya? Did you even think about that when you left without tellin’ me!”
A slow smile crosses my face as I hold him tighter. “You would never have let me do this.”
“You’re fuckin’ right. You’re carryin’ my child, Kaia!”
“You’re pregnant?” Nalani’s eyes bug out of her head as she steps up to us, still in her father’s arms.
I weakly nod. “I am. And I am sorry I deceived you tonight, Nalani, by not telling you I am from Defiance. But we needed to get you away from Park. I thought the only way was to make you see how disgusting and reprehensible that man truly is.”
Nalani wipes the tears from her face. “I knew… deep down, I knew. I just couldn’t see a way out. I was so scared to leave. But there was something so freeing in how you made me feel like I could, so I finally took the opportunity. We were almost out too. But in a way, I think this might be better because with him gone, I don’t have to worry about that man coming to find me.”
Mauka dips his chin. “Thank you, Kaia and Hurricane. We couldn’t have done this without you. Jun and Cheng were in the nightclub, and we were able to take them out on our way to get to you girls. The Ministry will flounder without its top three leaders.”
