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Sick mother…

Locking my jaw, I shove him into the back of the van and inform the man, “And you’ve just admitted to it on camera, enjoy prison, Mr. Rounders, I hear the inmates hate pedophiles.”

The man stills, his caramel eyes widening in shock, and I slam the van door shut.

“Take him away,” I order as the man begins to bang and shout and I turn around and see Masters strolling out, escorting the mother, whose arm is around her shaking daughter.

“Chambers and Lunes are going to take it from here. This is out of our job description,” he explains when he stops before me, and I frown because nothing is out of our job description, but Lunes, who looks completely confused, takes the mother and daughter towards his squad car.

“Let's go, your dad has requested us downtown,” the ass grunts, and I scowl as I look at Lunes again, who is eyeing Masters with a frown.

Lunes doesn’t trust easily—not after his partner went rogue, nearly getting them both killed and it’s no different with Masters who always slips out of sight and keeps secrets, and seeing Lunes furrowed grey brows my unease grows.

“Actually, I’m going to stay here,” I state as I walk away from Masters and towards the house to begin taking pictures of the scene for the courts not trusting this man’s word but Mastersgrabs my arm, gripping it tightly, forcing me to look his way with nothing but anger as he snaps, “Your father has requested us!”

I wrench my arm out of his hold and glare at him as I grit, “I haven’t finished my job here, Masters, and you’re not above me, meaning you don’t get to control me,” just as Lunes drives away, heading down the dirt track road away from the farmhouse.

“You know, you were supposed to be mine,” Masters says just as I take a few steps and I spin around, ready to tell him I was never his, but stop short when I see the two men flanking him that weren’t here a moment ago. Each of them holds a rifle with no other police officers around and a bad feeling begins to churn.

Cannon tattoos with blood dripping from the end are noticeable on their necks, and I lock eyes with Masters, who has his taser aimed at me.

Okay, so the man has lost it. Not only has he gotten involved with a group of sick men that are into kid trafficking, but he’s threatening the Chief's daughter…

“Your dad promised me your hand, he promised me the superintendent role, he promised me a raise, and then you admit you’re in a relationship with that MC scum!” he growls, and I slowly move my hand to my piece, and he moves his eyes to my movement, then grins wide.

“I won’t lose my royalties I’m going to receive by marrying you, I won’t lose that sweet pussy I know you’re saving for marriage,” he says coldly, and I quickly grab my gun and aim it, then shoot without thinking twice.

The first Charger falls, a bullet to his head before he can even blink, and I quickly move my hand and shoot at the second one just as he lifts his rifle, again hitting his head, killing him instantly as he drops to the floor, just as Masters shoots me with the taser, and thousands of electric shocks hit me at once.

My eyes instantly blur as my body shakes and I fall to the floor as everything goes black, the pain too much to bear.

Liam…

Chapter 15

Kodi

I squeeze my eyes tight, my head pounding as I wake up and I shiver, my body freezing and fogginess takes over, along with confusion. My last memory not coming to me and I slowly open my eyes before I look around the dull dark space and I suck in a breath as fear takes over seeing I’m in a large cage, like a prison cell.

Oh crap, crap, crap, this isn’t good, this really isn’t good.

I try to keep my breathing steady as I slowly look over my body and see I’m in my black bra and panties, my skin exposed, and I begin to shake as the confusion builds.

What happened?

I don’t understand wh…

“You couldn’t make it easy for me, could you? You couldn’t just do as you were told and get into the car,” a voice says quietlyto my right, stopping my thoughts, and I slowly look, already recognizing it and seeing how dire my situation really is, before locking eyes with Masters, who lounges back in a chair, and everything comes back, seeing the anger in his eyes that have darkened as he looks over my exposed body.

Benny begging me to find a job in the state.

The domestic abuse call.

His demanding I get in the car.

The two Chargers he had with him.

Me shooting them, killing them.