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“Addy, I have to put you down for a second, okay?” She faintly nods.
I rest her up against a barrel and dash toward the edge. My knees hit the deck, and I lean over and pull at the rope. Securing myself, I reach over, only to realize it’s just a line of buoys. Fuck! “Okay, we’re gonna need to find another way.” I quickly stand to grab Addy, but she’s not there.
“Looking for her?”
To the right, Vincent stands with Addy at his side, his arm around her neck, holding her upright. I reach for my gun, but he has the advantage and aims his at me. “I wouldn’t do that.”
Slowly, I bring my hand to my side. “Just let her go. She has nothing to do with this.”
“So, it’s true what they say? You’re loyal—just to the wrong side.” Addy tries to jerk out of his hold, but he only tightens his grip, and she chokes on a strangled breath.
“Let her go,” I demand.
Vincent’s sinister laugh disappears into the night air, chilling my blood. He digs his thumb into her windpipe, causing her to have another choking spell. “You both put on quite the performance fooling me. I actually thought you were deeply in love. The way you fucked her on your couch, your bed. How protective you are over her…the videos my men sent me were magical. I may have jerked off once or twice thinking about how she sounds when she moans. Quite the lover she is.”
I take a steady step toward him, but he jolts Addy back and stabs the barrel of his gun into her temple. “I looked forward to taking her from you and making her my little pet—until I got bored with her, of course. Even after knowing she would be a shell of the person she is now, I still got an extremely generous offer for her.”
Addy’s head slumps over, and I take another step closer. Her face is ghostly pale. I have no idea how much blood she’s lost and can’t even fathom the other injuries she’s endured. “I said let her fucking go.”
“How cute. My little dog talks back. How about you get the fuck out of my way, and I’ll be real sweet while I violate her in every way imaginable.”
My jaw clenches to the brink of cracking. “The last thing you’ll do is lay a fucking hand on her. It’s over, Leoni. Your train shipments are being halted as we speak, and the barge is surrounded. You’ve got nothin’ left. Give it up.”
“Your scare tactics are useless on me. This doesn’t end when you say.” Vincent starts to walk backwards, dragging Addy. She looks unconscious. The wind picks up, carrying the sound of crashing waves against the barge. “I’ll send you a postcard from Portugal.” I monitor his every move, every flinch, every hesitation. I just need one delay in his movement to reach for my gun and get a shot off first. I see my chance, but my finger locks up, and I miss it. Another one. Fuck. He continues to step backwards, and I freeze up. I can’t risk him taking her, but I can’t risk missing and shooting her either. The wind picks up again, and a wave crashes up over the ledge. The frigid water smacks at my back, and I lose my footing. I fall and slide forward. Vincent reaches for the handle of a barrel, but his shoes slip under on the wet surface, and he drops to the deck floor.
I dive toward Addy, hoping to stop her fall, but I’m not fast enough. Her lifeless body crumbles to the ground. “Addy!” I scramble for her, but Vincent’s on the move. I flip onto my back and reach behind me for my weapon, but it’s gone. My eyes shoot to Vincent. His gun is securely in his hand, aimed at me.
“Like I said, this doesn’t end when you say—”
A blast reverberates into the night, and panic seizes my entire being at the fear of Addy being shot. Vincent jolts forward, losing his grip on the gun. He gazes down at his abdomen in shock, then drops to his knees. Behind him, Addy kneels, a gun in her hands. Her hands are trembling, and she can barely hold herself up.
I lose my focus on Vincent, my concern now on Addy. It leaves me vulnerable, and Vincent makes a sudden move. He goes for his gun, and I lunge forward to tackle him. He gets a shot off, slicing into my arm before I tackle him, and we both slam into the barge floor. I raise my fist to bash into his face, but his body starts to convulse under me. Blood bubbles out of his mouth, and his lips purse open, gasping for his final breath of air.
