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They’re about to kill each other.
Tiero renews the hold on his gun, and it’s like my vision zeros in on his finger on the trigger.
“No!!!” I yell from the top of my lungs. It seems to echo off every leaf.
Without thinking, I run… right into the middle of them.
Baaannnggg.
Chapter Thirty-Nine
Ella
Ican’ttellwhofired. The shot rings loud in my ears, echoing in my mind like thunder on repeat.
My heart stops. My breathing too.
I’m expecting pain, but I feel nothing. I’m expecting my legs to give out, but I’m still standing.
I haven’t been shot…
My heart resumes a frantic pace as I turn sideways and look first to my left at Aiden and then to my right at Tiero.
They’re both standing; no one is hurt. My relief is immeasurable but short-lived. They’re both still pointing guns at each other.
Who the hell fired the shot then? I scan the area and spot Santino stepping out of the shadows on the opposite side, his gun pointed in the air. Fuck, did he aim at me?
He shakes his head and raises his free hand in apology. Maybe I startled him and he was ready to shoot whoever was about to interfere?
Shit, if Aiden shot Tiero, Santino would defend his boss. This could turn into a bloodbath. How many of Tiero’s men are watching this? We’re probably totally outnumbered.
My eyes fly to Aiden, but he looks in total control, undoubtedly aware of what we’re facing. He doesn’t glance my way but keeps his eyes firmly on Tiero.
As I stand between the two men, it’s like I’ve been transported back in time a few hundred years, finding myself right in the middle of a duel.
I will not let them hurt each other… or worse, kill one another. I won’t allow it. They will have to go through me.
And in this moment, it becomes clear as day.
I truly love them both.
My heart is so incredibly full with my love for them, it feels like it’s going to burst. It’s terrifying.
And in that sliver of time, when everything seems to still, it doesn’t matter anymore who they are or what they’ve done, be it good or bad… I love them with all that I am.
Aiden and Tiero are the missing pieces of my soul.
It’s why I can always sense them. It’s why I had this soul connection with each of them from the second we met.
Something inside me recognized them. There never was any chance of me escaping this… it was inevitable.
I swallow the lump in my throat at the realization.
Fucking Gandalf.
His cryptic message floats into my mind as if on a cloud.
“Your soul is not in one but three. Find all parts you must to be completely free.”
