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With his hands still raised, Sean sets the rules. “You. I give ye Ethan and Eva, and in return, you give me your word that yer loyal to me.”
And there it is.
I always knew it would come to this.
“It seems like a rather easy choice. Yer life for theirs. What’s more important?”
“Punky, no.” Cian shakes his head, but I always had a plan B. I just needed to figure out what Sean’s demands were.
With a grin on my face, I surrender to the devil. “Finally, y’ve stopped talking shite and given me what I wanted. Ya have my word, Sean. My life for theirs.”
Sean smiles while Cian and Ron gasp in horror.
“Don’t be the hero. Y’ll be his prisoner for the rest of yer life!” Cian roars, storming forward. “Kill the fucking cunt and give him what he deserves.”
“Cian, stop,” I calmly demand, but when he continues to advance, I do something I’ve never done before—I turn my gun on my best friend.
He stops dead in his tracks, eyes wide. “What’s this? Yer gonna shoot me? Yer gonna let this ballbag ruin yer life—again? If ye agree to this, y’ve just given up one prison cell for another.”
I know that, but there is no way that’s happening again. I wish I could tell Cian, but I can’t. He would stop me. They all would.
“Take him to them,” I command Sean, who nods.
“Frederick, take Liam and have him show youse where they are,” Sean orders a man who is still standing.
Cian shakes his head, demanding I see reason, but until Ethan and Eva are safe, Sean is the one calling the shots.
“I’m not goin’ anywhere,” Cian stubbornly states, and when Frederick has the balls to try to change Cian’s mind, he gets an elbow to the face. “Touch me again, and it won’t just be yer nose I break.”
I appreciate his tenacity, but the truth is, he is the only one I trust to retrieve Ethan and Eva. I need him to tell me they’re okay so I can end this…once and for all.
“Please, Cian,” I say, hoping for once, he does as I ask as I lower my gun. “Just go with them. I don’t trust anyone else.”
“Puck,” Cian pleads, begging I don’t ask this of him as he knows what it means. “I’m not leavin’ ye alone with this psychopath!”
“I’ll be all right. I promise ye. Sean needs me alive.”
“And that’s what worries me,” Cian counters with a sigh.
We do this, and it’ll be history repeating itself. I surrender my freedom to help another arsehole rule. But this time, it’s different. I’ll make sure of it.
Walking slowly toward Cian, I see the desperation in his eyes. He wants me to fight, and I will…just not until everyone involved is safe. I won’t allow another person to be hurt because of me.
Cupping the back of his neck, I draw us brow to brow. “I need ye to make sure they’re all right. Call me when ya get them.”
“Don’t do this. Y’ve already sacrificed so much. Don’t let another bastard use ye for his gain.”
His voice trembles, revealing his pain, but we always knew it would end this way.
“I don’t plan on it,” I whisper, wanting him to know I will never be a prisoner ever again.
His eyes widen because he’s finally worked out what I plan to do. “Punky, no—”
He doesn’t get a chance to finish his sentence because I pull back and headbutt him. He drops to the ground, out cold.
Looking at my best friend, I sigh. He’ll come to in a few minutes as his head is as hard as mine. “Sorry, mate, but this was the only way ye’d go. If any harm comes to him—”
Sean nods. “I promise ye. Not a hair on his head. Frederick, take them.”
