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“Shay.”
When I hear Babydoll’s voice, I’m ashamed that I only just remembered she is here.
With my arm still crushing Liam’s windpipe, I peer up and see a beautiful woman holding Shay’s hand.
“Samia, ye dirty whore,” Liam wheezes, indicating someone else just betrayed him.
Alek clucks his tongue. “Come here, pet.”
I watch as Babydoll gently gestures for Shay to come to her. The trust between them is evident when Samia lets go of Shay’s hand, and he runs toward Babydoll. She bends low and scoops him into her arms, hugging him.
“Shh, it’s okay. I’ve got you.”
Samia walks toward Alek, and I watch with interest as she drops to her knees before him. He reaches forward and rubs his thumb across her pouty lips. “Don’t bow for any man,????????????.”
Alek can cast a spell on anyone he meets, and that’s what makes him the powerful, feared leader he is.
She nods, her eyes fluttering as he caresses her cheek. “Thank you for returning the boy.”
“Ye better stay on yer knees ’cause when I’m finished with ye—” Liam once again speaks as if he believes he is getting out of this with his head attached.
“Cami,” I say, not wanting her and Shay to see this. “Go back to Belfast. I’ll meet ye there.”
Liam only realizes his sister is here and snickers. “Yer pathetic. Ye should be thankin’ me for killin’ his girlfriend. She gave ye up awful fast. Even her own wain.”
That I don’t believe as I know Aoife would have protected Shay with her last dying breath. I’ll never know what happened—the truth died with Aoife.
“What were ye doin’ at her house?”
“I was lookin’ for my beloved sister. So ye can imagine my surprise when I found out she was gone. Sean trusted Aoife for a reason. I always wondered why, but when I saw the boy, I knew why.”
“Why were ye lookin’ for Cami? Ye were the one who brought her to Aoife’s in the first place. Ye were more than happy to work with a Kelly to get whatcha wanted. Why the change of heart?”
I suspect Liam wanted to kidnap Cami and hold her as collateral against Sean. He knew she was the only thing he had over me. But if he took her, he could blackmail both of us. But something still doesn’t make sense.
Something has changed for him to believe he can take us both on. He needed to work with Sean to get what he wanted, but to betray him this way means he’s working with someone else. He knew Sean’s and my weakness and was planning on exploiting that.
But I beat him to it.
Dread fills my stomach because we now have another player in the game, someone who’s kept under the radar—until now.
“You couldn’t have Cami, so ye took Shay, is that it?”
“One Kelly is better than none,” he replies, snickering.
“Cami—” My voice is dripping with venom as I don’t want Shay to hear another word. When he finds out the truth, it’ll be from me, not some fucking sociopath. “Have one of our men take ye home.”
“Let’s go. Shay?”
Risking a glance overhead, I witness a look of utmost violence reflected on Shay’s face—it’s a look I know all too well.
I promise myself here and now that I won’t allow Shay to ever feel this way again. It’s because I don’t want him living the life I did, that I lock eyes with Babydoll, pleading she leaves. They’ve both seen too much.
She nods once, but I know leaving me is tearing her apart.
With Shay in her arms, the two most important people in my world leave, making room for the demons who demand vengeance and bloodshed. I trust they’ll be okay as I know my men outside will die protecting them.
Samia stands, looking down at Liam with no remorse. “The men are in the kitchen, drinking. They’ll be a while.”
