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I’ll keep her safe, even if it kills me.
Because Mia is all that matters.
ChapterSeventeen
MIA
I swallow a scream as the world explodes into noise around us. The broken glass, the gun, the squeal of tires, Christian’s calming and hard voice.
Bile rises in my throat as I’m thrown against the seatbelt, staying down as far as I can, his phone gripped in my hand.
If I were with anyone else, I’d lose my shit completely, and even now, there are wild flashes of horror that hit my brain hard like bursts of light. Memories that sear my flesh like a flame.
Being taken from the club that time, the whole ordeal with Blake.
Christian’s muttering words to try and explain what we’re doing are punched with curses.
“I’m fine,” I say because I don’t know what else to say.
We’re careening fast, high speed down the highway, and without him asking, I lift a shaking finger to his phone and hit Leo’s name.
He answers on the fourth ring. “Chri—”
“It’s me.”
I quickly relay the information to him, what Tizio said and what Christian is doing.”
“I’ll send someone immediately.”
The phone goes dead as I’m thrown hard against the seatbelt. “Leo—ow!”
“You good?”
“Leo’s sending someone now. And I’m good.” I suck in a sharp breath. “It’s just a little bumpy.”
“Fuck me, Princess Mia, next time we get fucking shot at, I’ll ensure your delicate skin is wrapped first.”
“See that you do.”
“They don’t call me Prince fucking Charming for nothing.”
“No one calls you—oh!—that, Christian.”
He laughs, but it’s a harsh sound as he presses harder, and the car veers forward and to the left, around another vehicle, I assume.
I stay down, not that I think we’ll get shot at again; Christian’s too good at his job to let that happen. No, I stay down because I don’t want him distracted at such a high velocity, and that’s what will happen. He’s too preternaturally aware of me not to notice if I raise my head.
He keeps his foot down, and the lurch of us weaving in and out of traffic almost becomes hypnotic, until finally, he slows.
“L-Leo—”
“Mia, he’s already sent someone to cover us, and they passed us a couple of minutes ago. We’re almost at the estate. I think we’re good.”
But his hands don’t loosen on the wheel.
I start to raise my head.
“Stay fucking down. I said think, not know. And if anyone’s putting a bullet in your fine ass, it’s going to be me.”
