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“I love you,” she says as she separates from me.
“I love you too,” I murmur softly as I drop another kiss on her lips. “I’ll get us out of here.”
Despite the darkness of the basement, I find her midnight blue eyes and dig my gaze into hers, reaching for her soul and the truth I need. “Do you want to leave, Lovebug?”
She gulps and nods. “Yes. I want to be home. And this isn’t home.”
I lick my lips and smile at her. “You need to get me out of this cell.”
She starts pacing around, looking at everything. “It’s a code. I don’t know it, but I could find out.” She stops in her tracks and runs back to me. “Lik,” she gasps. Her small hands wrap around mine, holding the bars. “Is he okay? Did you hear from him before you got here?”
I shake my head, but dread thickens my blood. “Why? The last time I saw him was when I left the cabin.”
“Sam…” She takes a ragged breath and rubs her eyes. “Viktor he…”
“What?” I snap. “What did he do?”
“He shot him.”
My entire world falls apart as I stumble backward. The back wall of the cell catches me, but my vision narrows and my heart stops. Cold sweat coats my back as I try to bring myself to understand.
“Wh—” I feel sick. My stomach recoils, and I have to take a deep breath. “Where? Where was he shot?”
Think. Be pragmatic.
“I-I think it was in the chest,” she panics. “I’m not sure.”
“What do you mean you’re not sure?” I hiss. “Where was he shot, Rose?!”
“I don’t know exactly. There was…there was a lot of blood, and Viktor didn’t let me get to him. Rachel was putting pressure on the wound and Viktor said he didn’t hit any arteries.”
“Viktor. Viktor. Viktor! Shut up! You can’t trust what he says,” I rage. “His whole aim is to brainwash you.”
“I know,” she cries out. “I know. But…”
“I need to get out of here.” I’m feeling claustrophobic and acid burns the back of my throat. “Get me out!” I scream.
“I don’t know how!” She looks around again.
“You need to…” Sickness engulfs me, and I retch dryly before I can keep going. “You need to find out if he’s okay.”
She comes to the bars again. “I will. I promise I will.”
“Find out, Rose.”
She nods.
“I can’t keep going without him, do you understand? I can’t.” I fall to my knees from the pressure in my stomach and chest.
Nothing can happen to Lik. He is my everything. Rose could never understand. She might have fallen for him in the last few months, but I’ve been in love with him for two years. He has been my life, my oxygen, my reason to keep going since we met.
I couldn’t live without his bright smile, his honey voice, or the craziness he brings to my life.
Viktor Volkov doesn’t get to take him away from me.
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