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Vega and his men laugh. They think it’s comical that I could ever get Cage free. But they don’t see what I see. Cage has already sliced through the rope around his wrist and is just waiting for the right moment to attack.
“He’s going to lose the same things I did,” Vega threatens, reaching into his waistband for a gun, but the cherry bombs blast off as Rio and his guys throw them at the house. Windows burst, small explosions light the night, and when Cage gets to his feet, I quickly retrieve the gun from my pants.
Vega’s eyes widen with more fear than even I was feeling as I hand the weapon over to Cage. Both the men beside him drop to the ground with pinpoint holes in their heads as I duck and cover my ears.
I hear Vega whimper before a snapping sound occurs, and everything seems to stop at once. The explosions, the rage, the fear. Gunfire. Silence fills the air, and I’m afraid to look up.
When I feel a hand on my elbow, I scream so loud my ears ring. As soon as I’m in my man’s arms, however, everything is better. Cage is alive. A little worse for the wear, but alive.
“What the fuck were you thinking?” he growls, picking me up in his arms and slamming my back against a wall in another room, away from the dead bodies. “Are you fucking insane?” His lips find mine.
I don’t get to answer because he devours me. Pouring all his frustration and worry into the moment. I swallow back a moan as his tongue forces my mouth open. Licking and nipping, he sucks on me, claims me in a way he hasn’t before. There are no barriers holding him back this time.
Right now, Cage is raw, and it shows. He’s wild. Formidable. Primal.
Exactly how I want him.
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Cage
Using my hips to plaster her against the wall, I take her face in my hands. My beautiful little savior. “I could have fucking lost you, Magnolia,” I bark at her; she doesn’t even flinch. She’s my fucking miracle. “Do you understand that?” Shaking her a little, her eyes widen, but her mouth turns sensual as she watches me.
Slanting my lips across hers again, I know I need to get her out of here, burn this fucking house to the ground, but I can’t stop touching my little pet. “Don’t ever fucking do something like this again!”
“Magnolia! Fucking answer me.”
Her hands run up and down my chest as her eyes search mine. “Take me home, Cage.” Jesus, fuck, this woman. She’s a contradiction and nothing like I believed her to be. “Take me toyourhome, Cage.”
My eyes widen at her request. Maybe it’s the adrenaline, maybe it’s what she wants. I don’t care. I’m not letting her take it back now. She’s mine forever.
“I fucking love you.” I hiss the words, barely able to get them past my lips. They feel heavy on my tongue, foreign. I’ve never said them to anyone before, and I’m going to have to get used to saying them because I know she’ll want to hear them as often as possible.
“I know you do.” Shoving my hands off her face, she buries her mouth in my neck, kissing along my throat before her teeth tug on my ear, and she murmurs, “I love you too, Cage.”
Holding her tighter, we exit the house. To my surprise, Rio and his friends have caused quite the stir. Spotting Joss, I set Magnolia on her feet next to her friend. “Take her home,” I order. Magnolia frowns as Joss agrees.
“What are you going to do?” Magnolia questions, not willing to let me go yet.
“Gotta take care of the cleanup here, pet.” Leaning down to kiss the spot below her ear that makes her shiver, I whisper, “When I walk in your door, I want you in your bed, stripped naked, ass in the air, because tonight, I’m owning you in a way you haven’t felt yet.”
Her face flames as bright as her hair, and her breathing increases as she nibbles innocently on her lip. With an emphatic nod, she leaves with Joss, Cake, Clay, and Javier. Rio and his other friends stay behind to help out.
“Let’s make this quick, boys.” After instructing them to collect everything they brought with them, I don’t allow them to enter the house with me.
As I collect my weapons that Magnolia brought with her, I wipe down anything with my fingerprints, douse the bodies with gasoline, and light it on fire. I’ll send the owners a check in the mail to cover the cost of their house later.
Sending the boys away, I linger a bit. Waiting until I’m confident Vega and his cohorts are good and burned before leaving, just as I register that sirens are on their way. I knew it wouldn’t be long. I’m surprised the cops weren’t called sooner when the cherry bombs started popping off.
With a quick stop on the way back to Magnolia’s to discard my weapons, I head back to her. Anticipation running through my veins. My dick is already hard as a rock, and by this time tomorrow, we’ll be on our way to South Africa, where I’ll get to shower Magnolia with as much love as I possibly can. She’ll be freer there than she ever was here.
CHAPTER13
Cage
Everything is quiet as I enter the girls’ townhouse and lock the door behind me. Joss can’t be heard typing away on her computer like she usually is at this hour. But I see the soft glow of light shining from below Magnolia’s bedroom door, and it ignites a fire in me.
Opening her door slowly, my eyes swiftly roam the room before settling on her. The blinds are closed, the fan is whirring from the dresser instead of the night table, and a lamp emits light from the edge of her closet. Her bed is cleared of everything but two pillows and her supple body. Her curves are rounder with the weight of our child, and a wave of possessiveness hits me when she turns her head to look at me.
