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“Nero,” I cry his name.
But he’s too far away to help.
Gunfire fills the car.
I force my eyes away from Giles’s unmoving form.
But Robert isn’t shooting through the hole in the windshield. He’s shooting across at the driver’s window.
The bulletproof glass finally gives way. One shot escaping the car. A second before a pair of large vehicles slam into us. Crumpling the door at my side.
Silence.
Pure silence fills my brain as darkness swallows my vision.
Flourishes of anguish pierce my awareness as my world rotates.
As the seat below me lifts.
As the entire vehicle rolls.
CHAPTER73
Nero
“You’ll stay here,”I tell Rocco, rubbing a hand over my face. “Watch the warehouse tonight and if it stays quiet, pull back and come home.”
“Got it.”
“And call the airstrip. Tell them I’ll be there in a couple of hours.”
He nods and turns away to make that call.
I felt my phone vibrate a couple of minutes ago, so I pull it out now to look at the text.
It’s from my girl. Of course, it is.
Payton: I love the way you love me.
That emotion, the one I only associate with her, slams into me.
“Tell them I’m headed there now,” I call out to Rocco. I’m not waiting anymore.
My thumbs fly across the screen.
Nero: It’s as easy as breathing.
CHAPTER74
Payton
Agony.
My head. My hand. My shoulder. Hip. My entire body. It all hurts.
I try to blink my eyes open. Try to remember what happened.
Oh god, why does my head hurt so bad? My limbs feel like they weigh a thousand pounds.
