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Crouching down, I slowly moved her hair out of her face. My gloved fingers only slightly touched her skin. With a scream, she jerked to awareness and scrambled away from me as far as her chain would allow her. Her eyes of liquid silver looked at me wildly, I knew she’d hurt herself if she panicked any further.
“Shhh, amore. I won’t hurt you,” I said softly, my hands held up trying to calm her. “I just want to free you of that chain. Do you know where the key is?”
Her eyebrows furthered slightly as she watched me. As my words seeped through her panic she looked around until her eyes stopped on the body of one of her captors. “D-d-dead?” Her eyes jumped back to me as she asked, her voice sounding hoarse and painful.
“Yes, amore. All those that hurt you are dead except for their leader who will soon wish he’d been killed as well. I will make him pay for everything he did to you.” Her eyes jumped back and forth between me and the body. She opened her mouth to speak when I shook my head no. “Amore, don’t speak. Your neck is covered in bruises. Save your voice.”
“Boss,” I heard Giovanni call out and immediately Willow screeched and wrapped herself into a tight ball, trying to protect herself as best she could.
I stood back up and quickly went to Giovanni. “I have a severely traumatized victim here. Keep your voice down. She has a chain wrapped around her neck and she’s locked to the train car. I need a key. Get it from that piece of shit.”
“Yes, boss,” he replied softly as he handed me the blanket I requested.
I returned to Willow and crouched back down in front of her. “Shhh, amore. It was just one of my men. He’s retrieving the key so I can remove that chain.” I kept my voice gentle in an effort to keep her from panicking further. I placed the blanket around her body and pushed her hair back out of her face. My heart started to beat as she leaned into my hand. “I promise, no one will ever hurt you again.”
Looking up at me, I saw gut-wrenching pain in her eyes. “P-please just end me, too.”
“Amore…” I was a hard man who enjoyed hurting those that hurt the innocent. Anger and pain filled me as this little angel begged for death. I would exact vengeance for her a hundredfold.
She blinked at me several times before her shaking hand reached out and captured a tear that escaped my eye without my knowledge. I softly captured her hand with mine and closed my eyes as I leaned into her touch. “Amore… I beg of you, let me save you.”
Without a word in response, her hand dropped to the ground and she closed her eyes. She pulled the blanket more tightly to her and leaned her head against the wall of the car. I just couldn’t give up on her. I would do everything in my power to save her and give her back her smile and will to live. I didn’t care how long it took.
Hearing footsteps I stood up to meet Giovanni before he could frighten Willow again. “He had it around his neck,” his voice soft. “We checked the rest of the train. All the women are on the bus. She’s the last.”
“Send the bus to the house where the rest of the medical staff are waiting for them. Take him to the warehouse. I’ll see to him personally later. I want him alive and body parts intact.”
Giovanni smirked as he replied, “We can work with that. Thank you, sir. And the girl?”
“Call Leo and let him know I need his doctor. She begged me to end her, Gio,” I explained as I rubbed my hand over my face.
“Fuck.” The anger emitting from him matched my own. “I’ll take care of it.”
“Thank you.” I turned back to Willow and found her unconscious. Not wanting to scare her if she were only sleeping I called out, “Amore… Willow, it’s time to wake up.” When she didn’t acknowledge hearing my voice I frowned in worry. Removing my glove, I put my hand over her forehead. Feeling the intense heat, I moved my hand to her neck. She was burning with a fever.
As quickly and gently as I could, I released her from the chain and wrapped the blanket around her body as I scooped her up into my arms. Even through the blanket and my clothing, I could feel the heat from her body. She moaned once but didn’t regain consciousness. I quickly carried her out of the train car and headed towards the SUVs.
“Willow!” the woman who had begged me called out. One of the men tried to prevent her from running over to us.
“Let her be,” I ordered. The woman approached as I asked, “What is your name?”
“Kaily, sir.”
With a nod, I told her, “She has a high fever. I’m taking her to a doctor I trust. She’ll feel better if she sees you with her if she wakes. I don’t want to keep you from returning home, though.”
“I have no one waiting for me. Please, I’d like to help her in any way I can. She was the first they captured and she always made sure to keep their attention off of us in any way she could. So helping her is the least I can do.” Tears were rolling down her face and I knew the truth of her words.
“Come, we must hurry.”
Chapter 2
Dante
“Fucking Christ,” Leo mumbled in horror beside me as he got a glimpse of Willow. “The doctor is set up in the guest room.”
“Thank you. Keep Hazel away. I don’t want her to see and go into labor. This is Kaily, one of the other women. She knows Willow and wanted to help her.”
Leo smiled kindly at her. “I’ll have the bedroom next door to Willow’s set up for you Kaily. I’ll make sure no one bothers you but the doctor and his nurse. Please make sure to allow the doctor to look at you as well. I’ll send clean clothes for both of you. Don’t worry, Dante. It’s gonna be alright.” His words were comforting, relaxing me slightly.
