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The other guy grinned. “You let my brother go, or your whore dies. See, I can play this game too.”
My finger caressed the trigger. The sound of that asshole calling Diana a whore made me twitch. But I had to be smart. My whole goal was to protect her. To keep her safe. Even if she didn’t want my protection at the moment, she sure as hell needed it.
“You really think I’m going to trust you?”
The guy shrugged. “You don’t really have any choice.”
“I could end your boy and have a bullet in your skull before his body even hit the ground.”
The other guy looked at the one I was holding. Ah so this one was the ringleader.
The guy said, “We need information she has. So I would rather neither of us dies at the moment.”
“Could have fooled me. You were choking her out when I walked in.”
“Well, she angered me. You know how it is with whores.”
Again with the stroking of the trigger, but I knew if I killed the guy in my arms, Diana would be gone. And that would be on me. I had to get my shit under control. I couldn’t let my emotions rule the moment.
The guy holding Diana smiled. “Easy now, killer. Let him go. Gun down. You can’t win this fight today. We’ll come for you both another day.”
“You can come for me all you want. But come near her, and I will put a bullet between your eyes.”
“You’re welcome to try. But in the meantime, gun down. Or little Miss Blond-tits-and-ass goes.”
Motherfucker. Diana’s eyes went wide, and she shook her head. “Rafe. Don’t.”
I wasn’t sure which one she was telling me not to do. Not kill the guy? Yeah, I was already with that program. Not to save her? She was crazy if she thought that. Like I could just walk away from her after everything? I fucking loved her. Which was inconvenient at best.
I put the safety back on and lowered the gun, letting the other guy fall to the floor. “You shoot her, and you don’t walk out of here. Neither does your brother. You make your choices.”
“Not to worry, I’ll be back for the both of you.” The other guy threw Diana down on the ground with enough force to make her bounce.
I sprinted toward her while the other man dragged his brother out the door. I wanted to go for my gun, to shoot the retreating forms, but Diana was my concern now.
She groaned as she tried to sit up. “How did you find me?”
I held her gently even as I systematically checked her for wounds. She would have severe bruising on her neck tomorrow. “I tagged you with something when you were at my place. While we were… busy.”
Her eyes went wide. “Are you fucking serious?”
“You can yell at me for that later. I’m taking you somewhere safe. You need to be checked out better. Right now you can talk a little, but I don’t know how long that’ll last. The bruising on your neck is ugly.”
“I can’t come with you. You heard him. They’re going to keep searching for me. I have to go. I need to run.” Then she frowned as if she remembered something. “Did you erase the flash drive?”
I swallowed and then nodded. “Yes. I have a device that lifted the data off of it while it was still on you.”
“How did you know I’d have it on me?”
“I figured you came to either give it back or blackmail me. And since you’re on the run, the safest place to hide it would be on you. I took a calculated risk.”
Her lips trembled. “How am I going to get out of this?”
I stared down at her and brushed a lock of hair off her face. “With me. I’m going help you get out of whatever this is. But first you and I are due to have a long conversation.”
CHAPTERTWENTY-ONE
Diana
