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“I can walk. I’m not that fragile.”
“Luca tells me you’re the strongest woman he knows. But that’s not why I’m carrying you. I can’t have you lagging behind. You could be an open target.”
“Oh. Thank you.”
My body vibrates as he carries me. With my face nuzzled in his neck, tears stream down my cheeks. The only thing I can think about is being ripped away from the love of my life.
Car tires screech against the road, and I barely look up at the truck before I’m being plonked in the back seat and pulled into Frankie’s chest.
Keller gets in the passenger seat and we take off.
Over the roar of the engine, I can barely hear the men whisper-shouting in the front. I don’t want to hear how bad this is. I just want my Luca back.
“It will be okay, Rosa,” Frankie whispers.
He might normally have the best poker face, but even he isn’t hiding his worry.
“What’s the plan? We have to act fast.” The anger in Grayson’s tone makes me flinch.
“I’m waiting on a phone call. Enzo is on standby, as are our men. I put out the call to every single one of them. We have hundreds ready. I just need his location.”
“Romano?” Keller turns in his seat to face us.
Frankie shakes his head. “Even better, Maria. I can wrap that vile bitch around my little finger.”
I push myself back from my uncle. “You speak to Maria?”
“I worked with them for six years, Rosa. They know what I’m capable of, and they don’t want me as their enemy. I said I’ll do what it takes, didn’t I? I suspect, finding Luca, we should find Eva. They don’t have many options in this city.”
“Y-you haven’t found her yet, though?” Doubt starts to creep up. If we haven’t got Eva yet, how can we get to Luca quick enough to save him?
“Now that they have Luca, they’ll think they’ve outdone us. They knew Eva wasn’t enough to go for control. Luca is. I may have to forge a deal, though.”
Frankie shakes back his sleeve and checks his watch. “Any minute now. Keep driving, Grayson.”
“What deal?”
Frankie looks at me but doesn’t speak.
“What deal, Frankie?” Keller repeats my words.
“It doesn’t matter. They won’t get it, they just need to think they will for long enough.”
Keller’s dark eyes flick to mine, and he shakes his head. We all know he’s talking about me. I’m who Maria wants.
My fingers clutch at his arm. “Just give me over. If that saves Luca, just give me to her. You guys need him more than me.”
Frankie scoffs. “Not happening. If Luca loses you, Rosa, we’ll essentially lose you both. He won’t survive that.”
Luca is strong. He’ll be fine without me. “But–”
“Enough, Rosa. I’ve got this, okay?” Frankie pins me with a glare, the same as he used on me when I was growing up, to let me know when he was serious. I sit back, defeated.
His phone rings. “And here she is.”
The car is silent, and Frankie brings the phone to his ear.
“Maria. Nice of you to finally return my call.”
