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“ASLAN. WAKE UP. RIGHT THE FUCK NOW.”
My eyelids rose unwillingly.
I groaned as a rush of nausea grabbed me around the throat. I went to lurch to the side of my bed and retch, but hands grabbed me, yanking me to the other side, not leaving me the hell alone.
“Stop. What the—” I smacked my lips, tasting sourness and sickness.
What happened?
Last thing I remembered was the god-awful pain as my heart gave up, followed by...nothing.
“You need to get up. Right now,” Cem hissed in my face. He hadn’t turned on a lamp, and my room was cast in darkness. I had no idea what time it was or how I’d gotten here. The only illumination came from the security spotlights ringing his immaculate gardens below.
My hearing chose that moment to work, and I winced at the sound of his Rottweilers going berserk. Their barking sounded feral. Loud and incessant. “Can you tell your bloody demon dogs to shut the fuck up?” I rubbed my temples where a headache pounded. “Some of us are trying to sleep—”
“Wake up!” Cem slapped me.
I reared back, blinking.
Memories slammed into me.
The photo.
Ayla.
He’s going to take her and Neri.
Rage thundered through me, and I launched myself at him.
I have to kill him.
“I won’t let you take them!”
“Stop this!” Backhanding me, Cem shot off my bed and ran into my walk-in wardrobe. “We’re under attack. We’ll discuss everything later. Right now, we need to run.”
“Attack? Who’s attacking?”
He didn’t reply, throwing a pair of trackpants and a black hoodie at me. “Get dressed. Quickly.” Tossing me my cane, he barked, “You don’t have time to strap on that pointless leg. I’ll help you.”
His urgency bled through the night, and the parts of me still conditioned enough to obey rushed to slip the pants on and shrug into the hoodie. My core helped me balance easily on one leg as I fisted my cane and hopped toward him.
Without a word, Cem looped his arm around my waist.
My skin crawled. “Don’t touch me.”
“Now is not the time to hold grudges—”
“Don’t fucking touch me.” I shoved him away. “I don’t need you carrying me like an invalid.”
“We need to run.”
“I can run.”
“You’re hopping on one leg!”
“Thanks to you!”
“We don’t have time for this.” Grabbing me around the cheeks, he planted a kiss on my forehead. “Despite everything, Aslan, I love you. I need you to know that. We’ll talk about Neri and Ayla. I swear to you, I won’t harm them. Please don’t fight me tonight. Okay? Just trust that I’m doing everything I can to keep you safe.”
