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I crawl back over to Theo. I’m safer at his side than anywhere else.
Theo stays crouched behind the pew and angles the gun over it.
Then he lets loose.
He starts firing bullets into Salvatore’s men. One after the other, they fall.
One manages to dodge out of the way. I see him fall behind a pew, but I don’t know exactly where he is. When I hear footsteps coming up beside me, I turn and see the man.
“Theo!”
Theo turns, but before he can shoot the man, I’m grabbed by my hair and hoisted into the man’s arms.
“Drop your weapon,” he growls at Theo. “Or I kill the girl.” He points his gun at me.
“You don’t want to do that,” Theo says.
“Why not?”
“Because it will only piss off Antonio, and you don’t want to do that. Trust me. Salvatore and he had a deal. We broke it. But that’s still Antonio’s sister. You kill her; you’re fucked.”
The man snorts. “I don’t care about Antonio. He doesn’t frighten me. And neither do you.”
“You should be scared of me,” Theo says. “I just killed all your buddies.”
I’m holding still, letting Theo and the man talk, when I get an idea. It’s terrifying having a gun to my face, but it’s even more terrifying to think about living my life without Theo.
So, I bring my foot up and kick back, hitting the man in the shin. He grunts and loses his concentration.
Theo uses it to his advantage, shooting the man and killing him instantly. I drop onto my hands and knees, gasping for air. That’s it. He’s the last one to go down.
Theo drops the gun and runs over to me. “Cecilia? Cecilia, are you all right?”
I let out a sob and cling to Theo. “What happened?”
“Why did you do that?” He shakes me gently. “Are you stupid? He could have killed you. Why did you kick him?”
“Because I don’t want to live without you.”
Theo stares at me for a moment before pulling me into a tight hug. “God, I love you, you know that?”
“I do. I love you so much.” I cling to him. “What are we going to do now? How did this even happen?”
“They obviously found out where we are. Marco must have told them. Which means Antonio will know and will be coming after us. He doesn’t want us together.”
“I know. Theo, I’m worried. Why would Marco turn on us?”
“Because his allegiance is to Antonio. He was just doing his job.”
“But Antonio wouldn’t want me hurt,” I say. “And these men mentioned they’d … you know. Hurt me.”
Theo’s eyes darken. “I will never let anything like that happen to you. You hear me?”
“I do. But if Antonio wouldn’t hurt me hurt, then how did Salvatore’s men find out? I doubt Antonio would send them after me.”
“I don’t know. And I don’t care. Right now, we need to get out of here. We have to head back to the house and change. You’re … you’re covered in blood.”
I look down, and what I see makes me gasp. Theo’s right. My beautiful white wedding dress is drenched in blood. It must have happened when the old woman was shot.
