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“I don’t know.” Sparrow pauses for a moment. “We are on a dark road. I can see Vegas in the distance, and the mountains are next to us.”
“I’m on my way. I love you,” Andrei tells her.
Her sob comes across the line. “I killed him,” she cries.
I want to ask where Lennon is, but I just keep praying we are heading in the right direction.
“Sparrow,” Andrei says her name. “You can do this, and you did what you had to.”
In the distance, my headlights flash on two people walking along the dark road. I know in my gut this is them. I accelerate and we lurch forward, speeding toward our women.
“Someone is coming,” Sparrow says and hangs up.
I slam on the brakes when we reach them. The car screeches to a halt.
We jump out, and I’m around the hood heading toward Lennon as Andrei yells for Sparrow, who stepped off the roadway.
“I am yours and you are mine,” I tell Lennon, making my intentions clear. She nods slightly and then faints into my arms.
“Give her to me,” Bronwyn demands.
“Don’t touch her!” I have my Desert Eagle pointed at his face. I’m not letting her go.
“She’smydaughter. Give her to me,” he growls, and I watch him reach for the gun at his back.
“Nyet,” I spit at him and spin on my heel, putting my gun away. I climb into the back of the car and cradle Lennon in my lap, holding her to me.
“I’ll take care of you littlekukla,” I whisper in her ear. “Your Master will take care of everything from now on.”
Andrei gets in next to me with Sparrow in his arms. Bronwyn grumbles under his breath as he sits in the front passenger seat. Mikhail climbs into the driver’s seat and looks into the rearview mirror to our queen, who is covered in blood. I’m glad to see my lessons with her paid off.
“How many bodies?” Mikhail asks her, keeping his voice soft so as not to scare her.
“Only one,” Sparrow answers quietly.
“Da,” he says, then he makes a call as he turns the car around and heads toward the house in Summerlin.
Two
DMITRI
Istare down at my bed. The beautiful woman sleeping in it with her long brown hair fanning across my pillow has my complete focus. I knew Andrei would go for Sparrow, so my focus was on the woman who has changed everything. Andrei said he’d have the doctor head our way as soon as he’s done checking Sparrow over. She had bloody wounds on her hands, while all Lennon’s wounds are bruises.
I know she didn’t want to hurt Sparrow. She was acting as a big sister. But Andrei will want to question her anyway. I’m sure Sparrow will have a conversation with her too. As our queen and Andrei’s intended, Sparrow has the final say as to what happens to Lennon, but I’ll do everything I can to protect her.
A soft knock sounds on the door before it’s opened without my say. I have my gun in my hand and pointed at the doctor as he walks in.
“I’m sorry, sir, I’m here to check her over.”
I nod and holster my weapon. Bronwyn steps into the room, and I’m advancing on him before he even realizes it. He’s focused on his daughter. She looks so tiny in my large bed. She’s still dressed in the outfit she was going to wear to the dinner with the families. A dress I wouldn’t have agreed to if I’d seen it before. The slit in it goes high on her thigh. The cleavage it exposes is more than any of my men should see. Soon she will be under my control, and I’ll make sure she dresses appropriately. I don’t want to take away her sex appeal or her freedom. I want to make her safe and give her good options.
“Leave. I’ll talk to you after the doctor has checked her over,” I order Bronwyn out.
“I told you once. I won’t repeat myself again. She is my daughter and will go with me. I can get rid of your body before Andrei knows you are missing.” His hands flex, and I know he’s contemplating going for the gun he carries at his back. My dark chuckle takes him by surprise.
“I’m not afraid of you. I’ll give you the benefit of the doubt this one time. She is mine now.” I point to the bed, where the doctor is waiting to check her over. “I’ll be taking care of and protecting Lennon from now on.”
Bronwyn looks like he’s going to argue but steps back. I close the door in his face and turn toward the doctor.
