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“I’m going tokillyou for that,” Ty snarled.
Shaking my head, I then looked over and saw that six men were now holding down Ty, his lip now split open and his eyes burning with fury as he glared at Hendrix.
“I already won, dumbass,” Hendrix said with his infuriating laugh. “She’smine.”
Ty snarled but my blood ran cold. This was nothing like Ty’s hot-blooded Alpha side, all swagger and seduction. This was a predator who wanted to break me, who wanted to use me to break Ty; fear swirled through me.
Maybe I shouldn’t have come.
My breathing grew quicker, and I thought about what I’d learned this morning, the secret that I’d kept from Ty so that he wouldn’t prevent me from coming along and getting revenge on my mother’s murderer.
No, I had to do this.
I finally understood why my mother had risked so much to stop him, including her life: she hadn’t wanted anyone else to suffer at Hendrix’s hands. She’d wanted to make the world safe for me.
I understand, Mom, especially now.
I’d do anything to protect my family.
Hendrix reached over and wrenched on my ponytail, causing me to cry out in pain and tears to smart in my eyes. He didn’t even look at me; he only gazed at Ty.
“You hear that?” Hendrix asked. “That’s a little preview. She’s mine, Michaelson. Mine to use, tofuck, to torture while you watch and bleed out.” I couldn’t help it, I let out a cry while Ty went still all over, some of the color draining from his face. “So, we’re all going to take a little ride and go somewhere more comfortable. Then you’ll get to watch me take her over and over.”
Again, Ty let out a savage snarl but he couldn’t hide the panic in his eyes as he glanced at me this time. However, there was also a calm, deadly purpose flickering there, and I took a deep breath.
Ty would never let that happen.
“I’ll kill you soon enough, but not before I use her body as I see fit,” Hendrix continued. Hendrix let go of my hair and patted my cheek. “Finally.” He strode towards Ty and let out a demented laugh. “I win. Ifuckingwin!”
“Guess again,kachok.”
A huge exhale of relief escaped me as the Russian accent cut across the room. I couldn’t help but smile a little as Hendrix froze, then slew his neck around to look up. I followed his gaze and my smile grew.
Ty had told Kir Volksov to use that specific insult. It was one of his uncle’s favorites; meaning “jockstrap”of all things. Hendrix would know what it meant.
He’d know that he hadn’t won — that we’d turned the tables on him.
Overhead on the catwalk, Kir and Daniel grinned down at us. All of Hendrix’s guys were knocked out – replaced by either Volksov or Michaelson gangsters.
“You’re right, Michaelson,” Volksov called. “I am going to owe you one.”
“Irina sends her regards, shithead,” Daniel called.
“Oh, fuck,” Hendrix whimpered out loud.
At that moment, I looked at Ty and we shared a wild, satisfied grin.
Checkmate for Marina Fioreno, you bastard.
I’d never seen a grown man look so petrified.
Hendrix’s. face turned ashen; staring up at Daniel and Kir as though he couldn’t believe it. I grinned to myself, glad that Ty had thought so far ahead.
Taking advantage of the distraction of the men holding me, I got a hand free and jabbed my elbow up into one of their faces. At the same time, I stomped down with my foot and was gratified by a yelp of pain – then I slammed my head into the nose of the last one.
I had barely taken a step before the fighting broke out again. Several of Hendrix’s men swarmed him, trying to guard him as the Bratva and the rest of the Michaelsons went after them. Ducking through the fighting men, I frantically searched for Ty and saw that he was all but throwing one of the men who’d held him down across the room.
He’d told me that we’d have to convince Hendrix that he’d won, to play along and not to worry if Ty got pinned to the ground. I scrubbed a hand across my mouth and spat on the floor. I didn’t think either of us had expected that.
