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But just before I can form a smart-ass response, my insides plunge into a deep freeze when my eyes latch on to someone standing behind Quinn.
Watching us.
“Revenge is still revenge. And some people will wait a long time to get it.”
Heaven’s words ring out like clashing cymbals banging between my temples.
A scream builds in my chest.
I finally find my voice.
“Aisling!”
Chapter12
Quinn
Idon’t stop running, not when my legs threaten to give out, not when my lungs are about to explode. Where the fuck did all of these people come from? Suddenly, the observation deck is crawling with them, and Aisling is getting farther and farther away.
If that son of a bitch gets her into the elevator…
Blood rushes between my ears.
No fucking way will that happen. I won’t let it.
Spotty memories pop between my temples like bullets.
Where the fuck is security?
I can’t draw enough breath into my lungs to even yell.
Somewhere I hear Heaven’s panicked voice, but I can’t stop to explain.
My stomach roils. I’m losing Aisling’s long reddish-blond curls in the throngs of tourists.
I run harder. He can’t take her.
They disappear around a corner of the outside deck which is quiet. Empty.
A flash of white blasts past me.
Val tackles him to the ground and pulls off her high heel. She presses the sharp stilt against his neck, her knee jammed into the guy’s sternum.
Aisling scrambles out of his grip and runs toward me. I squeeze her tight when she jumps into my arms. “What the hell happened?”
“I dropped my favorite bracelet. He was standing a little bit away from us and held it out to me. I didn’t say anything because he was close. Then he grabbed me.” Her big brown eyes shine with tears. “I’m sorry, Uncle Q.”
“Aisling,” Heaven screams from across the floor with two security guards behind her.
“You’re a disgusting piece of shit.” Val’s fury pierces the air. She slices his face with her shoe. Security runs up to them. One of the guys pulls her away from the man on the ground. Blood streams from the spot where the heel tore open his cheek. He turns his head to glare at me.
Directly at me.
Then he rolls around and struggles to his feet while both security guards try to keep Val from leaping at him again.
“Really? You’re holding her down, but nobody has the guy who tried to snatch my niece?” My voice is thick with anger. I cross over to the guy who staggers around a bit. He wipes the blood from his face and stares at it for a second before his lips lift into a malicious smirk directed right at me.
The blood ices in my veins.
