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“Please,” I beg but I don’t know what for. One of them Tasers him in the leg and then another and he finally drops, laughing as though it’s hilarious, as my nails dig into my palm. I watch them kick him repeatedly in the ribs, angry that he hurt them first and all I can think of his him.
Tears spring to my eyes and I beg Niall to make them stop.
He frowns at me and opens his mouth but it ends at last with more laughter, cursing and spitting from them. Captain really is a great fighter, if they didn’t have the guns or Tasers he might have even won.
Two men handcuff his hands behind his back and then his ankles, leaving him to spit up blood into the sand which he’s lying facedown on.
They were waiting for him. They knew he’d follow me and for a moment I wonder how they knew but then the sound of the ship’s horn has me tensing. They knew because of Clunk. Clunk sold him out because he knew he’d follow me too. I was played. We both were.
“Do you hear that, Captain?” The scarred man rips Captain’s head up off the sand. “That’s the sound of your crew abandoning you.”
Captain spits in his face making the scarred man release him and curse.
“My crew’s gotta do what’s best for them,” Captain replies and he’s lifted to his feet.
He looks at me and winks, then he looks at Niall. “Quite a problem for you though, mate.”
“Why’s that?” Niall asks bitterly. “We’ve won.”
“I’ll be tossed into a prison on the same island as you.” His face stretches with a smile, one I found so handsome until now. “It won’t be long until your girl is seeking me out to ride my cock again.” Niall becomes stony. “Likes it wild, this one. Watch her.”
Fuck him. I hate him.
“Shut the fuck up,” Niall barks and now his hand is definitely trembling. He’s going to accidentally put a bullet in his head and even though I despise Captain right now, the thought of him dying hurts somewhere deep inside of me.
I shake my head at Captain, losing any ounce of remorse I felt for his capture. “You’re disgusting.”
He grins, flashing his teeth at us both as he’s dragged away.
Niall tucks his gun away, pulls me into a hug and I accept his embrace, the way he smells of aftershave and lemons, the heat of his body through his shirt. All of my memories of my home comforts come flooding back and I grip him tighter with every passing second, keeping my eyes shut so I can’t see them taking Captain away. “I’m sorry it took so long. I am so sorry.”
“I just want to go home.”
“Come on,” Niall whispers. “It’s a bit of a journey but we’ll get you there.” Then he stops and kisses me, gently and sweetly, and tears slide down his cinnamon cheeks.
I wipe them away and hold him again. “I missed you.”
“It’s over. You won’t have to miss me again. I’ll look after you.”
“Thank you for not telling my mum.”
“You spoke to her?”
“He let me call her.” I look around the crowds of people for any sign of Calder but there is none.
“Do you have any water?” I ask, watching as they lead Captain away. The farther he gets the more anxious I feel. I try to push it away at the same time my arms ache to reach out and pull him back, despite everything.
We kiss again and for a brief flash I feel guilt creep in as I wonder if Captain fucking Calder can see me, but I brush it off. He took me from my life, he has no right to make me feel any kind of guilt for returning to it.
“Where are we going? How are we getting home?”
“You’ll see,” Niall replies and tucks me under his arm.
I look around, unsure on why there aren’t more people here. I guess I expected a cavalry of people, police officers, the FBI, the media. Instead the island is as it was, with people walking around minding their own business.
“Why didn’t you get me sooner?”
“International waters,” he replies sadly. “We aren’t even supposed to be here and we need to be quick, his men could come back for him. We’re outnumbered.”
I keep my head down and follow him to the same huts where Calder fucked that woman the day before. Nausea bubbles up, fired by an angry flame that burns through my body. Fuck him. Fuck the captain and everything he put me through.
“What’s going to happen to him? What is he being charged for?”
“Everything we can nail him with, murder, conspiracy to murder, kidnap, drug possession, weapons transportation. Most of which happened out of our area of jurisdiction but we have enough to put him away for a long time.”
