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Agony tore through my jaw as he left. Still, Pavlov just watched her as she arched her back, her other hand fisting the sheets as her orgasm engulfed her, claiming her senses.
She didn’t know there was a man watching her.
A man I’d sent right to her bedside.
But the sonofabitch watching her did.
And he fucking knew better…
31
Anna
This can’t be happening…
I closed my eyes with a shiver.
Not Finley…
Not now.
Of all the guys and of all the goddamn times…Maybe there was still a way out of this somehow? Maybe I could still save my dad…but at what cost?The tremor echoed with an answer. But it was the kind of answer I didn’t want to hear. The kind of answer that lingered between my thighs and whispered only one name.
Save my dad, or be with Finley. I couldn’t have both.
My phone gave abeepon the bed beside me. I opened my eyes and turned my head to stare at the unknown number before grabbing it and answering the call.
“Do you think this is a game, Anna?” the distorted voice on the other end asked.
The contact.It had to be. It couldn’t be anyone else. An icy touch raced along my spine “No.”
“Then why the fuck are you playing me?”
“I’mnot…I’m not playing you.”
“I. Saw. You!”he roared. I froze, unable to speak as a rush of hash breaths filled my ear. When he spoke again, he was more composed. “Saw you withhim.You looked so cute together. But you seem to forget what’s at stake here. Maybe that’s my fault. I was too lenient, too soft. Maybe I needed to remind you what happens to those who get caught up with the Commission? No one is safe, not even their precious progeny.”
Abeepfollowed.
I pulled my phone down and tapped the screen, finding a message in my inbox. My damn hands shook as I opened it and stared at an image. Bright crimson invaded my world.
Blood.So much blood.
Baldeon’s eyes were wide open, his mouth fixed in a silent scream. Dead…he was dead. I now knew what that looked like. In my head, Bladeon had been alive, screaming of retribution as they hauled him off the boat. But not anymore. The phone slipped from my hand, falling onto the bed before bouncing to the floor with athud.
No…no…no…no!The scream was trapped in my throat, choking and hard, as that voice came through the speaker again. Instantly, I was lunging forward, dropping to my knees as I grabbed the phone and brought it to my ear.
“Now that you understand what’s at stake here, I need you to be on board.”
“I am.” The hoarse words burned. “I am on board.”
“That will be your fatherif you don’t do what I say, do you understand that?”
I squeezed my eyes closed as the room swayed. “Yes.”
“Finley Salvatore is nothing more than a puppet for his father. Why else do you think he’s here on the island, if not to spy on you? Ask him, you’ll see I’m telling the truth. Everything you do and say will be relayed back to Dominic Salvatore. If you don’t believe me, check his phone, then you’ll see I’m telling you truth. And, Anna…”
I waited.
