Page 197 of Filthy Savage

It’ll break Fia’s little heart if she doesn’t talk to her either.

She gives me one last look as Cillian grabs her hand.

Getting to my feet, I drop a kiss on the top of her head. “I promise I’ll be quick, okay, baby?”

“Okay, Daddy.” She heads out the door, while I prepare to end this.

As soon as I make it to the kitchen, I find Lena on a chair with tape around her mouth, eyes stricken with fear as she takes in the six men here, including Tynan.

Her gaze widens even more when I step inside, towering over her. My mouth curls as I rip the tape from her face.

“Please! I—I didn’t do anything. I was just supposed to hang out with the kid. I didn’t?—”

“Shut your fucking mouth. You won’t speak unless I tell you to speak.”

She nods, tears filling her eyes.

“You took my daughter. Mine!” I smack a palm to my chest.

“No! It was all him! He helped that girl fake an ID. He hacked the school to get her on the list. I was just making sure she was safe!”

My temples fucking throb. That school is gonna pay for this. But right now I’m gonna start with her.

“You’re gonna die today, and I wanna tell you how before it happens.”

“P-p-p-please, I beg you!”

Removing a nine from my waistband, I fire one into her thigh, the silencer keeping the sound at a minimum. Her scream just makes me want to kill her faster.

“That’s what you get for not listening to instructions. Now…” I lower the gun. “As I was saying, I’m gonna put a bullet in your head. Then, my guys are gonna chop you up into tiny pieces, just because, before we burn you and toss your ashes.”

She sobs, bottom lip quivering.

I have no sympathy. None. She brought this on herself.

“But don’t worry. Because I’m a nice guy, I’ll make sure you and your boyfriend burn together.”

As she continues to cry, I raise my gun to her head.

“Please!”

Pop.

It’s over.

Now I can finally take Amara to the doctor, and I hope like hell that he says she’ll come out of this.

I hold Amara in my arms as she shakes and cries, unable to come to terms with the utter betrayal.

Neither can I.

She still hasn’t spoken since we got her to the underground hospital run by Gio Marino and his family, but at least she’s feeling it all. That’s progress.

We did end up finding Roy in the parking lot of the restaurant the girls ate in, stabbed in the throat. There were no cameras to catch her, but I think it was Lilith who killed him.

“She’s just in shock right now,” the doctor explains. “She and the baby are fine physically. But she needs to be home and taken care of right now.”

“Are you sure that’s it? That she’ll be okay?”

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