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"You little bitch! You've just earned dying by my hand personally." He then put the bag over her head and began to cinch her airway off with the wire. Even worse, he stood in front of her towatch the fear in her eyes through the clear plastic.

Talon and I did everything we could, panicking. My heart wanted to stop beating, but we were forced to watch her die first. Tears left my eyes because I loved her. I'd fallen for the she devil, but I only got her for a week.

Just when I thought all hope was lost, glass began to shatter all around us as smoke bombs rolled in. The calvary finally arrived but was it in time because my Little Omega’s body went limp.

Chapter 30

Vicki

My hand kept stroking over my throat, feeling the wire's indention that'd been left behind. When my airway had been cut off, I felt the true fear of the dark life these corrupted men lived. My guys were a soft dark, but this had been too much for my mind. Hell, my life flashed before my bleary eyes, staring at Valentino through the plastic. I'd have nightmares for a long time, especially because I did pass out from it. Apparently, it didn't take a person long to shut off when they couldn't breathe. A thing I learned from personal experience now.

"How are you holding up, Miss D'amour?" The man who led his SWAT team in came to talk to me now that I'd been treated at the hospital for my injuries. Kage and Talon knew how tospin their story because they knew Leo would be pinning my initial kidnapping on Valentino. One officer confirmed it when he first came into our shared room, about locating my abductor. He asked if Valentino been the man to take me. We nodded then, so I played it up first, having a story at the ready with my broken words.

"I'm okay, I think." My hand kept touching the intent, feeling a pain that came from it. My voice was scratchy too because he impacted my vocal cords when he squeezed my neck like my head was a blackhead needing popped.

"I'm sorry for what you've been through."

"Thank you," I appreciated his sincerity. This man had probably seen plenty of instances when they didn't get somewhere in time. And I had a moment believing I’d be one of them.

"Can you tell me again where you were taken?"

"The bank. I went to make the money drop for my father's business like I did every Tuesday. They threw me into a van, but I couldn't see who they were. They put a bag over my head, and they had masks on in the bank." I touched my hair, remembering more of the plastic bag moments ago than the thin black cloth, but he didn't need to know that. "I heard two men confronting my takers when they stopped somewhere on the way here because they followed the van. Talon and Kage heard me screaming for help, but they were overwhelmed by the weapons. They were taken too because of it. Both were waiting for me because we were about to discuss the layoffs of my father's employees. They were two of them."

My eyes drifted over to where they were together, telling a similar spin. Talon was hooked up to an IV like me, but he had to have a blood transfusion for the amount he lost. Kage never left his side, helping him when Talon didn't have the strength to reach for something.

"I feel so guilty that I got them hurt, and my family ruined their lives. I got Talon shot..." In a way, I took the blame for Talon being shot because I'd been the one to give him a window for his attack, but had I not, Leopold would've never found us.

"Why did you feel the need to reach out to Talon Walker and Kage Duran specifically?" He wrote my responses down, but I didn't like he tried setting me up to walk into a trap. He wanted to see if we were somehow lying.

"I didn't. Theyreached out to me about what happened. Why are you trying to get me to say something else?" Yeah, he got the bitch now.

"Mr. Carnelli swears you'd already been kidnapped when he kidnapped you. He says he was just after Talon Walker."

"Right, and why would I defend them if they kidnapped me? And why did they take two others if they came for one man? Why go into the bank at all after me?" I placed my hands on my hips. "Sergeant, I've literally been put through hell this week because of Valentino and his men!" Yeah, I let the tears fall because they wanted to expel for other reasons that included almost dying. "One tried using my body, and one even put his dick in my mouth, but I'm hiding my abductor?"

"Right, I'm sorry. You've been through a lot. We're just trying to get the story straight."

Before I could reply, an officer came running toward his boss with a piece of paper. "Here's his tie! We found it while sweeping Valentino's office. There’s more proof on his computer as well."

Sergeant Hamilton studied whatever he'd been given, his eyes widening. Now he really looked sorry for his bullshit. "Apparently, Mr. Carnelli had been using your father's factory for smuggling. With it closing down, he'd lose one of his fronts. Now we at least know why he took you even though he wouldn't tell us the truth."

Damn. Luce and Leopold kicked ass.

"Victoria?" a deep voice called from the entrance of the room. In my surprise, my father came, but he didn't come without his awful wife. My hope quickly turned to sadness because I didn't want to deal with her. The hand holding my IV pole tightened, unready and unsteady for this interaction. He moved toward me at a brisk pace, and I realized why he acted like he cared. He had a camera crew following him. He wrapped me in a tight hug only wearing my hospital gown, pretending it was a normal thing for us. "You're okay!"

"Yep. I'm good." I didn't react nice or rude. Neutral was my only path to not cry because I knew the moment that camera turned off, he'd let me have it. I stepped away from his hold. That's when they both noticed my neck. His hand even reached to skim over the angry flesh, but I winced in fear. My eyes closed, and I comprehended I showed him I wasn't okay. I showed him how fucked up Valentino made mein a single night. Though, he'd believe it was nearly a week.

"Victoria," he said my name with too much compassion. "What did they do to you?"

"So now you mean it." I crossed my arms and repeatedly tapped the ground with my big toe in the hospital socks, looking at the tile flooring they kept in here to clean easier. I bit back my tears because being kidnapped wasn't reason enough to care. No, he had to see I'd been strangled to give a rat's ass. "Are you streaming live?" I asked the cameraman.

He nodded.

"Cecilia?" Talon looked like he was seeing a ghost before letting his glance swing to Kage. "Ugh, I am dead, and I must’ve gone to hell for her to haunt me here."

"She came with Vicki's dad," Kage explained, both now viewing this interaction differently.

"Victoria?" Talon fought through his meds to call my name from behind, placing his hand on the safety arm of the bed to sit up. "Are you okay?"

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