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“Why?” Tears rolled down my cheeks, my voice barely audiblebecause even talking hurt so damn much.

I froze when Danny reached over and unclipped Angel from herseatbelt, catching her in his arms so she didn’t fall and hurt herself. I screamed at him not to touch her, or at least I tried, my pounding head hurt so much that the words wouldn’t form properly.

Danny started fiddling with Angel’s seatbelt. His mouth was moving but I could only make out some of his words thanks to the pounding in my head. “Stay still…..I’m going to get Angel out….. I’ll come back for you,” he panted, his hands moving fast to release her.

“Don’t fucking touch her,” I tried to yell and make my stupid brokenarm move to stop him, but pain shot through me to the point I was going to vomit.

Helplessness settled deep in my bones. There was nothing I could dobut scream as Danny unstrapped Angel and dragged her out. He yanked her out of the car and onto her feet, her sobs breaking my heart.Her little feet tried to kick at Danny, but as I twisted in my seat, painonce again ripped through me, stopping me from turning to see what the fuck was happening.

Danny shouted something, but my screams of frustration preventedme from hearing what he said. Noises echoed all around the upturned car, but I had no idea what was going on.

It was only when I heard the sound of retreating footsteps and thesounds of Angel’s cries getting weaker that I registered Danny was gone.

And he’d taken Angel with him.

My sluggish brain was struggling to comprehend what had happenedas my heart crumbled into tiny pieces. The pain throughout my entire body was beginning to take hold, dragging me into terrifying darkness. I needed to get out of the car, I was a sitting duck but I wasn’t sure I’d be able to.

The thought of Kai coming to my rescue flashed through my headand I so badly wanted to believe he would, that any second now I’d feel his strong arms wrap around me, and his comforting words telling me everything would be okay.

But the truth was, Kai probably didn’t even know I was gone from theapartment. Danny had planned this, he’d betrayed Kai, betrayed me, and now I was waiting for him or someone else to come and take me next.

Well fuck that.

I may be injured but I sure as fuck wasn’t going to sit here and waitfor whoever had caused us to crash to come and get me.

Determination rolled through me and with my good arm, I unclippedmy seatbelt, cursing like a motherfucker when I fell against the roof of the car and making the pain in my shoulder feel like I had been burned by a white-hot poker.It was a silly move, the pain became too much to cope with and thefuzziness in my head doubled, the blackness inching closer and closer. I tried to fight it, I really did but it was useless.

My body started to relax, my eyes closed, and as I succumbed to thedarkness, I felt hands reach in and grab my body.

And they weren’t the hands of the man I was falling for.

Chapter 30

Kai

ThedrivehomefromIsaac’s office had been a silent one, neitherHendrix nor I speaking, while we both digested the new information.

The silence had given me time to think about what to do with Riley,and I had come to the decision that she wasn’t going anywhere.

If I had to chain her to my side so I could keep an eye on her everyminute of the day and night, so be it.I was done with letting her sulk, the second I got back I was goingstraight to her room and not leaving until she spoke to me. Shit was getting too fucking dangerous for her to be in a mood with me.

I pulled the SUV into the underground garage, noticing Danny’s Audiwas nowhere to be seen. My eyes narrowed on the empty space and fury spiked through my blood, Danny knew better than to leave Riley alone.

Where the fuck was he?

My attention snapped to Frank who was at the end of the garage,pacing with his phone to his ear. As soon as he heard the rumble of the engine he pulled the phone away and started running through the garage toward me. I stopped the car next to him and wound down the window.

“Sir, I’ve been trying to call you,” he panted, his tone was accusatoryand ordinarily, I wouldn’t stand for someone talking to me like that, but the panic-stricken look on his face told me there was something wrong.

“What the fuck is going on? My phone hasn’t rung,” I took my phoneout of my pocket and checked the screen, confirming that I had no missed calls from anyone.

“I don’t understand, it’s been ringing from my end. Anyway, it doesn’tmatter. It’s Danny, he’s the one that’s been betraying you and he’s….he’s taken Riley, and Angel” Frank choked out as my entire body turned to ice, his words ringing in my ears.

Danny’s the one that’s been betraying you.

He’s taken Riley.

“What the fuck are you talking about?” Hendrix leaned over andhuffed at Frank through the open window, confusion etched on his face which mirrored my own.

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