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“Let me take you home,” I say. “We can enjoy our last drive together.”

I open the car door for her and help her in.

I go around to the driver's side and climb in, bringing the engine to life and driving as slowly as I’m allowed to.

Chapter 26 - Dinara

I try not to let more tears spill as Robbie drives me home. He rests his hand on my leg, and I rest mine over his. For the first few minutes, we simply sit in silence, enjoying each other's company, but I know it’s going to end, and it’s not fair.

“We belong together,” I say quietly. “Robbie, we belong together. We deserve a second chance to make our relationship work.”

Robbie squeezes my hand. “We can’t go against what they order. You know how they’ll punish us for that.”

“You mean they’ll punish me,” I say softly. “You’re Ronan’s brother. He won’t hurt you.”

“He may have to if it means keeping the men’s loyalty.”

A thought strikes me, and I turn to Robbie, but suddenly, a sedan t-bones our car and pushes us off the road. The vehicle flips and continues to flip over and over, going down an embankment.

When I regain some sense, I look around and see my door being opened. I see Aiden’s bloody, angry face reaching inside, but I feel dazed. I try to push him away.

“Robbie,” I groan, but Aiden grabs me and yanks me out of the car. I cry out in pain, which seems to stir Robbie.

“Dinara,” he calls softly, then louder, but with pain in his voice. “Dinara?”

I hear him banging against his door. “I’m stuck. Dina, are you okay?”

“Robbie!” I scream as Aiden takes me by the hair and starts dragging me toward his car.

“Dina!” Robbie shouts angrily. I hear more banging.

“Aiden, let me go,” I shriek. “Robbie, it’s Aiden. He’s still alive.” Aiden yanks my hair, and I cry out. He shoves me into a car, and I look up at his livid face, dripping blood. His right ear is hanging off, probably from where Robbie shot him. He hits me in the gut, and I’m winded as he shuts the door.

“Bye-bye, Robbie Quinn,” I hear Aiden shout as he climbs into the driver's side and pulls off.

“You’re going to fucking pay for what you did,” Aiden growls at me. “Getting my boss's kid brother killed. I have to offer the boss revenge. A chance to take out the cause of Santero’s death.”

I make a fist and bring it down on his crotch. He gasps and slams on the brakes. I slam forward into the dashboard, and when I sit up, the last thing I see is Aiden’s hand coming straight for my head.

Everything goes black.

I feel pain.

Intense pain and swelling. My cheek is swollen and on fire. I’m so sore. My brain feels a little scrambled as I blink my eyes open and look around—I’m in a hangar. I’m on a chair, bound to it. I look around slowly, and it takes me a while to notice that there’s a chair next to me. My heart skips a beat when I realize who is passed out and bound to it.

Katya.

“Katya,” I whisper. “Katya, wake up.”

There’s a low chuckle from near some crates, and Aiden walks from the shadows into the light. “No one even noticed I took her from the party. They were so concerned about themselves and assumed she had simply gone out to the road with the rest of the family.”

“You’re a fucking idiot,” I snarl.

“Oh really?” He laughs. “How do you figure I’m the idiot? I have you and Katya Sorvino tied up, and your families are not going to find you in time.”

“Katya,” I say urgently, then I smirk at Aiden. “You really shouldn’t have touched something that belongs to Alessandro Sorvino. If you were scared of Ronan or even Robbie, then you will shit yourself for Alessandro. The man will burn through the world for his wife.”

“I’m not scared of Ronan,” Aiden declares cockily. “He bowed to the two families we should have been challenging. We should be running New York. Ronan doesn’t care. He wants peace and to live in his little pub. He wants to look longingly at Molly, who finds his way of life disgusting. I really think she’s the problem. Ronan wants to be a better person for her. There’s no changing who we are or what we’ve done.”

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