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Except his follows. When I move to leave the tower, I see six people surrounding it. Loading my gun I get ready, knowing it’s not going to be likely that any of us make it out of this alive. I check the cameras. The only thing working is the bracelets so I do my best to remember everyones location.

At least if we die, we all die together.

Chapter 59

I look into her eyes when she says, “It’s Damien’s dad. I don’t know how or why, but it was him. I watched him kill my parents.”

The words don’t register in my head at first. How could it be my father? He didn’t even know her. I shake my head at her, but the look on her face tells me she’s serious. This is real.

“I love you.”

She takes out her earpiece, turns it off and places it in her pocket. Then she hugs me. I wrap my arms around her, not understanding what’s happening.

Before I can register her movements, she has me pinned against the wall, cuffs on my wrists and arms pulled around the bars in the makeshift cell towards the back.

“What the fuck?” I say, panic setting into me because I know this can’t be good. She takes my earpiece out and turns it off too, then carefully sets it aside.

“They are surrounding us. Alexi is in trouble, and we both heard that explosion. If I stay, we won’t make it. But if I fight and draw them away, my uncle will follow me. They will all follow me. He’s already got to Boris. I’m the only one left that he wants.”

“Don’t,” I beg her as my knees threaten to give out.

This was supposed to be our victory, this was supposed to be her freedom. We were supposed to get happily ever after and make a family. I want the damn white picket fence and puppies.

Why is she doing this?

“I can’t let him take you from this world too.”

Tears stream down her face as she holds both hands on my cheeks. My forehead falls to hers. I want to headbutt her, make her see reason. Threaten to punish her with seven orgasms.

But she pulls back, and I know this story won’t end well. We may all be villains here, but she was my light and my redemption. If she’s gone, then I am nothing but a shell of a man. I am only the monster my father made me.

“Wait,” I say, needing to stall her, needing more information. I could hear the debris falling around us and bombs imploding. Her window to run would be open soon and she's planning to walk out there to deliver herself to her greatest nightmare.

“Tell me how you know it was him. What did he do?”

She pauses after looking out the small window.

“He shot my father in the head, then he tried to trick my mother into giving me up. He swore he would find me and take me. Then killed her too. Right there in my childhood home. I don’t know how he’s connected to my uncle, but I have a feeling your father was the one to warn him about today. I need you to find out. Find out what he did and then come save me, okay?”

“Don’t do this, baby girl. Stay with me. We will both be safe if we stay here.”

She’s leaning on the door, her hand poised to turn the handle the second she could. “But they won’t be. I told you before, it was all of you or none of you. At the very least, at the end of this, I need to know you have each other.”

Then, she pushes the handle and shuts the door behind her. I hear when the keypad, and the lock engages. I let out a roar of anger, frustration, and pure rage because my father was a player in this game. I have never wanted to slit my wrists open and bleed his blood out of me so badly until this very moment.

Trying to focus, I take a deep breath to clear away the growing panic, so I can find a way out to her. To Lev. To Alexi.

Then I remember the tool bag I brought in, sitting just in front of my feet. I reach for it easily with my foot and pull it to the end of the bars where I squat down to rummage through everything.

My little shadow can run, but I will always come for her.

Chapter 60

I wipe away the tears as I run from the bunker. Tears won’t help us now. I see Laney above and signal her for smoke bombs as cover, telling her to meet in the east building to help Alexi.

If I can get the team there to see me, then surely they will all move that way. That will keep them away from the towers so that Lev can get responders over there and hopefully save Boris and Nessa. My chest clenches at the thought of losing them, at losing any of them. They have to make it out of here. I have to make sure of it.

If my uncle gets me, he won't kill me. This way everyone will have time to regroup and come up with another plan. One that hopefully involves saving me. I just have to wait him out.

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