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“Money?”
Ivan shook his head. “Abandonato blood,” He kissed me across the cheek and laughed in my ear, his heated lips spoke against my skin. “So I offered them yours.”
It made no sense, why save me only to kill me?
He was acting crazy though. I just needed to remember to trust him, to help him, at all costs. He’d asked me to hold him. He wasn’t who he said he was. I clung to those memories, and the promises made in the dark. I clung to them like a lifeline, knowing if I was wrong, it would be my life on the line, and I would be dead.
Take the risk.
Walk down the aisle.
Make the choice.
You go through life thinking you have a choice, and you do, but what if the choice is you or them? What if the choice is to jump, knowing that you could potentially be jumping to your death, not flying toward life? There is always a choice, the question, however, will always be, will you risk it?
“Decide,” Ivan yelled. “Decide who to send back Bella, and then I’ll let the others get their cut of your blood, I would choose wisely, maybe the most injured should stay behind, they’ll be easier to fight off, plus we do need proof I kept my end of the bargain.” He threw his head back and laughed. “Wow, you should see your face right now, do you think for one second, I really give a shit about you? It’s so easy to manipulate people, take for example, these pathetic men… so”—Ivan shoved one to the ground—“easy.”
I quickly looked across the three men, noting their injuries as fast as I could, one was slumping forward more than the others especially after Ivan shoved him down. “He can stay.” I pointed at the one and looked between the other two. One was smirking like he wasn’t afraid to die, the other was serious, both looked strong, even sitting on their knees. “Him.” I picked the one, not smiling. “He can stay too.”
“So,” Ivan walked over to the guy smirking and put his gun under his chin. “Looks like you’re the lucky messenger. Be sure to let your boss know the meeting location and time, I’ll be more than happy to hand over more Abandonato blood. I’ll even agree to rip up the treaty and stop spending their money, but I want in on the cash, especially since they’re going to be cutting us off once the treaty is void. I have needs too.”
Wait, my Family was going to cut them off?
Huh?
“Is it true?” The guy’s smirk fell. His blindfold was tight across his eyes. “Are the Abandonatos stopping the cash flow?”
I cleared my throat. I had to think fast, but all I saw was Ivan’s sneer, so I closed my eyes and remembered his smile, his pain, his truth and spoke mine. “We don’t support liars, and we sure as hell don’t give money to traitors like Ivan. Dad said as long as he didn’t touch me, he would keep supporting us.”
Ivan grunted. “Please, it was just kissing, some heavy petting and—”
I smacked him across the face. “Shut up.”
My hand stung, I gripped it and winced. “Aw princess, did that hurt? I can’t wait to see you bleed.”
“You’re a monster.” I spat.
“I’m a businessman.” Ivan shrugged. “And I wanted my piece of you too, I can’t help it that I don’t have self-control.” He kicked dirt up into the guy’s face. “You have six hours to give your boss the message. You have my number.”
He slowly tried to stand and nearly collapsed back on the dirt. “What about my men?”
“Oh, let them have their fun.” Ivan jerked off the guy’s blindfold. He was maybe in his fifties and had the same DL tattoo on his cheek. “It’s not like she can’t fight off two men, even someone well trained would struggle, if they die, it’s on them.”
He snickered. “Be sure to take pictures for our boss.”
“I plan to.” Ivan cut off the guy’s rope. “Off you go.”
He didn’t need to be told twice. He slunk off in the opposite direction while Ivan took his knife to the other two men’s ropes. “Play nice, I’ll be inside.”
He was leaving me.
Seriously?
He was really leaving me?
So I’d risked it all.
For a very low chance of survival.
