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“That’s the southern perimeter breached. We’re surrounded.”
Stone barked orders to everyone before pinning Knox with a look.
“You guys take the south side! We need to contain it!”
“We need to get Penn out of here!” Drake yelled, his hand tightening in mine. “Maybe if they see she’s not here they’ll go?”
“I need you guys here!”
“Where’s Leah and Jai?” Knox asked, glancing around. “Maybe they can get her out of here.”
“Jesus Christ, can’t we just shove her in a cupboard?” Stone snarled, angrily answering his phone as it rang. “Talk to me, Cruz.”
Drake kept me close, kissing my hair.
“I don’t want to lock you in any small, dark places but—”
“Should I go with them for now to stop this?” I offered, both Drake and Knox glaring at me and making me wince. “Or not.”
“You’re not going anywhere,” Drake bit out, tightening his hold on me. “You promised you’d stay.”
I wasn’t convinced it was a good idea but I wasn’t about to break that promise.
Call me selfish, but if they claimed they could handle this, I’d believe them.
“I need Drake and Knox on the south side,” Stone argued, listening to Cruz’s answer before scowling. “You want me to get her out of here? I can’t leave you guys!”
Drake nodded, agreeing with that plan. “Yeah, you can. Get her somewhere safe and we can let the Kings in to check the place out. Call Beckett too.”
“I’m not calling fucking Beckett. Just because her uncle tolerates the other crews, doesn’t mean we need the Psychos to smooth this over. I’ll get her out of here but promise me you won’t get the crews involved,” Stone ordered, Drake not looking sure. “Now, Drake! Rage Evans’ is here for Penelope, not us. Beckett isn’t fucking needed.”
I had no idea that Rage was Beckett’s uncle, but I didn’t have time to ask questions.
“Fuck, fine! Just make sure Penn’s safe!” Drake threw back with frustration, giving me a steamy kiss. “Go with Stone, baby. We’ll find a safe house and come to you.”
“But—”
“I love you. I’ll be able to focus more once I know you’re safely away from here,” he said firmly.
“I love you too,” I choked out, Knox barking at me to behave before he gave Drake a shove to get him to start running in the opposite direction, leaving me with Stone.
“Yes, I’ll take her somewhere. Focus on the fucking cameras, Cruz,” Stone snapped into his phone before hanging up, giving me a dark glare. “Follow me, don’t dawdle.”
“Yes, Sir,” I huffed as we took off towards the garage.
We dove into Stone’s car and the second Cruz messaged to say we were clear, we shot out of the garage and headed towards the road, the gunfire and shouting becoming quieter the further away we got.
I glanced at Stone to see him gripping the steering wheel, my throat tight. “I’ll find a way to make Dad back off.”
“You’ve done enough, Penelope,” he said through gritted teeth. “As usual, I’ll fucking handle it.”
“That’s not fair on you.”
“Life isn’t fair, you know that.” He flicked his gaze to me, his voice flat. “All you’ve done is lie and cause problems since you walked through my goddamn door. You’ve manipulated every single person you’ve come across, but not me.”
Alarm bells went off in my head as he headed towards the Heights, my stomach twisting.
“I haven’t lied to you.”
