Branding Lily by Gracin Sawyer

Author:Gracin Sawyer [Sawyer, Gracin]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Sex, Romance, mafia romance, alpha romance, Intense, Suspense, cowboy romance, steamy, hot
Publisher: Hewlett-Packard
Published: 2019-12-15T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 16

Jacob

I

watched Lily from far back. To hell if I was just going to let her walk out there alone, unprotected. She was mine and I wouldn’t lose her now.

Besides, the sick man who hurt her was still out there somewhere. She wasn’t thinking clearly. But, she wasn’t a prisoner held captive. I had to let her see that. Letting her go was the only way.

She needs to know that I’m here to protect her, to love her, to fight for her. My mind spun at the thought of love. I’d heard of people falling in love almost instantly, knowing a person was meant to be theirs forever after meeting them, but I never believed in all that until now.

It wasn’t just because I saved her, either. I couldn’t explain it, but there was something there that wound every part of my soul to hers.

I stayed far enough back that she still hadn’t realized I was there. Then again, no one would know I was there unless I wanted them to. I wasn’t as good as Flapjack, but I wasn’t without skills. I’d been on many raids and not once was I noticed until I was ready.

This wasn’t what I had planned tonight, but it didn’t matter. Lily had things she had to work out, and I wouldn’t stand in the way of her healing.

I’d seen some pretty bad things, and the way women handle them are all different. I wouldn’t be the one to tell any of them how to deal with what they’ve been through.

I chuckled thinking how my old man must be rolling in his grave knowing I turned his lifelong business of sex trafficking into a backward mercenary business, saving women sold by sex traffickers. My men and I joked about being cartel cowboys, but really, we were so much more.

The light was growing dim in the woods as the sun sank lower in the sky. We only had about an hour, maybe two before it would be completely dark. But I’d be out here all night for her.

Lily stopped walking and dropped to the ground. I ran to her, scared for the worst.

Her shoulders shook as she sobbed, her eyes were swollen and tears continued to flow in torrents. She looked up at me, defeated. “I can’t do this anymore.”

“Honey, I’m right here.”

Her weeping was soul wrenching. What could I do to help her? The only thing I was good at was killing, and I already promised to kill the man who hurt her, but she wouldn’t even tell me who that was.

“I can’t.” She shook her head. “I can’t do this. It doesn’t matter. He’ll kill me or you will. Either way, I’m dead.”

Her words were like a knife to my stomach. “What the hell are you talking about?”

“It’s useless.” She hiccoughed and her frame shook as she tried to breathe.

I grabbed her shoulders and she flinched. Shit. I didn’t want to make this worse on her, but maybe it was the only way to get her to tell me what happened and who did it.

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