Endless Love (Killer Love Book 7) by Tabatha Drake

Author:Tabatha Drake [Drake, Tabatha]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-12-09T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 26

Fox

“It’s over, Marilyn,” I say. “Let her go.”

Marilyn stares at me, the majority of her face obscured behind Dani’s head. “Do you think you’ll try it again?” she asks. “Will you risk her life to take mine?”

I look at them over the rifle’s sights. They’re standing neck-and-neck with each other in front of the wall. I only took that shot against Mercer because Dani’s shoulder aligned with his heart. I could take him out before he shot first, but I can’t guarantee I’ll be quicker than Marilyn’s wrist.

“No,” I answer.

“Do it, Fox,” Dani says.

Marilyn digs her knife in deeper and Dani winces as blood seeps from the side of her neck.

I shift forward. “Don’t…”

“How many more times must she bleed for you, Fox?” Marilyn asks.

I look Dani in the eye. She gazes back at me with just as much love as she always has.

Marilyn’s eyes flick to my left. “I wouldn’t do that, Lilah,” she says.

I glance over at Lilah as she halts mid-stride, her knife ready at her hip.

“Not unless you want to see how far I can make her blood spurt from her artery…”

“Lilah…” I urge.

She eases back a step but keeps a hold of her knife.

Marilyn looks at me again. “You didn’t answer my question, Fox,” she says. “How many more scars do you think will be enough… before she dies because of you?”

I clench my jaw.

“Because that’s how this story will end,” she continues. “I’m not going out unless I take one of you with me. Who shall it be? Would you take her place now, Fox? Do you wish to die today so that she can live?”

“I do,” I answer.

“How about you, Dani?” Marilyn turns the knife, slicing another line into the side of Dani’s neck. “Do you wish to die today so that he can live?”

Dani takes a deep breath and smiles at me.

“I do.”

Her body tenses, a split-second away from action.

I lunge forward. “Dani, no—!”

Dani jolts backward, elbowing Marilyn in the gut. Marilyn keeps her knife hand hooked around Dani’s neck, yanking her back as they both fall against the hard wall.

I rush faster, dropping the rifle as I reach out for Dani.

They hit the floor and Dani lets out a painful scream.

“Dani!”

She rolls forward and I see the top of her white dress stained red.

No.

Marilyn sits up and raises the knife above her head, ready to stab Dani in the back.

“Fox, down!”

I fall out of the way and Lilah throws her knife at Marilyn, striking her in the shoulder.

Marilyn shrieks and drops her own knife as Dani crawls away from her.

I scoop Dani off the floor, my mind buzzing with worst-case scenarios. Fresh blood coats my hands, streaming down from her neck, but I can’t tell how bad it is yet.

Please.

Please, don’t make me go through this again.

I set her down on the nearest card table.

“Fox,” she whispers.

“Don’t talk, Dani,” I say, shifting her onto her side to get a better look in the light.

Caleb joins me with several cloths from the bar and a bottle of vodka.

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