Keeping My Captive: A Dark Mafia Enemies to Lovers Captive Romance (Keeping What's Mine Book 3) by Angela Snyder

Author:Angela Snyder [Snyder, Angela]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2023-06-15T16:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 32

Mateo

I’M TALKING TO several men gathered in a circle at the edge of the party when the hairs on the back of my neck stand up. Call it sixth sense or intuition, whatever you want to call it, but I know in that moment that something isn’t right.

Looking up at the place where I left Aria, I find it empty. My eyes then quickly scan the party, looking for her. Several women are wearing similar dresses and colors as her, but none of them even so much as get a second glance from me.

“What is wrong, Mateo?” someone asks, clearly concerned over my sudden, erratic behavior.

“Nothing. I…I’ll be right back,” I tell the group before bowing out of the conversation and heading towards one of my guards. “Where is Aria?” I ask him.

He shrugs his shoulders.

“Find her,” I snarl at him, and his nonchalant manner suddenly turns stiff and serious.

I look back to the party, searching the room hastily once more, hoping that I simply just missed her the first time around.

Did she run from me?

The possibility has my hands curling into fists, my knuckles bleaching white from the force. If she did run, she’s made a grave mistake. I will go to the ends of the earth to find her and bring her back to me. And then I will beat her little ass so hard she won’t be able to sit for a week. She will truly know the definition of what it means to be mine. And I realize in that moment that she is most definitely mine.

Fuming, I walk down a hallway towards the bathrooms, thinking maybe she’s just powdering her nose. If she doesn’t want my anger raining down on her, that better be all she’s doing.

Cursing under my breath, I blame myself for not keeping her with me the entire night. I should have been more careful. This is our first outing. I wouldn’t blame her for trying something, for running.

But if my little captive wants to run, I hope she’s prepared for me to chase her. Just the thought of chasing her down has my blood coursing through my veins as my heart triples its rhythm inside my chest. A part of me in that moment hopes that she did run. But another part hopes that, for her sake, she’s still at this party.

I check the bathroom and then walk the length of the hall but don’t see her. I’m about to turn around when I hear a noise that draws my attention instantly. And when I hear Aria screaming my name, I know it’s a sound that will haunt me for the rest of my life.

My feet are carrying me fast towards the noise before my brain can even catch up. I hit a button on my watch, alerting my men to my location. They know that signal means to drop everything and rush to where I am.

The manor is massive and full of halls and rooms, something I never minded before right now.

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