Mine to Protect by Kameron Claire

Author:Kameron Claire [Claire, Kameron]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Snuggle Whore Press, LLC
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 8

Karden

I’ve never kidnapped someone and held them against their will before, but I’m thinking that’s exactly what’s happening tonight.

Royal didn’t say exactly, but he confirmed this is either cartel or organized crime, and has something to do with trafficking of some variety, whether it be human or drug or both. The one thing we know for sure is somebody else will come and they’ll be a lot more vicious than the Lupino brothers.

I’m not here to save a town.

I’m here to save Sylvie.

And I will not fail my mission.

“Do you have somewhere to go?” I asked Doyle.

“I have a friend I visit from time to time in Oklahoma.”

“Well, if you want to try Colorado, that’s where Saint and I will be.”

“I might do that. Thanks.” Doyle looks around the bar and then at Sylvie, a sadness crossing his face. Something tells me there is history and unrequited love here, and it causes something inside me to rumble. Fortunately, I like and feel sorry for him, so I see no need to puff up and stake my claim. “Guess I’ll see you around.”

He walks out the back door, leaving us alone. Everything happened so fast. I think it’s only been thirty minutes since we walked into this bar. Maybe forty-five.

I glance around and wonder what items inside this shit hole have sentimental value. It would be good to grab a couple of keepsakes before we leave, but something tells me she’s not going to do it willingly.

Her phone rings, and she pulls it out of her pocket, groaning when she sees the screen. “What do you want?”

“What the fuck happened to your face?” I’d know Saint’s bark anywhere.

Sylvie puts her hand over her cut lip. “Nothing.”

“Karden!”

“I’m here,” I say, unable to see his face, but guilt gnawing at me just the same. They never should have touched her, and it’s my fault she has a busted lip. “She was attacked, but it’s over now and the guy isn’t coming back.”

Sylvie shoves her phone into my hands and stomps into the bathroom.

I sigh, watching her walk away as I turn the screen to face me. Saint is turning different shades of purple, pacing inside his connex with Luce sitting on the bed. “I knew I should’ve come home. I fucking knew it.”

“Fuck you, Saint.” I growl. “I’ve got this under control. Yes, she got hit, and she got scared, and maybe now I’ll get her to leave this fucking place because even though this guy is not coming back, new guys will.”

“What the fuck happened?”

I shake my head and give him a look that speaks volumes. “It’s not something I can get into over the phone, but I promise to tell you the full story when you get your ass to Colorado. Now the bigger question—how the fuck am I supposed to get her to leave here when you couldn’t?”

Saint plops down on his bed next to Luce. “Honestly, my entire plan was to drug and drive her to Colorado.”

“Are you

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