Ruthless Commander (The Institute Series Book 5) by A.K Rose & Atlas Rose

Author:A.K Rose & Atlas Rose [Rose, A.K & Rose, Atlas]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2023-03-27T18:30:00+00:00

22

Mateo

Fuck!

This can’t be happening. I yanked out my phone and pulled up the number of one of the cruiser’s captains.

“Commander?” he answered.

“We have a problem. Get down to the boat and have it ready to go to the mainland in five minutes.” I lifted my gaze, listening to the boom of the door as it slammed shut. “Someone’s been kidnapped.”

“What?! Jesus,” he groaned. “I’m on my way.”

I lifted my gaze to her as I ended the call. She just glanced at me nervously, then looked away…at the guard sitting in front of the monitors. But she didn’t look at him the way she looked at me. She just flinched, swallowed hard, then turned, mumbling something under her breath before she walked away.

Oh, fucking no, she didn’t.

The desperation returned, dragged from those moments when I'd thought she was in danger. I’d been fractured in those moments…shattered and no longer me. I’d been the Komandant,that same man who'd come for those who'd harmed mine.

I’d murder the world just to make sure she was safe.

And as I listened to the thud of her steps, that desperation rose inside me.

“Commander…” Damien called from behind the desk.

But I left him behind and went after her, striding along the hallway and yanking open the door. She was already hurrying, she and her damn bodyguard. But she couldn’t run forever. I knew this was bad…knew this was the kind of moment there was no coming back from.

But I'd fucked up the first one…

I'd broken her damn heart, and mine, and I wasn’t about to make that same mistake again. The swoosh of the automatic doors sounded. Xael was a blur through the windows, streaking through the night. I picked up my pace, hit the doors, and strode out of the foyer. “Xael!”

She shot a panicked look over her shoulder. That was all it took to trigger that hunger inside me…the one what screamed her name. I lunged, slamming my boots into the ground. A damn woman had been kidnapped, Katerina VanHalen of all people, and yet here I was, unable to think about anyone but Xael.

I had to have her…

“Xael, for fuck's sake,” I roared, and clenched my fists.

Her bodyguard slowed and turned to me. He wanted a piece of me, wanted to keep me far away from her. He was smart. But I wasn’t. I was beyond being smart now…beyond playing it safe. Because she wasn’t…when she wasn’t with me.

I lifted my hand and pierced him with a savage glare. “I’m not going to hurt her, so stay the fuck out of this.”

I saw the moment he thought about making his move, and saw that he knew it’d be his last. I lifted my gaze to her as she ran. I wasn’t going to hurt her…I wasn’t…

Then her bodyguard stepped to the side and muttered something about he hoped she'd shoot me. Then I was lunging, driving my body through the winds as I ran after her. I caught her at the edge of her building. Fuck, she was fast…faster than I'd expected.

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