Wicked Firsts by Elisabeth Naughton & Alexandra Ivy & Cynthia Eden & Laura Wright & Katie Reus & Joan Swan

Author:Elisabeth Naughton & Alexandra Ivy & Cynthia Eden & Laura Wright & Katie Reus & Joan Swan
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Publisher: The Indie Six, LLC
Published: 2013-08-19T07:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER SEVEN

Jess ran toward Blake. She wrapped her arms around him even as he tried to push her back.

“Jess…” Blake felt his blood pumping out of him. “Run.”

But she was just holding him tighter.

Laughter came then. From the man who’d shot him. From the man he’d mistakenly thought was a friend.

Carson Anderson.

“Isn’t this sweet? Even now, she tries to keep you safe.” Carson’s voice mocked him. “Even now, when we both know you came racing down here, pissed to hell and back because you thought the little southern belle had betrayed you.”

Blake managed to sit up. The bullet had blasted into his side, and the damn thing was still in him. “Jess, go.”

“No!” She put her body in front of his. Putting herself in the line of fire. She stopped Blake’s world and destroyed him right then. “Look, Carson, we’ll do what you want, just—just put the gun down.”

Blake shoved up onto his feet. Staggered. Drops of his blood littered the floor. His hands closed over Jess’s shoulders, and he tried to pull her back. To put her behind him.

“You’re going to do everything I want…no matter what,” Carson promised her. He smiled. His gun was aimed right at Jess’s heart.

But the bastard wasn’t there for her heart. Blake shoved his hand into his pocket and hauled out the small, black bag. “Isn’t this what you came for?”

Carson’s gaze darted to the bag, and Blake succeeded in finally getting Jess positioned behind his body. He wasn’t much of a shield, but he’d protect her with every breath that he had left.

I’m sorry, baby. I am so fucking sorry.

He’d put his trust in the wrong person.

“Oh, hell, yes, I want the Night’s Heart. But you have to plan your moments, you know?” Carson’s smile flashed again. Cold. Deadly. “And here I thought Hayden Finn was my key. He knew all his father’s tricks, you see. I got him to teach me every single one…”

“Including the trick where you kill your partner?” Blake growled.

Carson shrugged. His grip on the gun never wavered. Only instead of aiming at Jess’s heart, the gun was now pointing at Blake’s chest. “If I hadn’t shot him, the guy would’ve killed me. He was really aiming for me that day. I didn’t have a choice.”

“You have a choice now!” Jess cried out. “Take the diamond. Just walk away!”

Blake still had the diamond gripped in his hand.

Carson shook his head. “I know Blake. You think he’d ever just let the stone go? He’d search to the ends of the earth, he’d hunt down anyone who tried to take what was his. I mean, just look at the way he came after you, Ms. Delaney. Hell sure has no fury like a man who thinks he’s been fucked-over.”

“You had the burner phone,” Blake snapped. His muscles were tense, adrenaline pulsing through him. “You didn’t find it in her room. You had it all along.”

“I did.” Said with pride. “I was also the guy who edited the security footage so that you didn’t see me sneaking into your suite after you left to visit the police department.

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