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Chapter 22: Siege
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When Callie woke up, it was to the sound of weeping. Despite the pounding in her head, Callie forced herself to open her eyes. She was lying on her side, her head resting against someone’s lap. The hand in her hair stopped mid-stroke when they noticed she was awake. “Miss, thank God.” It was a woman’s voice, lowered yet relieved that she was awake. “What happened?” asked Callie. When she tried to sit up, the room spun. Shit. She might be concussed. A hand gripped her tight, allowing her to settle in a sitting position. It was then that she felt the bite of rope against her wrists, which were tied together in front of her. In her mouth was the rusty taste of iron, and her cheek throbbed with a dull pain. Even though she was with a few women, no one answered her. Their eyes shone with fear, and their hands trembled against Callie’s skin. “What’s going on?” Callie repeated, this time with more force. She looked around, squinting in the dim light, trying to make out of the situation
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Vin’s fingers closed around his gun before he could think about it. His blood boiled as he watched Callie scramble from the ground to run away. Ella was about to get a scolding about leaving the knife with Callie, but he’ll save that for later. Right now, he needed to get to his songbird. “Move out,” he ordered quietly, and like a well-oiled machine, his men got to work. Taking advantage of the chaos, Vin blended into the crowd, keeping the gun close to his chest. From the corner of his eye, he saw Callie’s guard, Chris, closing in as well. The screams and gunshots faded into the background as the mafia boss hurried to reach Callie. His vision darkened when Callie fell and the man in pursuit pushed her roughly on her back. Rage consumed him at the sight of Callie, on the ground, disoriented and confused. Her cheek was already bruised, and a shot of fear tore through his insides when the barrel of the rifle dug into her face. The man’s words barely registered to Vin, but he knew th
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Vin didn’t sleep that night. There was too much on his plate. Apart from the refugees in his den, he had to make sure they were prepared for any other attacks, and that was on top of tracking trucks full of women that he was sure would be trafficked if he didn’t retrieve them immediately. It was a race against time.When things pretty much settled, the crime lord looked upon the den and his chest stirred with a mix of emotions for his people. It was up to him to set things right, as quickly as he could.“Hey.”Vin looked up and spotted Soren walking up to him with a paper cup steaming with a dark liquid that he madly craved.“Thanks, man,” Vin muttered as he reached for the coffee cup.But to his surprise, Soren pulled the cup away. “This isn’t for you, it’s for me because I will be handling matters starting right now.”Vin scoffed. “You what?”“You heard me right. You will haul your ass upstairs and get some sleep in.”“I’m fine,” Vin replied. “I’m not tired. Give me the cup.”But Sor
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“I’m sorry, I missed that. Take this food, where? It was Raleigh’s turn to smirk. “To Vin, little birdie.” Callie ignored the nickname because one look at the two scheming devils told Callie that they were having too much fun to change their minds.Crap.“Okay,” the singer eventually accepted. “Which one is his?” she asked, gesturing to the row of private rooms where she and Ella came from.The boxer chuckled, exchanging looks with Ella. “No, you have to take it up to Vin’s private quarters—the penthouse.”Callie nodded slowly, working her head around the fact that Vin had a penthouse in this place. “T-The penthouse is Vin’s private…” She shook her head with a giggle of disbelief. “I should have expected that.”“Yep,” said Raleigh, popping the ‘p’, emphasizing how annoying he was being. “You might want to kiss up to him now. That’s better than sleeping down here with the rest of us unworthy humans. It was a joke but Callie’s face heated at the notion of spending the night with Vin.
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Having no idea what took over her, Callie froze, especially when Vin’s hand slowly reached forward. Callie pulled away. Panicking at this time was the worst thing that could happen. Why did she do that? Instead of facing him, Callie busied herself with putting the medical kit away. Vin sighed, a frown marring his face that Callie couldn’t see. “I’ll put this away, but I still think Ella should come by…” her words drifted off when she finally met his eyes. “…what are you doing?” But Vin only hummed in response. Now that she was paying attention, it wasn’t her face that Vin was looking at. It was everything but. Callie’s cheeks flamed under Vin’s scrutiny, self-consciousness started to sink in. She was still wearing her clothes from before the fires started. The dirty jeans were hers, but she needed to borrow the tank top she was wearing from someone at the infirmary because they had to cut through her shirt when she couldn’t lift her arms to do it. “Why are you looking at me like
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She was drowning. Each touch of his hands and every lap of his tongue sent Callie deeper and deeper into bliss. Being with Vin like this made her forget herself. Vin, on the other hand, was hyperaware of Callie. Every sweet whimper that left her lips sent him into overdrive. He had been with countless women in his life, but none of them made him feel like she did. A pang of guilt shot through him as his ex-fiancé flitted across his mind, but one breathless gasp from Callie’s lips faded the memory instantly. Vin drank it all in. Drawing his fingers up her torso, he grazed her stomach and then further up, raising her shirt over her chest, but to his surprise, Callie flinched away from him. He stopped immediately and pulled away from her. “Are you alright?” he asked. “Did I hurt you?” Worry filled his eyes as he scanned Callie’s injuries. But the singer only shook her head and gave him a small smile. “I’m okay,” she whispered. But Vin could sense something was wrong, so he asked
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Though her body was fully sated and wanted nothing more than rest, Callie was plagued by her disturbing thoughts. She found it impossible to sleep. Certain that Vin wouldn’t wake, Callie slowly and carefully got out of bed to get dressed. Silently, she picked up the food tray from earlier and tip-toed out of Vin’s room. Downstairs, Callie spotted Ella, with a few other women, folding extra clothes and bedding. “Hey, anything I can help with?” Ella looked up from where she was folding a shirt, her eyebrows shooting up in surprise. “Well, that took a while,” Ella remarked, a knowing smile gracing her face. Callie had no idea how much time had passed since she’d brought up Vin’s food, but it must have taken a little longer than necessary—okay, a lot longer. The singer could only manage a sheepish smile. “Whatever you’re thinking… it didn’t happen.” “Hmm, if you say so,” the doctor replied, but her little smirk told Callie, she didn’t buy it. “Just leave that tray over there and gra
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