CHAPTER 13
VINCE
Seeing Carmen lying flushed, in Sy’s bed, made him instantly go rock hard. Knowing that Sy was responsible for those pink-colored cheeks made it even better. Wasn’t this what he’d been planning all along?
If only the image of her mangled, beaten body at the hands of Viking would disappear from his vision. It was all he could think of. He could protect her against obvious threats such as men gunning for her, but he couldn’t protect her when she stepped in front of a raging bull. He’d been up for hours, running around town, putting out fires. To think, all of that could have been for nothing, just because she didn’t hesitate to protect everyone around her. Even someone who was considered an enemy, and even if it meant she put herself in danger. It made him see red.
“You
