I clung to him desperately, burying my face in his neck as tremors shook my body. The two dead men lay only feet away, their blood still spreading across the ground, and Kayden held me tighter as he barked orders over my head.
“Bring the third one alive. I want to have a little chat with him about who the f**k thinks they can touch what’s mine in my town.”
“Yes, Prez.”
Kayden pulled back slightly, cupping my tear-streaked face with both hands. His dark eyes burned with fury as he asked me to look at him.
“You’re safe now. They’ll never touch you again. I swear it.”
I nodded shakily, still trembling in his arms, but the terror remained. He saved me, and his protection came with chains I wasn’t sure I could escape. But after everything I’d just been through, I wasn’t sure I wanted to.
