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Chapter Fifty-Six
Never Betray a Pirate
Everett’s chest burned as if the fires of hell were already beginning to consume him.
His plan had failed. Failed!
Instead of slipping into the upper room of the warehouse and retrieving Keelan as he’d planned, he’d had to turn and bolt back to his office. Something had gone wrong, and the warehouse had been overtaken. Gampo lurched down the iron steps outside the warehouse and bellowed curses at Keelan as she ran the other way down the side alley.
His words echoed in his head….
“Mark this—I will hunt ye down! You and that yellow-eyed bastard who bought ye! You’ll pay dearly fer killing my first!”
Something had gone wrong, and now the pirate was enraged with both Keelan and him. His hands shook as he pulled a key from his pocket and shoved
