Chapter 39
The sound of the two bullets tore at her heart. Madeline turned around slowly. She knew Ciaran couldn’t be dead, but she had to see with her own eyes. Ciaran and Tadgh pulled themselves up from the floor. A bullet had hit Ciaran’s left shoulder and Tadgh’s right leg. Madeline looked again at Stephen. He shrugged.
“I warned them to stay still.” Stephen smirked. “I didn’t mean to scare you, Madeline.”
“Whatever it is that you want, we can talk about it. Let the women go,” Ciaran said.
An insane peal of laughter came from Stephen. “Let the women go? What a gentlemen you are! So why didn’t you give Juliette that chance?”
“Who the f**k are you?” Tadgh asked.
Stephen released Mrs. Rutherford, but still held on to her hair. “You don’t even know your brother-in-law, Stefan? What k
