23HolleyThe first thing I did when Emilio let me go free was to call Killian. “Honey? Honey, where are you?” he asked, his voice frantic. “Are you all right? Are you hurt? Are you—” “Killian, relax,” I said, trying to keep my tone soothing. “I'm fine. Everything is fine. Emilio let me go.” “Emilio?” Killian swore colorfully. “I'm going to f*****g kill that bastard! And I'm sure that everything he said about Max was a lie too, wasn't it?” He swore again. “Killian, wait,” I pleaded with him. “It was Max that kidnapped me. He brought me over to Emilio's and ... look, can you just come meet me? Please?” I couldn't keep from sobbing. It was one thing to know that I was caught up in some sort of motorcycle club stuff, one thing to know that sometimes people died on these “missions” that they

