Why the men are so dedicated.
When I first took Fiona, it was out of convenience. She was sitting on a bed. I’d just tortured a repugnant woman and wanted to bask in the glow of my accomplishment.
Little did I know, Fiona would become the glow.
Men like me aren’t supposed to fall in love, but what else could this be? I sacrificed my life for hers, and I don’t regret it.
There’s only one other person I would have done that for, and that was Gabby. And no, I never wanted to bone my sister, but the kinship we experienced as she raised me, cared for me, and kept me safe is something I will forever cherish.
In another life, my mother would have died from an overdose, and my sister and I would have gone to live with foster parents. We would have graduated high school and led our lives as they should have been led. She would have been a great mother, with beautiful children. I’d have been the fun uncle,always getting on her nerves because of how much I spoiled my nieces and nephews.
And who knows, maybe when the time was right, I would have met Fiona.
We’d meet at that gas station she worked at. She’d be frustrated because she couldn’t figure out the change she owed me. I’d be charmed and invite her out to dinner. She’d say yes.
Things would move fast, and it wouldn’t be just me who was taken by her. My sister and her kids would fall in love with her, too.
We’d all live happily ever after.
But that life isn’t possible.
My sister is dead.
The world ended.
And Fiona was shot.
Cole enters the holding and takes a seat in a chair that’s just outside my cell.
I can’t find my words. The fear of finding out that Fiona is dead is just too great.
“She’s out of surgery.”
I swallow, trying to steady my voice. “She survived?”
He nods.
Relief washes over me.
Cole leans forward, pressing his forearms to his thighs and tenting his fingers. “Who is she?”
“Her name is Fiona.”
“How do you know her?”
I don’t know what to tell him, so I say nothing.
“She must be special to you if you risked bringing her to the Keep.”
Still, I say nothing.
“So, Caspian shot your girl? How did that happen?”
Silence.
“Talk to me, Hunter.”
“I have nothing to say.”
