If even one of them touches Amelia or my sister, I don’t know what I will do.
When the back gate finally comes into view, I see the full extent of the situation.
Fuck.
At the exit, there is a crowd, a mix of paparazzi and crazed lunatics who are angry and raging with only one target in mind—my wife.
The security guards are trying with all their might to hold back the mob, but are clearly overwhelmed. Amelia has pushed Lizzy behind her while Cedric is doing everything to protect Amelia. But the crazy mob has them trapped.
“Whore.”
“Bitch.”
“You don’t deserve him.”
“Lady Amelia, what do you say to the accusations made against you?”
“Fuck off and leave the castle to clear the way for Sarah.”
“Money-hungry bitch.”
The screams from the crowd lash at me like whip cracks, and the boiling in my veins becomes a raging torrent of fiery anger.
The line of guards breaks as some of those radical assholes force their way through the barrier. A real fight breaks out, andI see red.
Cedric pushes himself in front of Amelia, but when one of the guys tries to hit him and Cedric dodges, Amelia falls.
Fuck.
My vision narrows, and I lose it.
“IF EVEN ONE OF YOU FUCKERS TOUCHES MY WIFE, I SWEAR YOU WILL REGRET IT!”
My voice thunders through the crowd, and I see blue flashing lights at the end of the avenue leading to this exit, but I don’t care.
Lizzy has been pushed so far away she is no longer visible, but Cedric is on his way to her when he hears me.
Fuck, if even one of them hurt her or Goldilocks, I will kill them all.
I fight my way through to Amelia, who is crouched down with her hands over her head trying to protect herself somehow. She doesn’t move, frozen, which fuels my rage even more.
I shove two women who are still between us and yelling at her roughly aside and kneel down to lift my wife up.
When I slide my arms under her knees, she flinches, scared, and lifts her head, andshit, the look she gives me almost makes me puke.
Empty. It’s soempty, and that scares me more than if she had looked at me panicked and terrified.
“Nicolas?” she croaks softly, and I hold her tightly.
“Got you, Goldilocks,” I murmur into her hair and kiss the crown of her head as I slowly rise.
The police have arrived by now, and the rest of the crowd has realized it’s me.
Looking around, I breathe a sigh of relief when I spot Cedric holding my sister tightly.
Ignoring the calls and people, I quickly head back into the castle with Amelia safely held to my chest, and into our apartment. Her body is shaking badly, and I know she is in shock.
“We’re almost there. Nothing will happen to you, I promise.” I keep talking because I want to calm her, but she only lets out a bitter laugh.
