Page 100 of Maddening Fixation

No.

This was no longer a decision I could afford to make.

With trembling fingers, I opened his contacts and hovered over the first name.

Keegan — Lieutenant.

The call button seemed to taunt me.

He had been the one Romeo tried to reach moments ago.

The one he’d trusted.

The one he’d wanted here before he lost consciousness.

All I could do now was hope Keegan arrived before it was too late.

My gaze drifted toward the deserted road leading away from the docks.

Who would dare attack Romeo Medved Flynn on the very day he walked free?

The question refused to leave me.

According to the news, he had slaughtered an entire generation of his own family.

Who could possibly be fearless—or foolish—enough to come after a man like that?

A sharp pain suddenly twisted through my lower abdomen.

I instinctively pressed a hand against it.

The pain wasn’t new.

It had become an unwelcome companion over the past ten years, flaring without warning whenever the old wound decided to remind me it had never truly healed.

Instinctively, my hand drifted to my lower abdomen.

Beneath my clothes lay the thick, uneven scar left by the night I dragged Romeo Flynn from the lake.

The wound had taken dozens of stitches to close.

The scar had remained.

A permanent reminder of a sacrifice only one of us remembered.

I slowly released a shaky breath.

And yet...

Here I was again.

Saving Romeo Flynn from death for the second time.

A bitter smile threatened to form.

If he survived this, he still wouldn’t know it had been me.

He still wouldn’t remember my face.