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118: AGAINST ALL ODDS
Liam's POVEverywhere was utterly silent between us and I watched Sarah's face move from resignation to confusion as she processed what I was about to say.The room had gone quiet after the vote with everyone waiting to see what would happen next and I could feel the weight of thirteen pairs of eyes on me while I made a decision that would either cement my authority or destroy it completely."No," I said and my voice came out stronger than I felt inside.Sarah's eyes went wide and her mouth opened slightly like she couldn't believe what she was hearing.The surprise on her face was genuine because she'd walked into this meeting expecting to die and had made peace with that outcome somewhere between my penthouse and this room.Vincent stood up so fast his chair scraped across the floor with a sound that made everyone flinch. "What do you mean no?""I mean I'm not letting you execute her," I replied while keeping my posture relaxed even though every muscle in my body was tensed for a fi
117: IN THE END
Liam's POVVincent moved toward Sarah like he was going to grab her arm and drag her inside his house but I stepped between them again because I could see in his eyes that leaving her here would be a death sentence that just happened slower than a bullet."She's staying with me," I said while keeping my voice firm."That's not smart, Liam." Vincent replied and his jaw was still tight with barely controlled anger. "I can keep her secured here until the meeting.""Secured," I repeated and let the word hang in the air between us. "That's just another way of saying you'll make sure she doesn't survive long enough to face the vote."Vincent's face darkened but he didn't deny it and that told me everything I needed to know about what would happen to Sarah if I left her in his care. "She killed my brother.""I know," I said. "But if we're going to do this the right way then she needs to be alive for the meeting and I don't trust that she will be if she stays here."Vincent stared at me for a
116: STAYING ALIVE IS ALSO RISKY
Liam's POVI looked at Sarah standing there with that cardboard box and wondered if she'd heard my entire conversation with Vincent or just caught the tail end of it when she appeared behind me.Her face gave nothing away and I couldn't tell if she knew I'd been talking about her or if she was genuinely just explaining why she'd climbed out a window very early in the morning.But what really got to me was the logistics of how she'd managed to escape from a penthouse that was twenty floors up with a small child in tow and come back without a single scratch or bruise on either of them.The fire escape only went down so far and after that there would have been a significant drop to the alley below unless she'd found some other route I didn't know about."How did you get down from the twentieth floor with David without getting hurt?" I asked while gesturing toward the building behind me.Sarah shifted the box to her other hip. "This isn't the first time we've had to leave a building quick
115: MANIPULATION
Liam's POVI moved toward the door before my brain had fully caught up with what my body was doing and reached for the handle just as the officers were about to step into the hallway. "Wait."The older officer turned back to look at me with his eyebrows raised. "Sir we need to take her in for questioning about the discharge of a firearm in a residential building.""I know but I need a moment before you do that." I could feel Claire's eyes burning into the side of my head but I didn't look at her because I knew what I'd see there and it would make me second guess what I was about to do."Liam what are you doing?" Claire asked from behind me. "Let them take her.""Just give me a second," I said while still not turning around."No," Claire shot back and I heard her footsteps crossing the room toward where I was standing. "You're about to do something stupid and I'm not going to stand here and watch you risk our safety for someone who just tried to shoot us."She appeared beside me and I
114: THE INTERROGATION
Liam's POVI burst into the living room with my heart hammering so hard against my ribs I could feel it in my throat and the first thing I saw was Claire's legs sticking out from behind one of the large armchairs near the window.She was crouched down low with her body pressed against the furniture like she was trying to make herself as small as possible and when she heard me come in her head whipped around to look at me with eyes that were wide with fear.Then I saw Sarah standing in the middle of the room with a gun in her hand pointed directly at me and everything in my body went cold at once.The weapon looked too big for her small hands but she held it steady enough that I knew she'd used one before and wasn't just waving it around hoping to scare us.David was behind her clutching at her shirt and crying softly in a way that made my chest ache because he was just a kid caught in whatever nightmare his mother had dragged him into."Put your hands up," Sarah said and her voice was
113: BLOODY SAMARITAN
Liam's POVI stood there watching the two men disappear down the street and told myself this wasn't my problem because I had enough complications in my life without adding more by getting involved in whatever situation that woman was running from.She'd gotten away with her child and that was enough because I'd already done my part by saving the kid from getting hit by a car and anything beyond that was crossing a line I didn't need to cross.I turned around and started walking back toward my penthouse while ignoring the nagging feeling in my gut that told me I should have done more.The streets were darker now and fewer people were out which made the walk feel longer than it should have been because I kept hearing footsteps behind me that turned out to be nothing when I looked back.My shoulder still hurt from hitting the pavement and I rolled it a few times trying to work out the stiffness while thinking about everything that had happened today. Michael's father's warning about the
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