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Chapter 20: Keep love in your heart. A life without it is like a sunless garden when the flowers are dead. -Oscar Wilde
Sophia
Letting Micah walk out that door on some dangerous job is the hardest thing I’ve ever done. Everything has been so great lately. There have been so many times that I’ve wanted to tell him that I love him, but I’m scared. I know that our relationship is different now, but all I can remember is him running away from me all of those years ago. Taking a deep breath, I walk back to the bed and stare at the ceiling. I’m too nervous to sleep. Even after making love so many times, I’m still feeling energized. I just want to rewind back to an hour ago when we were in the tub touching and kissing.
For the rest of the night, I walk around the apartment, feeling restless. The upside is that I use the time to design Ms. Reynolds’ apartment. The woman is quickly becoming
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Micah “Does she know what you do for a living?” Tate asks as he turns some stakes in the grill. My head snaps away from the sight of Sophia’s perfect bikini-clad body, back to Tate’s. I have to say I’m surprised that Tate has managed to sneak up on me─ twice already. Sophia is definitely hell for my assassin’s instincts. Unlike my mother, Tate found out what I was the hard way. It was a few months after my mother met him and Sophia at the restaurant. I was meeting Tate to prepare a surprise for my mother at his place. I won’t pretend that I wasn’t hoping to catch a glimpse of Sophia that day. He and Sophia were planning an engagement party for mom. I was in charge of giving Tate a ride from the hospital to the apartment because his vehicle wasn’t working, and Sophia didn’t like to drive. I had just gotte
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Sophia “Don’t be down, pumpkin; you’ll see him later.” My dad says, ruffling my hair gently. I roll my eyes and take a sip of the lemonade Chelsea set in front of me. “I know, dad. I just worry about him” Chelsea and my father look at me with understanding and take a seat on the couch across from me. “You must be so excited to move into the gorgeous apartment after living in that stuffy dorm for so long. And I’m sure Micah is excited about you moving in with him. Do you want us to help you move your things tomorrow?” Chelsea asks, trying to divert the conversation to a happier note. I nod my head, trying to shake off my melancholy. “Yeah, that would be great.” I turn to my dad with a thankful grin. “I know that learning about Mic
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Micah “No, no, no. This is not happening!” I mutter over and over again as I watch Maya Reynolds and Willem Kazik lead Sophia at gunpoint into the warehouse. I’m sure by now that the other men have seen Sophia step out of the car. Dragon stops next to me, shaking my shoulder firmly. “What’s going on, Savage? Who is that?” Just then, the others arrive at our spot and look at me with various forms of disbelief. Without another word, I remove my gun and knife and stride purposely toward the warehouse. Priest stops before me to halt my progress. “You can’t go in there like that, Micah!” I shake my head, slapping his hands away reproachfully. “Screw you, Priest. Were you not looking at what just happened? They have Sophia?”&nb
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Sophia Okay, girl, calm down. I think to myself as I gaze into the dark interior of the crate. Another noise makes me stiffen in alarm. I blink my eyes, trying to adjust my vision. “Hello?” I whisper warily as I lean on the side of the crate and use it to guide me forward. “Is anyone here?” I ask, feeling my heart speed up with panic when the sound of rustling echoes in the darkness. I’m about to call out again when I feel a hand clamp down on my wrist. I cry out in fear and pull at my arms but quickly calm when a soft female voice penetrates my panic. “It’s okay, it’s okay. I’m not going to hurt you. I was brought here against my will too.” The sound of my heavy breathing meets my ears as I stiffen my shoulders and focus my eyes on
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