Claimed by the Mafia Biker의 모든 챕터: 챕터 21 - 챕터 30

Cruz’s blood was warm on my hands.“Stay with me,” I whispered, pressing my palms harder against his side. My voice cracked as shouts echoed around us.Cruz’s head tipped back, his jaw clenched tight, but his eyes—God, his eyes—locked on mine like I was the only thing tethering him here.“Nova…” His voice was hoarse, strangled. “Don’t… let them take you.”I shook my head furiously, tears blurring everything. “Shut up, Cruz! Don’t you dare do this. You’re not leaving me. Not now.”Gunfire rattled somewhere behind the building. Blade’s voice cut through the chaos, furious and sharp. “Cover me! Get them out!”I twisted toward the sound. Blade was a shadow in the smoke, firing at the men who kept coming like they had no fear of dying. My stomach flipped—too many of them, and Cruz was barely holding on.“Nova, go!” Cruz gritted the words through his teeth, his hand fumbling for mine. “Take her, take our daughter and—”“No!” The word ripped out of me. I pressed harder on his wound, feeling

Viper’s words hung in the air like smoke, heavy and suffocating.“And what are you willing to give, little girl, to get him back?”The whole room went silent, every eye locked on me. My mouth went dry, my heart hammering like it wanted out of my chest.Blade stepped forward. “Don’t play games, Viper. This isn’t the time.”Viper’s gaze didn’t even flick to him. His cold stare stayed pinned on me. “I’m not playing, I want to hear it from her.”I swallowed hard, forcing my voice past the tightness in my throat. “I’ll do whatever it takes.”His lips curved into something cruel, amused. “Dangerous words. Do you even know what that means?”I lifted my chin, even though my insides felt like they were splitting apart. “I don’t care what it means, just tell me how to get him back.”Someone laughed from the corner, mockingly. “She’s got fire.”“Fire burns out quick,” another muttered.Blade’s voice cut through them. “Shut the hell up.”But Viper still hadn’t moved. He leaned back in his chair,

“Don’t you dare close your eyes, Cruz. Don’t you dare,” I snapped, my voice breaking as I dragged his heavy body across the dirt. The night air was sharp with smoke and gunpowder, and every breath felt like swallowing fire.Cruz groaned, blood wetting his shirt where the bullet had ripped into him. “Nova…” His voice was rough, barely there. “Leave me—”“Shut up!” I cut him off, clutching his face with my trembling hands. “If you die, I swear to God I’ll kill you myself. You hear me?”Blade dropped to one knee beside us, “We can’t stay here. The whole place is about to blow. Move!” He grabbed Cruz’s other arm, hauling him up with me.Behind us, the warehouse spat flames into the sky, screams swallowed by the roar of collapsing steel. Viper’s men scattered through the smoke, some firing back at shadows, others dragging their wounded.Viper himself stalked out last, his boots crunching over broken glass, a predator calm in chaos. His eyes cut to me, Cruz slumped between us, and a thin, c

The gunshot split the air. My scream tore out of me before I could stop it.“Cruz!”“Nova, down!” Blade’s voice roared. His hand shoved me hard to the ground.I clawed at the floor, desperate to see. Smoke, blood, shadows—everything spun. My eyes locked on Cruz, slumped in the chair, blood streaking his face.“Who got hit?” I gasped, with my voice shaking.Blade’s jaw clenched, gun raised. “Stay back!”The enemy leader, a sneer carved into his face, laughed low. “One wrong move and the next bullet goes straight through his skull.” He pressed the barrel harder to Cruz’s temple.Cruz’s lips moved, barely audible. “Don’t… give him what he wants.”I shook my head violently. “No, shut up, Cruz, don’t you dare say that.”Blade snapped his gun toward the man. “Let him go or I’ll paint this floor with your brains.”The man’s laugh scraped like broken glass. “You really think you’re in control here?”“Try me,” Blade spat.I pushed myself up, trembling. “Please—stop this, please! What do you wa

The water slammed into us, tearing Cruz from my arms.“No!” I screamed, choking on the current. “Cruz! Don’t you dare!”My hands clawed through the freezing torrent, grasping for him. My fingers brushed his jacket, slipping once—then caught fabric. I pulled with everything in me.“Don’t close your eyes! Stay awake, damn it!”His head lolled. His lips were blue.“Cruz, please! Talk to me!”Nothing.The river spun us into a whirlpool, smashing my shoulder against stone. Pain ripped through me, but I refused to let go. “You promised me! You promised we’d get out together! Don’t you break it now!”A rough hand seized my arm. Viper, half-submerged, teeth bared against the current.“Hold him up!” he barked. “Keep his mouth above water!”“I’m trying!” I gasped, spitting river water. “He’s not—he’s not breathing!”“Then make him!”“How?!”“Breathe for him!”I pressed my mouth to Cruz’s, forcing air into his lungs even as the river dragged us under again. My tears mixed with the water, my ches