“Find him a good place and get him a doctor,” Dane ordered, then turned to leave.“No, please, let’s take him back with us. He won’t be safe if my brothers find out he is alive,” Ashley begged, her voice calmer now.“I will have some of my men stay with him,” Dane said, taking a step forward, only to stop when Ashley spoke again.“He can’t stay out here. At least until he gets better, let him remain in the villa. Please, I promise to behave if you let him stay,” she pleaded.Dane paused.Something about the way she asked unsettled him, though his face revealed none of it. She had fought him at every turn, resisted him even when her own safety was at stake, yet now she stood before him, lowering her pride for another man. He told himself it meant nothing. Even so, his jaw tightened almost imperceptibly.“Take him back to the villa,” he ordered without looking at her, then walked out of the alley.“Thank you,” she called after him, but he was already gone.“You are safe now, Bod. I won’
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