Bella’s POV The sound of my voice was soft, desperate, begging for his life and his freedom—struck the dark storm raging inside his mind like a bolt of lightning.Maximo froze.His dark, bloodshot eyes slowly shifted sideways, moving away from Josh Kingsley’s purple, gasping face, locking onto mine kneeling beside him in the blood and broken glass. He saw my tears. He heard the sheer terror in my voice, not terror of him, but terror of losing him to a prison cell.A long, shuddering, ragged breath tore from Maximo’s chest.Slowly, agonizingly, his fingers uncurled from Josh’s throat."Cough! ACK! GAAGH!"Josh Kingsley collapsed onto his side, clutching his bleeding throat, drawing in desperate, ragged gasps of air, weeping loudly on the floor.Maximo stood up slowly, towering over him like a dark, vengeful god. His suit jacket was rumpled, his silk tie pulled loose, his knuckles raw and dripping with blood.At that moment, six of Maximo’s elite personal security detail—men in dark ta
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