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“All right, all right.” Fear flashed in his brown eyes, and he lifted his hands in surrender. Toth made a quick note of his description: clean-shaven, scar between his eyes, tattoo of a tiger on his neck.
Alec swallowed. “They’ll kill me.”
“I’ll kill you, dummy.”
Alec huffed. “They’ll torture me.”
“I’ll do it quick.”
Slowly, Alec shook his head. “You can’t run from them.” A teasing smile danced on his lips.
“Who the fuck sent you?” He also wanted to know how the hell they’d found his place. He’d get answers from Alec if it took all day.
The memory of Savannah in the garage flashed in his mind. He didn’t want her to witness a torture scene, and he sure as shit didn’t want her out there alone a minute longer than necessary. “Start talking.” Menace thickened his voice.
Some of the fear in Alec’s eyes was replaced with venom. “Lionsgate Kinship.”
Toth’s stomach bottomed out. His brain worked at warp speed, trying to click the puzzle pieces into place. Savannah had said her father’s only business dealer with Lionsgate was dead. That meant Danny was working on something Savannah didn’t know about, or...
He tapped the gun against Alec’s jaw. “Gimme a fucking name.”
The soft chirp of a cell phone notification sounded from Alec’s pocket. The motherfucker smiled.Smiled.
Rage threatened to break Toth’s control. He never lost his cool. Especially not on the job. But this sonofabitch knew something he didn’t. Toth rocked his jaw back and forth. “What?”
“They’re here.”
Confusion with panic hot on its heels rushed through Toth’s brain. He yanked the phone from Alec’s pocket and read the message.Do you have her?
Beep,beep,beep
The shrill alarm now blaring from Toth’s phone confirmed the worst. One glance at his screen showed an SUV barreling down his driveway.
Oh, shit.
Alec laughed. “You dumb—”
Toth fired at the man’s chest.
Crack!
Pocketing his phone he made a dead run for the garage.
***
Savannah tangled herfingers in her ponytail, just as Toth had moments before. Anxiety ripped through her, every instinct in her body telling her to run inside and help. Multiple shots had been fired. Toth could very well be dead.
That realization made her eye sockets burn with grief. If something had happened to him because of her...
He’d told her to leave if things got hairy, but there was no way she could drive away and leave him to fend for himself—if he was even still alive.
A figure rounded the front porch and her heart leaped into her throat. She brought both hands to the gun and aimed through the window. Then Toth’s face came into focus and she let out a pent-up breath.
Ohmigod, ohmigod. He’s okay.
She unsnapped the lock as he reached the man door. He stormed inside then clicked the lock behind him. “Get in the car.” Sweat coated his face, and he was panting as if he’d just run a mile. Grabbing her shoulder, he steered her toward the vehicle.
“Are they still alive?”