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402 Wrappers
Tyler Grant ignored Dorian Vex's threat completely. Instead, he took some comfort that both sisters were still clinging to his arms. The last time this happened, they were little kids."Camilla," he said. "What was he planning to do with you two?"Camilla's face hardened at the memory."He told his men to strip us," she said flatly. "Every last thread, in front of all of them. Then he was going to violate us and put a bullet in each of our heads, so he could finally sleep in peace."Ivy shuddered and pressed closer to Tyler's side. "He really said it."Dorian Vex did not even blink. He spread his arms on the steps of his throne and grinned shamelessly."And I would have enjoyed every second of it," he declared. "So what? What are you going to do about it, pickpocket? The moment your strength falters, I will fulfill my wish all over them!"Tyler's eyes turned ice-cold. Nobody spoke about his girls from St. Brigid's like that and kept the clothes on his back.He stepped away from Ivy an
401 Pickpocket
When Dorian Vex had first ordered his men to strip them, Don Camilla had panicked and tried to run away. But once they were caught, she did not fight back like Ivy.Camilla had stood perfectly still, slipped her fingers into her jacket pocket and pressed send on her phone.The message had been typed and waiting since she passed through the gate. It flew straight to Annika Salvatore's phone, out on the rock in the dunes where Tyler sat eating his beef jerky."Ivy is here. Come and save her."That one message had brought Tyler Grant to the door. Camilla almost laughed with relief when he arrived, breaking down the impenetrable fortress as if it were made of styrofoam.Dorian Vex quickly reached the conclusion that Tyler had brought down the bunker door with an explosive."Shoot him!" Dorian Vex roared from his throne. "He's dangerous. What are you idiots waiting for? Kill him!"Every rifle in the throne room opened fire on Tyler Grant at once.RAT-TAT-TAT-TAT!The gunfire thundered off
400 Snacks
As soon as Dorian Vex's words echoed through the throne room, Camilla panicked.She spun around, and elbowed Ivy's guard in the face. She grabbed her by the wrist and pulled her toward the doors."Run!" she shouted desperately. "Don't think and run!"Vex snapped his fingers. They made it three steps before the guards along the walls closed in from every side. Rough hands seized both sisters by the arms and dragged them back to the foot of the throne.Vex settled back onto his cushions and smiled at them."I've been patient enough," he said lazily. "Strip them. Every last thread."His men grinned eagerly at each other."Finally!" one of the guards cheered. "I've been waiting all night for this show!""Save the pop star for last," another leered. "I want a good look at the body that is on all those music billboards.""These two girls have weighed on my soul for years," Vex went on, talking more to himself than the audience."Every night, I lay awake wondering which of St. Brigid's brats
399 The Sisters
Every eye in the throne room was fixed on Don Camilla.The old photograph of St. Brigid's Orphanage glowed on the huge screen behind the throne. Dorian Vex leaned forward eagerly, waiting for her answer.Camilla studied the crooked porch and the dirt yard with an indifferent expression, without blinking once."I've never seen it before," she replied flatly. "And I'm not here for a history documentary."She waved a hand at the screen dismissively. She could not let this man see how much that photograph hurt her, not while her sister's life hung on every word she said.Vex chuckled softly. His eyes slid past Camilla to the pop star.Ivy Solaris was staring at the screen in horrified recognition. Her lips were trembling, and fresh tears were spilling down her cheeks.She knew that porch. She had sat on those steps every evening with her sisters, waiting for supper. She knew that yard, and she knew that sign."Well, Miss Solaris?" Vex asked silkily. "Does it jog your memory?"Ivy tore her
398 Dorian Vex
The inside of the Vex bunker was a maze of steel corridors under bare white lights.Four guards marched Don Camilla down the main passage with their rifles at her back. They were smug and giggling, exchanging mocking glances over her shoulders."Can you believe it?" one guard whispered gleefully. "Don Camilla, walking in here on her own two feet!""The boss is going to have fun with this one," another snickered. "She's been burning his warehouses for years. She's cost him a fortune.""And the other night she snatched a whole shipment of kids right out from under his nose."A third guard leered at her back."Don't forget the proposal. The boss offered to make her his wife, and she turned him down like he was dirt on her shoe.""So what do you think he'll do to her?"The first guard chuckled. "Whatever he wants. And when he's done with her, maybe he'll toss what's left to us. She's hotter than I imagined.""If there's anything left," the third guard sneered. "I've waited years to see th
397 The Bunker
The Vex bunker was known throughout the city as the most protected place in Sapphire City.It stood near the border, where the city ended and the desert began. Its walls of steel and concrete ran across two miles of sand. Watchtowers rose above them, and rifles glinted in every tower.Tyler, Camilla and Annika walked toward its main gate."I've gathered every member of my gang," Camilla declared grimly. "They're waiting out there in the dunes, ready to attack from all directions.""As soon as you give the word, they'll go in. My gang may not survive, but they'll definitely put a dent in Dorian's defenses.""That won't be necessary," Tyler replied. "I'm going to get Ivy by myself."Camilla shook her head.What Tyler was saying was impossible. One man could not walk into the Vex bunker and walk out with a hostage.But since he had returned, this man had done one impossible thing after another. She had stopped questioning what he could and could not do.She turned her eyes on Annika inst
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