COLTON'S POV
"Oh my God! What was that!?" Naomi shouts over the sound of the explosion that just came from outside. I turn around and grab her shoulders, covered in blood from stabbing one of the guards to death. I let her go and shut all the metal door to the kitchen to no other guards can come in in the meantime and then I rush back to Naomi to make sure she's okay.
I did everything I could to shield her so I'll really be pissed off right now if she's hurt.
"I'm fine Colton." She responds as she looks around alert and in fear. "But you're building again. Are you hurt?" She asks as she scans my body with nervous eyes as her body trembles.
"No. No I'm fine. A bullet just grazed me that's all." I tell her and she nods her head in confusion.
"How are you even still standing. You have wounds all over you. Are you sure you're okay?" She asks again. She doesn't know what to do to help me, I know that, and right now she's confused because an explosion was just set off. She looks around the kitchen at all the dead bodies and then she jumps again when we start hearing multiple gunshots from outside.
I let my head fall back in pure joy and I laugh. For the first time in a very long time, I laugh and then I bring my attention back to Naomi with a grin on my face.
"What's so funny Colton? Because last I checked, there are still more guards to kill." She asks me with a confused look on her face.
"I need you to listen to me really carefully, okay? That explosion you just heard, that was Dante and Liam. And those gunshots, it's them too. I told you they were coming here today and they're here. They're finally here and they're going to help us, okay? You're going to be okay. You and Adeline are going to be okay. Everything is going to be okay."
Naomi smiles and then she laughs and covers me in a warm embrace, tears falling form her eyes as she starts sobbing.
"Oh my God. They're really here?" She asks again and she pulls away and scans my face for an answer as hopeful tears fall from her eyes. I know she has been through a lot, but if she is this excited about Dante and Laim coming to her rescue, then I can't even imagine how happy Adeline will be to see Dante considering all what she has been through. She deserves to come out of this place.
But now that Dante and Liam have basically made themselves known with this explosion, they're going to have to be really fast because they have already caused a commotion when the auction has barely even started. Those men won't want to leave without the girls they came here for and I have heard about that Arthur guy. The guy who wants Adeline. He'll stop at nothing.
He's a raging psychopath and he needs to be taken as far away as possible from Adeline.
"What do we do now?" Naomi asks me with a confused look on her face.
"Well, we can't just stay here and wait for them. We have to get out of here. We need to find a way to get you out of the premises safely. You're in a war zone now and anything can happen. Stray bullets anything. I'm sure you'll be safe once you're with Liam and the others." She nods her head rapidly as I speak to her amidst the chaos. She's being strong, so strong.
"You'll be safe too. You need to get out of here too. You're really strong and I can see that but if we don't get you help soon, then you'll bleed to death. Your wounds are opening and you just got another one. I would feel terrible if you died because of me." She says as she sniffs and looks around to see if anyone has barged into the kitchen yet.
My heart starts beating fast as memories of my sisters invade my senses. "I lost someone I cared about." I start to tell her.
"My sister. She was only sixteen and the things that were done to her…" I blink rapidly to stop the tears that are threatening to break free. The memory of what happened to my sister is still very vivid in my mind. I could never forget it for as long as I am alive and I could never live with myself even if I ever made it out of this place alive. I could never forgive myself.
"I couldn't save her and something really bad happened to her. I tried to leave her out of all this, out of the catastrophe that is my life, but I wasn't very careful and she…" I swallow and I remove my gaze from my shoes and meet Naomi's eyes again. I can see the pity in them.
"The point is, I cannot let the same thing happen to someone else. I promised Adeline I would help her and that is exactly what I plan on doing. I couldn't save my sister but at least I can save you, and Adeline and all the other girls in this place that need saving. You all deserve a better life."
She stares at me, confused and dumbfounded. She doesn't need to say anything. I don't want to focus on the pain in my beating heart right now. All I want to do is kill everybody concerned with this place. I want them all to die.
"Let's go, and remember to stay next to me at all times." I say to her as I walk carefully towards the door. There's still lot of shooting outside. It's chaotic out there and I'm scared that if I open this door, a bullet might come flying my way and it might hit Naomi. I close my eyes and say a silent prayer to whoever is listening and then I twist the handle to the metal doors and open it slowly. I see Veronica's guards on the other side of the door, alert and firing at people I suppose are Dante and his team. I push Naomi aside and kill all seven of them easily. Like I said, I am angrier and I am not afraid to die.
I manipulate my gun a easily as nature manipulates itself. It comes naturally to me and I'm faster than I thought I would be. Once the guards are down, I'm hoping it clears a way for Dante and the others to enter the house. On the other side of the kitchen door, I hear banging. Veronica's guards must be trying to get in. I drag Naomi and pull her outside with me and she stands behind me as I raise my gun to my head, walking slowly towards the chaos in an alert stance.
"Don't shoot!" I shout out as I see five people in uniforms that do not resemble mine. When I come into their view, one of them basically rushes towards me with an inhumane speed and the other follow him behind. They all have masks on their faces. I don't know why they're not shooting at me.
As the man rushes towards me, he takes of his mask and…
"LIAM!" Naomi shouts from behind me and rushes towards the man I suppose to be her boyfriend. I let out a sigh and drop my head to the ground in relief as I take off my own mask.
"Oh God, Naomi. You're okay baby. I've got you. God, I've got you. Come here." Liam hugs Naomi close to his chest and I see a tear escape his eyes as he hugs the air out of her lungs. Naomi cries as she is reunited with her long-lost love. I did it. I actually did it. I kept her safe long enough to get her back to where she belongs.
"You must be Colton." I hear a deep voice from beside me. I see men in FBI uniform continue shooting at Veronica's guards and right now they're shielding us, covering us from the chaos.
I focus on the dark-haired man towering in front of me. He looks like a freaking giant. His aura is very imposing and authoritative and he has nothing but fire in his eyes. The way he stands, the way he carries himself with confidence, his voice. This must be…
"Dante. We finally meet." I say as l look up to him with respect. Liam and Naomi are still staring at each other and Liam is carefully scanning Naomi's body, checking for wounds and bruises. I know for a fact that Naomi wasn't touched by anyone. She'll be just fine.
"I'm sorry about your sister." Dante immediately says. I can tell he can see the broken look in my eyes. I can tell he can see how beaten up I am. I can tell he can see me bleeding.
"Hey man. Thank you so much for getting her out. I owe you one." Liam says, finally looking more relaxed even though he still has a frown on his face. This is far from over.
"You interrupted the auction with that explosion." I say to them.
"My men and the FBI already have the building to the auction surrounded. No one leaves that place without getting shot." Dantes says with confidence in his voice. I'm not going to lie, I'm a little bit impressed that he got the FBI involved with this. It was a smart move and it offers him more protection but I still have a bad feeling about all this.
"Adeline is in there with all other girls." I say and I see something ark flash in Dante's eyes. I can see longing in his eyes. I can see a deep sense of love that I cannot explain. It's no doubt that Adeline is not a difficult person to love. In a place as violent and as dark as erotica, I was able to love her.
But the look in Dante's eyes, it transcends every definition of love I have ever known. It is devotion. He would do everything for her. he would kill anyone for her.
"I'm aware of that." He says in a deep and dark voice. "We'll get them out. We'll get them all out."
"I need to get Naomi out of here." Liam says walking toward us, pulling Naomi close to his body.
"Both of you need to get the hell out of here." Dante says as he averts his gaze towards them.
"What? I'm not leaving you. We need to get Adeline out." Liam objects.
"And we will. But you need to get Naomi out of here Liam and you need to stay with her. We'll deal with the rest." Dante states.
"Dante…"
"He's right." I cut Liam off. "You can't protect Naomi and run to save Adeline at the same time and you know it. You just got Naomi and I'm pretty sure you don't want to lose her all over again. This fight is only just starting. Get her out of here while you still can. I promise you, Adeline will be fine. I'll die before I let anything happen to her."
Liam nods reluctantly as he holds a crying Naomi in his hands.
"The men will cover you. Get a car and get as far away from here as possible." Some FBI agents rush towards Liam and Naomi and cover them as they get them out of the premises. Liam raises his gun, prepared to shoot anyone that comes in his way. Dante stands in front of me with five other men behind him. I don't even know where they came form but they don't look like FBI agents.
"Let's go." Dante says and we all follow him towards what will either be our victory or our deaths.