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to no one. It was easy to see her injuries were minor, but I wanted her to understand I was a man of my word and I could take care of her.
    “Luciano, where are you taking her?” Enzo called to me. The fuck had the nerve to speak to me and question my actions. He was asking for it, but he was family.
    “Not that it is any of your business, but to the hospital. Your idea of blaming Grimes is good. Keep him alive to take the fall,” I answered.
    I put her into the truck and sat in the back with her on my lap. I wasn’t going to leave her side until I was forced to, which, let’s face it—who was really going to force me? I owned half the cops—not Chief McLaren, but I was about to be his son-in-law. He would have to get used to me claiming her, or he would never be able to see her again.
    Damn. Despite her injuries, she was still hot as fuck. Up close, she was more beautiful than I could have imagined, her long black hair hanging over my shoulder and her green eyes bright with unshed tears. With her in my arms, her breasts were pressed against me and getting me excited as hell.
    “Baby, how are you feeling?” I asked gently as I caressed her back and shoulder.
    She looked at me like I had to be stuck on stupid. “How the hell do you think I am feeling after you and your goons kidnap and beat me? That fuck over there tried to rape me, and you guys want to blame it on my boyfriend.”
    She didn’t get any further in her tirade before I had my hand wrapped around her neck. “Don’t you ever call that piece of shit your boyfriend. He’s lucky I didn’t put a bullet in his head. The only thing keeping him alive is to keep that fuck-up of a cousin of mine from getting us into shit for this. You were not supposed to be harmed. In fact, they were not supposed to act without my okay. You listen, and you listen good. Your injuries could easily be seen outside of a hospital. If you can’t behave, I’ll lock your ass up until you are more compliant. Do you hear me?” I didn’t like seeing fear in her eyes, so I loosened my grip on her neck and tempered the tone of my voice.
    “Amber, you need to know that I was interested in meeting you before this fuck-up tonight. I noticed you the other afternoon, and I wanted to know more. To my surprise, Vito told me they grabbed you just as I found out someone had been stupid enough to kidnap the chief’s daughter. You have no idea what that shock did to me to find out that you are one and the same. Now, what I want from you is very simple: everything.”
    “I don’t understand.” I released my hold on her neck and reached slowly to caress her pale, tear-stained face. I was glad to see that she wasn’t flinching from my touch but rather leaning into it. Yes, that was what I wanted. She was attracted to me despite her fear, and that was a start. I’d work on the rest later. Since I’d seen her, I knew I wanted to make her mine, and now she was.
    “Cara Mia, I want you to be mine. I read up on the chief and his family a while ago, but there was no photo of you in the file. It said you are now eighteen, which makes you legal and now mine.” Amber’s gasp of shock was quite funny. She would get used to the idea.
    “You are out of your mind. I don’t belong to you. I belong to no one,” she stated as she looked at me angrily. It was sexy the way her bright eyes darkened as she glared.
    “Just two minutes ago you seemed to have thought you belonged to Grimes, and that shit ain’t happening. I can feel you shiver as I caress you, and I bet if I checked your pussy, it would be wet and ready for me to eat.”
    Amber’s mouth opened and closed several times in shock at my words. Her outrage at my bold assumption had me smiling. Maybe she is sweeter than I thought . “I haven’t had dinner tonight, Amber...maybe a drink before dinner, maybe some sweet Amber liquid.”
    I put one arm around her waist as my other hand climbed slowly, determinedly up her thigh. Reaching higher