Bedmates Soulmates
CHAPTER 290

Better A Living Dog Than A Dead Lion

Kira smoothed out her dresL

"Austyn's going to be so pissed when he finds out I ruined his limited edition dress,' she thought, making a wry face.

She wished she could see him right now, she missed him so much

"I can't just leave my life in someone else's hands,' she said. 'While our friends do their part to save us, I have to do mine.'

Some people said there were certain fates worse than death.

Kira thought that was just hogwash

Nothing best death; death was the worst

What she went through just now was humiliating and traumatising, but it got her what she wanted-a shot at survival.

As Dad used to say, better a living dog than a dead lin

'As long as there's a tiny sliver of hope, I won't give up, Kira said.

Gwen stared at Kira as if she was seeing her for the first time

She no longer thought they looked alike.

Any other woman would have broken down by now, but Kira Hewin was made of stemmer stuff.

Kira tensed when the door opened again..

The team of heavily armed men came back, but Sean Santoro was not among them.

Kira and Gwen huddled together for warmth.

'I don't like the look of these men,' Kira whispered to Gwen. They seem so well-prepared. Your friend might be walking into a trap?

Kira spotted tattoos on the arms of several men.

One wore an eyepatch.

Three had facial scars like Santoro,

They looked like extras on the set of 'Die Hard!

Gwen concurred.

She

now regretted activating the tracker.

What if Gideon came unprepared?

Sean strolled into the warehouse.

He kicked the iron cage. "Ladies, the show's about to start. You have the best seats in the house"

Kira wished the man's smug looking face would melt. 'What the hell do you want?"

Sean bent down, running his eyes over Kira's ruined dress. 'It's such a pity, I don't have the time to enjoy you today. Don't worry, though. Your husband's going to die here tonight. I can take you off his hands-that is, if you survive tonight! Kira tried to hide the tremor in her voice, 'What are you going to do to Austyn?'

"Nothing much. I just want his life' Sean smirked. 'He's on his way over.

"You bastard!" Kira wanted to claw the man's eyes out. 'Don't you dare touch him!"

"Oh, I'm not going to touch him." Sean straightened up. I'm just going to kill him."

Kira's hands shook. "You'll be disappointed. He's not coming "

"And you know that how? Sean glanced at her askance

"You kidnapped me to lure him out, right?" Kira licked her chapped lips. "That's not going to work. He doesn't care that much about me. He's not coming here.

Sean scored. "Do you think I'm stupid? You're his wille. Would he marry you if he doesn't care about you?

"That's not why he married me.' Kira improvised. 'It's just a smokescreen. He did it to protect the woman he truly loves."

"Really? And who is that woman?""

Kira faltered. "She's_she's not in Stamford"

Sean sneered. "Doesn't matter now. If Austyn doesn't show his face in the next-be checked his watch-ninety minutes, you'll be dead."

He jurted his chin towards Gwen. "And so will your twin'

Kira glowered at him.

Better A Living Dog Than A Grad rom

How she wished she could blow up his head with her mind!

*So, for both of your sakes, you'd better pray Austyn doesn't get stuck in traffle, Sean flicked a speck of dust from his sleeve. 'I don't want to have gone through all this trouble for nothing." "Guys!" he bellowed to the mercenaries. "Time to get in position!

He said to Ronald, 'Get the bombs ready.'

"Yes, Boss,"

Kira's heart beat so fast that it threatened to jump out of her throat.

There were at least twenty man, armed with all kinds of guns and rifles and weapons she couldn't recognise

Austyn would be wallding into an ambush.

'Please don't come,' she said weakly.

She didn't want Austyn to come.

She missed him like crazy right now, but she'd never want to see him get hurt or worse.

It was too dangerous.

The armed men dispersed quickly.

Half of them left the warehouse and the other half took up concealed positions on the second flour inside, hiding behind overturned crates and concrete pillars

Kira had lost track of time.

It must be past midnight now

Sean's phone started ringing

His eyebrows shot up when he saw the caller ID.

"Shit! How did he get this number?

Sean had used a spooting app to make the anonymous call

He knew Austyn could track him down sooner or later, but he didn't expect it to be this fast.

Austyn was calling Sean on his personal phone.

Sean took a deep breath and waited a beat before answering the call

"Mr McCarthy, are you here yet?

Kira's head snapped up.

She pressed her face against the from cage, straining to hear the conversation.

Was it Austyn on the phone?

Sean was standing less than a metre away from the cage

Kira shouted at the top of her lungs, 'Austyn! Don't come here! It's a trap! There are at least twenty-

"Shut up!' Sean gave the cage a hard kick 'Ronald, keep an eye on the bitch"

He walked away from the cage. "You have less than an hour left. Better get a move on

"Sean Santoro Austyn's ice-cold voice travelled clearly down the line. "If you lay a finger on her, mark my words, I'm going to hunt you down you like a dog,'

"So you finally figured out who I am, congratulations." Sean chuckled, unperturbed.

He had been prepared for that.

The apartment he bought in Stamford was empty now, scrubbed clean

The police wouldn't be able to find any evidence there.

And after tonight, he wouldn't even be in the country anymore.

There was nothing anyone could do to him.

"Enough with the empty threats, Sean sald with a sneer. "Just get here. One minute late, and all you'll see is your wife's dead body He hung up