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enough that I could reach it. I glanced at Dare, his gaze bore into me and he shook his head just slightly. But it was our only chance. Daren’s finger was poised to squeeze, if I didn’t do something now, it might be too late.
    And I was not going to be too late to save Dare.
    With all of my might, I stomped on Daren’s boot and he lost his grip on my hair. I lunged for his gun, but he swung it at me, aiming right at my head.
    “NO!” Dare yelled, thrust his palms forward as if that might stop his father. “It’s me you want. Just let her go. I’ll stay. You have my word.”
    “ Your word?” his father laughed, his eyes bright with insanity. “Your fucking word means nothing. You snitched me out before, you little shit. You think I don’t know that? You think I don’t know exactly who was responsible for me going to jail?”
    Dare shook his head. “You did that yourself. They caught you because you took the time to put me in the hospital.”
    Daren’s gaze was fixed on his son, his eyes bugging out, his expression incredulous. I slid one foot toward Dare and ever so slowly started to shift my weight toward him.
    But as soon as I’d begun to move, Daren’s eyes were back on me. “You fucking move a muscle again and I will fucking shoot you.”
    “Come on. You’ve got to let her go. You can’t keep track of both of us. And there’s no one here to help you.” Dare took a step forward, and Daren’s trigger finger started to squeeze. “NO! IT’S ME YOU WANT.”
    Daren’s eyes flicked to Dare, and he considered him for a brief moment. “You know what? You’re right. It’s you I want. It’s you I want to see suffer. It’s you I want to have watching while I take away the woman you love. It’s you I want to bring to your knees. And I’m going to do that right now.”
    He suddenly swung his arm toward Dare, aiming at his legs, his finger starting to squeeze the trigger.
    And the world practically stopped, everything happening as if in slow motion.
    I launched myself forward, not thinking about what I was doing, my only impulse to save the man I loved. I was flying through the air when an ear-splitting BANG rang out, reverberating through my body. Then something stung my stomach, and I was falling to the hard cold floor.
    I screamed as agony unlike any other I’d ever felt ripped through me. The entire side of my body felt engulfed in flames.
    Darkness closed in on me as I lifted my head to see if Dare was okay. To see if he’d been shot. But he was a blur. Fear and rage contorted his face as he hurled himself at his father. They were a tangle of fists and blows, wrestling for control of the gun between them.
    Wet warmth seeped through my fingers as my eyes started to close, and the last thing I heard was the sound of Daren’s gun going off.
    Then everything went black.

six

    I was trapped in a murky, dark dream, lost in a fog. Shivering. So very cold. My ears were ringing, my limbs immobile, and the intense pressure in my head made me feel as if I was submerged under water.
    Maybe I was drowning.
    Images filtered through the haze of my mind—Dare fighting with his dad, a gun going off, and then…nothing. Oh, god. What if he’d been killed? I had to get out of here. I had to claw my way to the surface.
    “No, no, noooo!” My throat was raw, my cries raspy. “NO!” Tangles of tubes imprisoned me, my right hand couldn’t move, and a fast, loud beeping sound was going off like a warning bell. “Dare! Oh, god…no.” I tried to break free.
    My body screamed in protest.
    “Ree.” The smooth, low sound of his voice went straight to my pounding heart, easing my panic into calm. “Hey, easy. Easy .” Blinking furiously, I forced the world—and Dare’s bruised face—into focus. He stood next to me, his hands stilling my arms. “It’s okay, baby.”
    “You’re alive.” Tears flowed from my eyes as my heart welled with relief. My throat tightened and I had to swallow several times before