Chosen (Partners in Crime Book 1)

Chapter 18

"Do you, Paul Curtis, take Chloe Sinclair to be your lawfully wedded wife?"

He locked eyes with Chloe, "I do."

"Do you, Chloe Sinclair, take Paul Curtis to be your lawfully wedded husband?"

She didn't move. Her mouth was clamped shut.

Paul's eyes shifted to his gun.

"I-I..."

The doors to the dining hall burst open. Agents swarmed the room, "FBI! Freeze!" several voices shouted at once.

"Stop!" Paul pulled out his gun and fired into the air. All guns pointed to him.

Chloe spotted Dominic and tried to run to him. Paul grabbed her arm and pulled her towards him.

"Hey!" Jack shouted, "Let her go!"

Paul sneered at him, "Don't tell me what to do." He pulled out a knife and Chloe struggled against his grasp.

"Drop the weapon Paul!" Connor called.

Paul rolled his eyes. He ripped off the sleeve of Chloe's dress and started picking out the stitches on her arm with the knife. Each time he did so, Chloe squeezed her eyes shut. Please Lord, make the pain stop. When she opened her eyes, she saw her white dress covered in blood. The sight made her nauseous and she felt everything start to spin. Closing her eyes, she let the darkness cover her.

Everything went black and she dropped to the floor.

"Chloe!" Dominic shouted. Oh, no no no. This was not good. Chloe! Now what? All the voices in his COMMS were giving him a headache.

"You." Paul growled. He lifted his gun and aimed it at Dominic, "You ruined everything." His gun fired.

Dominic dove to the ground. The bullet came too close for comfort.

"Grant." Grace's voice filled his ear, "Do you have a good shot?"

"Yeah, I can hit him." Hunter said.

"Then do it." Grace practically growled, "This man fired at my brother, and hurt my friend. Do it."

A shot rang out and Paul dropped to the floor. Chaos filled the air. Dominic and Jack exchanged a look, then took off for Chloe.

They made it to where Chloe was lying. Jack checked for a pulse "She's alive."

Dominic picked her up. "I'll take her to Nicole."

Jack nodded.

Dominic weaved his way through people and around the house. Now where was the nearest door? Chloe's eyes fluttered open and she looked up at him. "Hey gorgeous."

She smiled, "Hey." Then she closed her eyes again.

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Chloe woke up to see Dominic hovering over her. "You finally woke up." He smiled at her.

She shifted to a more comfortable position, "Let me guess. I'm in the hospital. Again."

He grinned, "That you are."

"So, um what happened while I was passed out?"

Dominic took her hand, "Paul shot at me, then Hunter shot him. Paul's alive and will be in jail for the rest of his life. Angela will have a long sentence as well. The preacher had no clue what was going on, so he is fine."

Chloe blinked, "Paul shot at you?"

He shrugged, "Yeah. But he missed."

"But still." She shook her head, "And who's Hunter?"

"A member on the SWAT team."

"Oh. Okay."

Dominic bent down and claimed her lips in a kiss, "I was worried about you, you know."

She smiled, "Yeah, I know."

He laughed.

He was the luckiest man alive.