Arranged To Be|18+✔️

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Once we were all inside the house, Liam removed the gun from my head and shoved me toward Czar. He turned and walked over to Alina, who was still crying.

"I am so sorry, sweetie. I will never hurt you," he said, trying to calm her down.

I looked around the house, and then I froze.

"Oh my god, Czar," I whispered, grabbing his arm.

He turned his head, and when he saw what I was staring at, his whole body tensed. In the kitchen, two bodies lay lifeless in a pool of blood.

"You killed my parents!" Alina screamed, backing away from Liam.

"No, no. Can't you see? I am your real father," he tried to explain.

Alina shook her head, tears pouring down her face.

"Get the hell away from her! Can't you see she's scared?" Czar shouted.

Liam turned, pointing the gun at Czar. "How about you shut the hell up? I know what I'm doing with my own daughter."

"You think coming here, killing the only parents she's ever known, and putting a gun to her head is going to make her accept you? You're sick," Czar spat.

Liam stormed across the room and pressed the gun to Czar's forehead. "I told you to shut the hell up!"

"No!" Alina cried, running toward Liam. "Don't hurt him! Please, no more killing."

Liam's eyes widened as he looked at Czar, then broke into a laugh, unhinged, manic.

This man was gone. Whatever had once been good in him had been swallowed whole by darkness.

Liam lowered his gun and patted Alina's head. "Don't worry, honey. Daddy isn't going to hurt anyone."

"You're sick," I said.

He turned to me, eyes narrowing, and began to step closer. Czar shoved him, and the two broke into a fight. The gun clattered across the floor.

"Run, Zariah! Take Alina and get out of here!" Czar yelled.

I didn't hesitate. I scooped Alina into my arms and made for the door.

"You open that door and the whole house will blow!" Liam screamed.

I froze.

Czar had Liam pinned, hands wrapped around his neck, squeezing the life out of him.

"He's bluffing," Czar said. "Get out of here!"

Liam let out a strangled laugh.

"He's not bluffing," I said, panicked. "Czar, let him go! He's not bluffing!"

Czar released his hold, breathing heavily. Liam grinned, gasping for air.

Czar grabbed the gun and pointed it at Liam's head. "What the hell are you talking about?"

Liam chuckled. "You think I'd let you two walk in here without a plan? The second that front door shut, it triggered a bomb. Open it again, and we all go boom."

I held Alina tightly. My heart was racing. "We're trapped."

"And I'm the only one who can stop it," Liam added with a smirk.

Czar hit him hard across the head with the gun, knocking him out cold. Alina cried harder, and I wanted to cry with her.

"What are we going to do?" I asked Czar.

"We find a way out."

"But how?"

"He said the front door. He didn't say anything about the back or the windows."

"You take Alina and Annika and get the hell out. I'll deal with Liam."

"But I can't leave you here!"

Czar stepped close and cupped my face. "I don't want you to see what I'm going to do to him. And I need to know you're safe. Go home. Call Lada. She'll know what to do."

"And if you don't come back?"

"I will. I promise."

I kissed him, urgent, desperate. "Please come back to me."

"I will."

I looked down at Alina. "I'm getting you out of here. You're safe now."

I turned toward the back door. I shielded Alina's eyes as we passed the kitchen. I couldn't bear to look either.

At the door, I took a deep breath and opened it.

Nothing happened.

No explosion.

I looked back. Czar sat beside Liam's unconscious body, a predator waiting to strike. That wasn't the man I loved, it was someone else entirely.

I quickly turned away and ran to the front of the house. I opened the back door to the car.

"What happened? Where's Czar?" Annika asked.

I said nothing. I buckled Alina into the seat, my hands shaking. Annika stared at the child in silence.

I got behind the wheel and pulled off, heart hammering.

I couldn't leave it like this. I had to make sure he survived.

I grabbed my phone and dialed the only person who could help.

"Hello? Anderi? I need your help. It's about Czar."

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The next part will be told in Czar's pov so you guys will know what happens between him and Liam. We officially have 11 chapters so go before the book ends and the epilogue of course. I will not be making this book a series like the "Lust" series but I do have a new series out called the  Anyways, don't forget to comment, vote, share and follow. Until next time my lovelies.