"Stop!" Vee rushed toward them, panic flooding her veins. "I'm coming. I'm coming. Please, let him go."
"Vee, no!" Cassidy managed through clenched teeth.
"Please!" she shouted. "Let him go!"
"Are you asking me for another favour, Bambola?"
"What? No. I just…" She swallowed hard. "He has nothing to do with this. Let him go."
"Doesn't he?" Luca asked quietly, stepping closer. "You belong to me. And you let him touch you."
"I…" Her breath shook. "He's my boyfriend. You're my jailer."
Luca's eyes dragged slowly down her body, over the bare thighs, the way the shirt clung to her hips. He twisted the ring on his finger.
Then he turned.
The punch landed cleanly against Cassidy's jaw. The ring connecting with his jaw bone. Cassidy collapsed sideways, stunned, the man releasing him as he hit the floor.
"Luca!" Vee screamed. "What is wrong with you?"
She ran forward without thinking, instinct outrunning fear. Her fingers closed around Luca's arm, solid muscle beneath.
