They Sold Me in a Crate to Pay His Debt, and the Devil Knelt and Called Me Wife novel · Chapter 12 of 16
Chapter 12: Stolen Heiress
I pulled out of Nico's hands.
He could have held me.
He let me go.
I went through the wings on my cane, past the fallen costume rack, past stagehands pressed against the walls.
The alley door hung open.
Cold air and rain blew in.
I stepped out onto the wet bricks.
Conrad was on the ground under the fire escape.
He was curled on his side, holding his right leg with both hands and howling.
A small black pistol lay in a puddle two feet from his fingers.
Elias stood over him with his own gun pointed at the ground.
He wasn't hurt.
I breathed again.
"He pulled it at the dumpster," Elias said without turning. "I aimed low."
I looked down.
The bullet had gone through Conrad's ankle.
His right ankle.
Conrad saw me and his face twisted.
"You little bitch. You did this. You and your whore mother..."
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