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Authors: Cassy Roop
Figure Eight (Celtic Knot Book 2) (35 page)
All I could see were hands raised in the air as Victoria waved a gun around. Being an officer of the law, Russell was not held to the same security procedures that an ordinary citizen was forced to abide by. Knox had Kelly hidden behind his back protectively, and Drake just stood around acting like he didn’t know what was going on.
Rownan had his gun out and aimed toward Victoria who was shouting obscenities at everyone around her.
Her eyes fixated on me where I still stood behind the bench. They were dark, cold. I felt pure evil radiate from her as we remained locked in a war of our eyes. My skin felt a shiver, but I was frozen on the spot not knowing what to do. Everyone was yelling at Victoria to put the gun down, all the while she stood there glaring at me with more hatred than I have ever seen anyone have in my life.
Out of the corner of my eye, I could see Dominic in a mad rush to reach me. My eyes flickered from hers only briefly to see him. It was a moment that changed my fate—changed my life because when I looked back to Victoria, I was staring down the barrel of the gun in her hands.
A loud pop surrounded the room, but otherwise there was no noise.
Silence filled my ears as if they had been shut off from all hearing.
A cloud of darkness began to fade in from all corners surrounding my eyes.
Time seemed to go still.
Coldness seeped into my body and my head started to spin. I felt like I was fixated on an axis, and everything around me was in a fast rotating orbit.
Through my fuzzy haze of tainted awareness, I vaguely remember watching Victoria being tackled to the ground, and both Russell and Drake being handcuffed.
The last face I saw just before I was drug in by the darkness, consumed by the ink of night, was the one man who would forever hold my heart as he rushed to my side with an ashen look of petrified fear on his face.
Dominic.
I am never any good at writing these things, so if I forget anyone, I apologize in advance. I would like to thank my husband and three babies. Thank you for understanding while mommy has her nose glued to the computer screen or talks to her characters out loud. Thank you for supporting me as I chase my dream and for putting up with the countless nights of takeout or peanut butter sandwiches.
Thank you to my street team
Cassy’s Lassies.
You girls rock more than any rock stars. Thank you for your support, your advice, the pimping and the laughs. I love you ladies wholeheartedly!
Giana,
I know I dedicated this book to you, but I couldn’t let it go without mentioning you again. You have been my saving grace ever since you became my personal assistant. Thank you so very much for all that you do for me. You are truly a diamond in a world full of coal.
My IndiePendent Girls,
Annalisa, Amber, Kay, Rachael, Delisa, Alissa, Casey, Ashley J., Savannah, Ashley R., Tara, and our newest girl Renee. I would never be where I am now if it weren’t for you girls. Your guidance, support, love, laughs and friendships will forever be cherished. Sporks baby!
Mom,
thank you for being my biggest supporter, and my very best friend. I love you to the moon and back.
Anna
my sexy, vibrant, wonderful, vivacious editor. I love our daily chats, your inspiration, and the fact that you can overlook how many times I use the words “really” and “fuck” in one book. Thank you for taking my words and turning them into a masterpiece. You work harder than anyone I know and you deserve all the best in the world. I love you like a cupcake (and I
really fucking
love cupcakes).
Marisa,
a master. That is the only word I can use for you. Thank you for my beautiful covers as well as playing student/teacher with me as you teach me your craft and help me chase my dream of being an artist. Your kindness and thoughtfulness is so very much appreciated. Amazing doesn’t even begin to describe you.
Judi and Kiki
, my kickass PR reps
from Concierge Literary Promotions,
Thank you for taking a chance on this unknown girl and helping me on my path to becoming an author. Your support, love and guidance during this long journey warms my heart more than you could ever imagine. I love you ladies heart and soul!
Cassy is a work at home mom where she spends her days surrounded by children running her in-home daycare. She loves to cook, read and spend her nights and weekends being a Les Mills group fitness instructor. She has been a lover of all things romance from a very early age. She hopes and dreams that everyone can receive their happy ever after. A good ol country girl at heart, she was born and raised in Arkansas and now resides in Charlottesville, Virginia with her husband and three young children.
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There isn’t anything on God’s green Earth that would ever prepare you for that moment when your heart leaps from your chest. To feel like you have been kicked so hard in the gut that your body is void of all air and oxygen. Nothing prepares you for your world to stop as the meaning of your life falls to the floor like a wilted flower petal floating through the air to meet it’s fate upon the ground. I couldn’t fucking move. I couldn’t breathe. In that very moment, my reason to exist vanished right before my eyes like a sick fucking magic trick.
