Xander's POV

"Harley-" I quickly swiped my finger across the screen to answer. I pressed the cold phone to my ear and tried to suppressed my harsh breathing so I could hear her voice, but it never came. "Har-," I started to say louder this time at the same time I pressed the speaker button to amplify any noise made.

"-you weren't anything but a fuck buddy to him!" A familiar raspy whiny voice.

"Wow. That's Daniel." Henry gasped like it wasn't painfully obvious.

"Shut the fuck up so I can hear this motherfucker." I hissed to henry then turned my attention back to the phone.

"-you were taken and used!" He yelled. "Xander took you! He abused you! Tell them!"

I felt my heart beating in my throat. My forehead began to form beads of sweat on my hairline. My teeth intensively clenched tightly to the point where an aching pain spread through my jaw. It took the smallest yelp of her voice to send my thoughts in overdrive.

"N-no." She hissed. Her sweet voice quivered in anger. I could hear the exhaustion alluded from her tone. My heart bent the more she spoke. "That's not what happened!" Suddenly everyone's voices were unstable and cutting out and in. I pressed my ear closer to the speaker like that'd make everything sound clearer. But, instead, I was answered with shuffling and shoes squeaking against the floor. Did he touch her? After everything, she stills fighting for me. Even after all the horrible things I did to her, she still manages to defend me. Even with her life at risk, she is fighting for me. She found it in her big bustling heart to put her trust in me one more time, and I won't disappoint this time. I'll fight for her, for us. I won't let her hurt ever again. I'll slash as many throats as I have to for her.

"Pull the car up to the front! Tell the rest of the guys!" I barked at Henry, who immediately nodded and sprinted out of the office.

With the phone pressed against my collarbone and to my ear, I marched behind my desk to my safe. I slide the cold heavy guns down my back under my waistband tightly. My lengthy switchblade was shoved in my shoe. After I raced out of the office like the floor was on fucking fire.

"I already know what happened!" Daniel screamed, his voice sounded clear now, but it wasn't likely to last long. "but you clearly don't! He took and refused to let you go!" I stopped dead in my tracks. I didn't tell Harley about Daniel's proposal when I confessed everything about her kidnapping since I figured it was irrelevant at the time. However, now that he's told her, it'll seem like I purposely wanted to trap her here, like I wanted her to be a slave to me. I was racing down the stairs again. I wasn't sure how long Harley would be adamant about defending me when she hears everything else he has to say.

"-so I asked him to return you, and he said he's keeping you until he felt like letting you go," Daniel spoke proudly. Desperate prick. My girl is stronger than that. She knows me. She knows I love her. Even if she doesn't want to admit it, she knows deep down.

"He used you for your body!" he cried. "He only let you go because I threatened to kill him-" His voice cut out again.

"Fuck!" I growled in irritation as I marched down the driveway, my feet pounded against the pavement. The passenger side door was already open, making it easy for me to slip in. Another car followed behind us, filled with random guys Henry ordered to join. Emilio, Pedro, Julian, and Felipe stared at me with stern faces as I slammed the door closed.

"What else has he been saying?" Henry asked. He peeled off down the road, not waiting for a signal.

"The fucking call keeps cutting out" I ran my hand across my face.

"-Let fucking go of me-" suddenly, Harley's voice blared through the phone. I physically rose from my seat. He had his hands on her? Was he so confident that he thought he could touch her and nothing would happen? I practically cried in excitement, thinking about cutting every single one of his fucking fingers off. "Xander didn't do anything to me!" She shrieked.

It didn't go unnoticed that everyone around me was stared intensively at me now. My heart swelled, but my anger exploded all at the same time. I felt like I could combust at any moment.

"Move this bitch, Henry!" I said, slamming my hand on the dashboard. "Take the back streets if you have to," I growled.

"I got it, bro." He said, flooring it through the street lights.

I had to get to her. Daniel's threats were all empty until now.

"He brainwashed you-" the call cuts off most of his words, but I didn't need to hear anymore.

"You're just as bad as h-" the call cuts in and out.

Fuck. What is going on? I need to hear her voice again.

"Over my dead body!" Daniel roared, followed by thrashing and a loud thud.

"-The fuck was that?" Julian scrunched his face in concern and looked at me.

"Fuck." Emilio muttered under his breath.

"Stay fucking focused," I warned.

Another thunderous slam clattered through the phone right before the call disconnected.

I felt the blood go cold as it coursed through my veins. I was an angry man. I was an evil man. However, I didn't know my body was capable of such dark thoughts. This wasn't going to be a fight; it was going to be a massacre.

"We're coming up on the house!" I dropped the phone to the side and pushed the door open before the car came to a full stop.

"Kill everyone except for Daniel!" I said without looking back at the men that followed me towards the house. "I want him to myself."

My vision blurred with every step I made. Dark rage consumed me. I wasn't aware of my thoughts, nor did I try and regain conciseness. All I could think about was her.

I slipped behind my back to my gun swiftly. I didn't pause before shooting the handles clean off the front door.

"Right behind you, boss," Henry said. I looked over at him only for a moment. His anger was apparent too.

My foot smashed against the door, smacking against the ground. With no sense of direction, I marched in. The voices coming from the living room dispersed, and only footsteps sounded. They didn't have time to recoup or pick up their guns before three officers were laid on the ground with their guts splattered against the floor. I picked up my speed to where they came from.

"Harley!" I yelled. I stopped moving once I entered the dining room area.

"Back the fuck up, Xander, or I'll finish her off!" Daniel was pressed against the wall with his arm around Harley's lifeless body and a gun pointed at her head. Blood trickled down her forehead painfully slowly. No. No. What did he do to her? Her beautiful face was marred. Standing next to him was another officer. His gun shook slightly even though both his hands held on to it tightly. The nervousness in his face was apparent.

"Whose this, one of your cock sucking brainless followers." Before he could react, I shoved my gun away from my back and to the officer. Shot after shot. Bullet after Bullet rang in my ears till they tingled in pain. His guts practically poured out against the pristine floor. His blood decorated my face.

"Let her go." I turned the gun to Daniel now.

"Over my dead fucking body. You don't deserve anything, you filthy bastard." Daniel hissed, pressing the gun harder to Harley's head. Her face was calm, but I know inside she must've been terrified. As sick as it sounded, I was glad she wasn't awake to see this.

Suddenly Henry ran in. "He must've called for backup. There are more of these pussies." He jutted his chin towards Daniel, his AK still in his hand and his finger still on the trigger.

"Is that going to be an issue?" I asked, unable to remove the smirk from my lips.

"Not at all, boss," Henry said. Shot after shot. Bullet after Bullet rang in my ears till they tingled in pain.

"Stop it right the fuck now, Xander, or I'll shoot her! I swear to go-"

"Dad!" My eyes shot over to the stairs, but my gun didn't move an inch from Daniel. Within a second, Julian's hand was wrapped around her arm, and he was hauling her down the steps. "Dad! What are you doing!" Avery cried, looking down at her dad. "What did you do to her!!" She screamed and thrashed her way out of Julian's hand and ran to Harley. Her knees skid against the floor as she bent down to her. She pressed her hands against her face and pushed her face against Harley's.

"Avery, get out of here! Go find your mom and go!" Daniel tried kicking her away.

"Daniel, I'm running out of fucking patience." I barked, interrupting their intervention. "My girl is bleeding out, and if you don't hand her over in the next 20 seconds, I'm going to paint the wall with your microscopic fucking brain in front of your daughter."

"Wait-" Avery looked up at me, horrified but also with sorrow and pleaded in her eyes. "Don't kill him, please!" She begged. "He will let her go; I'll make him." She said and turned to her dad. "Dad, let her go." Her hands shook as she pressed her palm against his gun. "Stop this!" She cried and began prying the gun from his hands, but it was to no avail. His eyes stayed trapped on me, but the gun shifted to me instead. His arm went limp around her, and Avery took advantage of that and grabbed Harley in her arms. I wanted her in my arms. I wanted to grab her run out of here but I'll finish this right now, for her.

"If I'm going down, I'm taking you with me." He muttered. With lightning speed, his gun fired to through my shoulder. The blood immediately began to trickle down my arm; however, it didn't stop a damn thing. He was a bad shot, but I wasn't. Shifting my gun to the side, I fired off three continuous shots towards him.

Avery's screams boomed against the air and she moved away from Harley and scooped up her father. I didn't stay long enough to see anything because all I could do was see Harley. I scooped her limp body into my arms. Her curly hair splayed across her striking face. Then I began running out the door, and I didn't look back.

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Heyyyy yall!! So Xander came for all the smoke in this chapter. I enjoyed writing this chapter a lot. I wanted to capture everyone's emotions clearly but of course, it's not the best. However, dont worry I will rewrite this whole book at some point.

Sadly, this is the second to last chapter before Stolen Love is officially complete. The sequel is already in the process of being written. I'm super excited for you all to see what's in store for Xander and Harley now that Daniel is out of the fucking way and Xander and Harley are free to be together. Lots of family drama and steamy scenes on the wayyyyyy lolll.

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