Page 255 of The Redemption
I lunge towards Siya, who uses this chaos to her benefit. Her heel slams down hard onto Samarjeet’s foot, and the moment he curses in pain, she drives her elbow backwards into his ribs. His grip loosens just enough. That’s all she needs. She twists herself free and sprints straight towards me.
Everything happens all at once.
Samarjeet stumbles backwards from the blow but recovers almost immediately. Siya is already halfway towards me before his finger closes around the trigger.
“No!” I roar.
The gunshot tears through the night.
Siya’s body jolts as the bullet tears into her shoulder, spraying blood across her clothes. For one terrifying second, my heart stops as she loses her balance and begins to collapse.
“SIYA!”
I reach her before she hits the ground and catch her in my arms. Dropping to my knees, I pull her against my chest as blood rapidly soaks through her sleeve, my hand shaking as I hold her.
My vision blurs as tears fill my eyes, and for a few terrifying seconds, everything around me disappears. The gunfire, the shouting, Haider’s voice screaming at my men that Samarjeet is escaping… all of it fades away. I don’t care about anything anymore. Let him run. Let the whole damn world burn. Nothing matters more to me than the woman bleeding in my arms.
“Siya.” I pull her closer against me. “Look at me.”
Her eyes flutter open, and relief washes over me. Thank God, she’s conscious. But she’s losing blood. F*ck!
“Raghav.” Haider places a hand on my shoulder, but I barely hear him. “Samarjeet escaped,” he says grimly. “And Mrs. Vardhaan isn’t inside the estate either.”
I hear him. So does Siya.
“Call the f*cking ambulance,” I roar.
Haider doesn’t waste a second. He rushes away, barking orders into his phone for the in-house ambulance.
“Siya,” I cup her face. “Stay with me.”
“Mom…” she sobs, clutching weakly at my shirt. “Find Mom.”
“I will,” I nod, brushing the hair away from her forehead, forcing my voice to remain steady for her.“Nothing will happen to her. I promise. But right now, we need to get to the hospital.”
I instantly slide one arm beneath her knees and the other behind her back and lift her carefully into my arms. She feels terrifyingly fragile against me. Every passing second fuels the monster growing inside me.
“Where the f*ck is that ambulance?” I bark again.
Haider rushes back towards me, disconnecting the call. “Two minutes. It’s almost here.”
“Raghav,” Siya’s fingers suddenly fist my shirt, hard, forcing me to look down at her. “I’m fine.”
We both know she’s lying. “Find Mom. Samarjeet will take her away,” she pleads.
“He won’t get far.” I press my forehead against hers. “I’m not losing you or her, Siya. Not this time.”
The distant scream of sirens cuts through the chaos. The ambulance is finally here. The entire estate echoes with flashing lights and emergency vehicles rolling through the aftermath of the massacre. The second the stretcher is wheeled out, I carefully lower Siya onto it. My hands don’t want to let go, but I force myself to step back before grabbing Haider by the shoulder.
“Stay with her. Don’t let her out of your sight for even a second.” He nods, and I immediately turn back to Siya. Leaning down, I press a kiss against her forehead.“I’ll bring back your mother safely. I promise.”
Her lips tremble as she nods through her pain. The medics wheel her into the ambulance. Haider climbs in after her. Within seconds, the vehicle speeds away.
I stand there watching until its flashing lights disappear into the distance.
“SAMARJEET…” I scream, standing there surrounded by blood, bodies, and gun smoke. He made the biggest mistake of his life tonight by putting a bullet into Siya and kidnapping her mom from under my protection. And he’s going to pay for both. He isn’t leaving Shivtara Valley alive. Not after this. That’s a promise.Raghav Kundra’s promise.
CHAPTER 47
