Sorry to leave you all on a CLIFFIE, but here's chapter 10!

Sinead was tied to a tree. Ian, with a gun pressed to her temple, stood besides her.

"You've decided to come save your little princess." Ian said, in rage.

"She's not my princess." Jake growled.

"Then what is she? Your second choice?" Ian asked, defiantly.

"She's my wife's best friend. Which means, she's my friend." Jake stepped forward.

"I wouldn't do that. If I think I'm in danger, I'll pull the trigger. She'll be gone." Ian hissed.

"You've already killed someone important in my life. Why do you need two?"

"She got my partner in crime arrested." Ian's amber eyes flashed in rage.

"It was her husband. He helped kill her best friend." Jake roared. "It was. The right thing to do."

"She wouldn't have done it if she wanted to live."

"She had no choice."

"Jake, I did." Sinead cried.

"No, you didn't. I won't have lived with myself if I had been in Jonah's place. I would feel that I should be arrested."

"Jake, please help me." Sinead squeaked out.

"Don't talk, or the trigger gets pulled." Ian hissed.

"Ian, don't do this to her. She's been under a lot of stress lately." Jake snarled.

"It's either her, or you." Ian pointed the gun at Jake.

"No, Jake, please. Let me die instead." Sinead pleaded.

"No ones going to die." Jake called out. He darted past Ian. Before Ian could turn around, Jake pulled out his pocket knife and was cutting the rope. He scooped up Sinead and ran. Past the cemetery and everyone else.

Finally, in front of the Cahill mansion, he set Sinead down.

"Follow me," he instructed her.

Sinead walked with Jake through the mansion, and into a little room.

"Stay in here. I'll get you when it's safe." Jake told her.

"Thank you for saving my life." Sinead managed to say.

"It was something I had to do." Jake explained.

"No, you chose to save me. You didn't have to." Sinead smiled.

Jake simply turned, closed the door, then locked it. Sinead would be safe inside.

He quickly walked to the weapon room, grabbed a gun, and ran back to where Ian was.

"You came back." Ian sniffed.

"Yes, and if you try to shoot me, think twice." Jake pulled the gun out.

"I won't. I'm sorry for killing her." Ian said.

Jake winced. Ian wasn't sorry at all. He knew better than to trust a Kabra.

"You're not." Jake put his thumb on the trigger.

"You'll be arrested if you shoot me."

"You killed my wife. Why aren't you arrested?" Jake pulled the trigger.

Ian dodged the bullet, yet still fell back, unconscious.

What happened to Ian? Stay tuned for the next chapter, to find out.

Hopefully I'll pops later today, or tomorrow.

XOXO,

STAR!