Liana is no stranger to creeps. She knows that she shouldn't be used to them, and she doesn't feel comfortable when people who recognize her from her work try to flirt with her. It wasn't fun before she was in a serious relationship and now it's especially awkward. But her doorman can usually take care of anyone who gets too weird with her and the other ladies at work, if he's busy with some pesky cockroach from the club, she doesn't worry about the stalkers because usually one of his wives is a few minutes away. few meters watching that no one lay a finger on her, Scandal and Knockout regularly change shifts to be with her at the club, sometimes they go together, that is the moment that Liana enjoys the most and she does not carry pepper spray in her bag for any.

But somehow, the guy following her around the supermarket from a distance seems… different. Maybe it's the weirdly tinted sunglasses he's wearing or the white gloves or the fact that there's a stain of something brown that Liana really hopes isn't dried blood on his shirt, but it's really freaking her out, because she can see his gaze. of a predator looking at a possible victim through his glasses, he doesn't seem to be buying anything either, he just follows her a few meters away throughout the store pretending to look, that individual enters almost at the same time as her but his basket is completely empty , or it is that he is undecided with what he wants to buy or it is just a ruse to follow her through all the aisles of that small supermarket.

By the time she leaves, she's sure he's following her, and she pulls the pepper spray out of her bag and holds it just in case as she walks to her car. Hardly daring to breathe, she waits for her guy to grab her shoulder or something (although the chills usually go down her wrist) and tell her that he saw her working last night. But she doesn't come. She continues to hold her breath as she puts her groceries away, then lets out a small gasp as she closes the backseat door just in time to see two huge guys behind her in the reflection of the side door mirror.

Then a huge hand grabs her nose and mouth, and Liana sees stars as they drag her back.


"So, just to reiterate, you don't know who Scandal Savage is?" the man asks sullenly. He wears a blue ill-fitting suit and big black gloves, with a red tie undone around his small neck, with dark patent leather shoes that have surely seen better days.

Liana blinks slowly and sticks out her lower lip a little. She wouldn't consider herself the best liar, but... she's pretty sure she didn't do anything to her phone, they just took her two pepper sprays and her new cat duster. . "I have never heard that name before in my life, sir. I think she would remember if she had done it "-she argued with some fear in her voice but sure that she had swallowed her lie

The man smiles. It's not a very nice smile. He looks like a dead fish, with his pale skin and slightly bulging eyes. He is not the one who grabbed her (her hands aren't big enough and she doesn't look strong enough) or who followed her.

"My men tell me that he has been corresponding with her for quite some time. He has seen her enter and leave her workplace several times "-he commented looking at her trying to see some indication that if the girl was lying or reacting to his comment

"I'm sure I don't know what you're talking about."

It's not hard to pretend to be really scared. There's an anxiety attack that threatens to come at any moment, and the tightness of the handcuffs around his wrist painfully reminds her of the last time someone grabbed her and bound her. But she has to keep calm. She has to keep her composure, she knows that her wives will be there in the shortest possible time, surely they would have located her phone by now, these guys are such idiots that they probably wouldn't even have turned it off leaving the possibility of locating it.

"A lot of people see me at work. I don't remember everyone. I don't even know their names, most of the time."

The man begins to look frustrated. Liana's pretty sure he's new to this and was hoping she'd drop everything right away and say something like "Oh yeah, of course I know Scandal Savage, let me tell you all about my wife's criminal operations." Not that this guy seems to know they're married. Not that most people know that she's married.

"Look, just tell us what we need to know and we'll let you go, Mrs. Kerzner" -argued the man with a false tone of calm but it was clear on his face that this situation and the little collaboration of the girl was irritating him to the point that it would explode at any moment.

"I told you! I don't know anything about anyone named 'Scandal Savage'. There's a girl who used to work with me who called herself 'Scandal', but that's it."

Liana shrugs her shoulders a little. The thick ropes (they're the kind you see used to make rope swings, not the thin plastic ones) around her legs creak as she leans forward as much as she likes. She is trying to be serious as she tests the strength of her bonds.

"I would tell you if she knew anything. Honest."

The man frowns and stands up. He is probably only as tall as her. Not a very comforting thought, not while she's tied up she's completely helpless. Suddenly, Liana imagines what will happen to her if they don't arrive on time, which she really has been trying not to do.

"Well, in that case, I'm afraid we'll have to-" She stops when there's a dull banging sound and a cut off scream just outside the door.

Liana's heart skipped a beat. She wishes her hands would respond enough to cross her fingers and pray that her beautiful girls had arrived.

She turns to look at the wooden door, which creaks ominously for a second before abruptly splintering inward with a bang that fills the small room. The razor-sharp blades on Scandal's wrists gleam in the artificial light, blood dripping onto the floor. Her brown eyes are narrowed dangerously. Just behind her, Kay crosses her arms and the man takes a step back at the sight of her massive muscles.

"Hello, genius," Liana says, trying to sound smug even though her voice has finally started to shake.

The man doesn't turn around, but she hears him inhale sharply in the dead silence of the room. Good. She deserves to be afraid of them. "You forgot to break my phone."

Her handcuffs running forward, Scandal easily cut the ropes around her as Kay lifts the man by the front of her shirt with ease.

"Handcuff keys," she growls, shaking him for good measure. She is holding back. She could break it in two if she wanted. Liana accidentally imagines that and shudders a bit. "Now."

She gestures helplessly into one of her pockets, and Kay pulls the keys out of the handcuffs and tosses them to Scandal, who opens Liana's wrists and ankles.

Liana closes her eyes as Scandal gently presses their foreheads together, holding them closed as the man screams next to her, the sound stops as Kay throws him against the wall, that vermin almost went through the wall, but only left a big hole in him. .

They won't kill them, not while she's here. But she doesn't want to open her eyes. Her hands lifted her from the chair and Kay gently cradled her against her chest. She hears the soft click of Scandal's swords being put away, then the hand gently touches Liana's face.

"Are you okay, pet?" Scandal asks quietly. "These amateur idiots didn't hurt you, did they?" The tone of his voice said exactly what he was going to do to them if Liana said yes. Which she had already done to some of them.

"Not really," Liana replies. Her voice sounds fine and calm. Kay squeezes her a bit. "My wrists hurt a little." And I can't stop thinking about when she took me and when she burned my eyes and when you had to save me last time. "But that's it. I want to go home." Her voice cracks and she shudders. Scandal and Kay must be upset that they have to drop everything and rescue her. They're... They're whoever they are. They don't have time to deal with these things.

"Let me finish the business here and we'll take you home," promises Scandal. She caresses Liana's hair. Liana doesn't open her eyes. "We can watch that movie you like. Everything you want. We are sorry we were not there. We're sorry we didn't come earlier."

Liana closes her eyes tighter and buries her face in Kay's shoulder. Moving from her makes her feel a bit dizzy even though she can't see, and she tries to take a deep breath.

Scandal and Kay are here. It's OK now. It's OK now.


Scandal kisses Liana's fingertips, and Liana sighs. Kay comes up behind her. Scandal is usually in the middle. Sometimes Kay, when it's really cold outside, as she gives off heat like a furry oven. Liana is only in the middle when something bad happens. When they feel they need to protect her from her. Selfishly, Liana likes it. She likes to be protected, Care.

"I'm sorry," she says finally. "I thought someone was following me and I didn't call you. I should. I thought it was just some creep from work, or something, and then when they took me away, I didn't even try to run away. I only waited for you. You said they were amateurs...

"They were not harmless. They could have killed you. They were amateurs because they thought they could get a bigger seat at the table by getting rid of me. They were amateurs because they tried to take someone I cared about," says Scandal in a harsh voice. Kay clears her throat and Scandal corrects herself, "Someone we care about. We will not fail you again."

"You did not fail me!" Liana stares at her. "You could never-I love you. I love you both very much. I was just... scared. You did not fail me. None of you could ever fail me."

Scandal almost looks like she's going to argue, and Liana stands up with trembling arms. "Never, okay?"

Scandal just nods. "We understand." She looks a little thoughtful when Liana leans back. Blake will have to buy you another gun.

Liana's hands are still shaking, a little, and Kay wraps her arms around her to hold them, kissing the back of her neck. Scandal kisses her forehead, and for a moment Liana allows herself to exist in the space between them, between her lovely wives, it's really warm.

"We will always keep you safe," Kay promises, and Liana closes her eyes again as the soft feeling of being surrounded by the people she loves pushes the thought of pain and fear away from her mind. She is safe. Her wonderful wives are here, and will always be there for her, and she loves them more than anything in the world.

Scandal once said that she couldn't live without either of them, and Liana hopes to know that she feels exactly the same way about the two of them.