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“Yeah”

He glanced down at the money in my hand and bristled “Man, do you wantshit Get inside”

“Are you sure? I won’t tell Heath –”

“Girl, get your ass inside right this da at the door so long”

Without wanting to cause a scene, or continue to keep the line stalled, I nodded again and thanked him He just shook his head at me like I’d lost my mind and jerked me into the warehouse I’d never been to this spot before The fights usually alternated in a few destinations around Hedley, but never in a room of this size

The abandoned warehouse was filled with spotlights and overhead bulbs hanging off the ceiling beae room There were still pockets of darkness in so chunks of the tin roof rubby and the air stunk of sweaty musk and mould What a hellhole…

Voices of dozens of people invadedBets were screamed out, and in the chaos I could barely make out a word of any of it I mentally detachedshoved around whileit to the centre of the room I had a little bit of a freak out The air felt denser, and the heat was really getting to ht it was beyond hot outside, I was sorely mistaken This was heat

Minutes later a whistle was blown, hushing the an to form and I was forced back while bodies stood into take place, and now I could feel the tension in the air, the anticipation growing thicker by the second People bet a lot of , others lost it all

Standing at five foot four inches, I certainly wasn’t the tallest girl here, especially when the girls aroundtheir ski four inch heels I had to stand on ap big enough to see as happening The girls were losing theirthemselves

Shirtless, the tall hly ripped Standing directly under a light bulb with his back to me, he was covered in tattoos, and they ran colourfully upjust below his neckline When he turned slightly, the girls in front ofover his muscled torso where his abs were so pronounced they looked like they were carved into him with a razor blade He ran a hand that was covered in red boxing tape over his dark hair that was cut into a buzz and took soirls squealed and screamed, “I love you, Lawson” and he barely blinked in their direction, too absorbed in as to come

My lips curved up, and the nu around all day faded little by little The feeling of familiarity was nice after a hard day After all, this was Heath Lawson, my boyfriend’s older brother

Having not seen Ryker in a month, my heart fluttered There were parts of Heath that resembled him so much, like the heart shape of his face, dark eyes and tanned skin It always surprised h they looked alike in some ways, they also looked completely different

Another whistle sounded out and anotherhis own hands taped as he staredintwice more mass than Heath

Shit I didn’t like his odds, and I had a feeling et really hurt, and the selfish part of o to if he ended up in the hospital by the end of the night It wasn’t uncohters Hell, I’d seen soe for days afterwards The violence was abhorrent