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"Yes" I ground out the word, ht

"Perfect Now, let’s have sohtens his hold; I have the brief flash of hope, until I feel his hand painfully cup o rock solid and the fear to invade again It’s like Brandon all over again

"Did the little bitch decide to stop playing so hard to get? Going to take it like a good whore?" He brings his hand up and gripspain ofsolid see s I wish I had done to Brandon co to the surface

"NO! Not this tie at his, knees, anything that can runts and blocks what he can, but I have the benefit of catching hiht, but I have toofucker!"

I startinto hies to pushheavy and covered in blood His blood I let a sood it feels to fight I’hting for everything that this man and his employer have taken from us

This is for Coop

That’s the last thing to filter through ainst his again He ainst hting My violent fury is alainst his chest, kick up and slam my foot into his crotch, and watch with satisfaction when he crashes against the floor Right when I’ain and collide with his head, I’m jerked back I can’t focus around the blood thirst I want to kill that fucker with hly, I finally place the scent that is surrounding me

Beck

My Beck is here

"I’ve got you, Wildcat"

And just like that, I sag against hiht drains from my body

Chapter 31

There are no words to describe how I feel when I walk up to my house and see the door wide open, Dee’s stufffroun from the holster at my side and start to step over theas I live, I will never forget rushing throughthat she has in her against a ; it’s all conizable words Before I can reach her, she brings her leg back and slaain, but I hook her by her waist and pull her to my body The sense of relief I feel when her body is next to inable

She is safe

She is fighting

And I’ot you, Wildcat"

Her body relaxes against ht, falls froain

"Oh, God," she sobs "Asher!" She pulls herself from my hold, and I watch her run behind the bar and drop to the floor I don’t have time to ask her if he’s okay, because I see thisto hurtthink so" I don’t un from his head when I call over my shoulder for Dee to call 911 "Who THE FUCK are you?"

He doesn’t , but his eyes narrow

"I won’t ask you again You came into my house, you touched MY woman, and I don’t even knohat the hell you did to h your fucking skull and work that intry rows before he speaks "Nico Slater Your wo delicious"

He licks his lips and I don’t even have to think twice I let off a round and smile when he is thrown back with the force of the bullet sla into his shoulder

"Don’t fuck withbody and stand over hihtly and he looks aith a grimace

"Answershoulder The howl he lets out in pain brings a sainst his forehead "Who Do You Work For?" With each word I speak, I tap his head with the barrel of h little shit, but there isn’t anything un pointed at your head