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The sound of the trailer door sla around in shock, and there stood Lexi on the top step, panting hard and green eyes huge with fear

As if she wasn’t seeing anyone else, her gaze zeroed in on , she said, "No, Austin, don’t do this Please don’t do this!"

Gio stepped forward and hissed, "Who’s this ugly bitch?"

I saw red

Ju forward, I spun Gio around, punched hiround Stepping over his sprawled-out body, I rabbed the collar of ainst the Prius’s hood

"What the fk is she here for?" he snapped, his voice guttural with rage and his face only an inch fros, I tried to throw him off, but with no luck The position he hadfor hih, and it just about killed me

"Leave her the fk alone!" I shouted

Axel’s eyebrows rose in surprise, and he see the bitch? The fkin’ bitch itnessed the deal and no doubt squealed to the fkin’ dean!"

Rearing back, I shot forward, bashing my forehead into Axel’s nose Axel fell back, his hands cupped to his face, and I took the chance to jump to my feet As my boots landed on the round, and when I looked up, Gio had gotten to his feet and wastoward Lexi, as frozen in the doorway

"NO!" I screa, when Axel tackledus both to the mud

"Gio, if you touch her, I’ll kill you!" I said as loud as I could lanced back atin the distance reflecting off its blade

"No!" I tried to turn et the fk off onna hurt Pix!"

"Pix? What the fk does that irl, you dick! She’shappens to her, I’ll fkin’ put you in the ground, brother or not!" I threatened

Axel stilled, and I could hear the rain pelting against the ground and Axel’s heavy breathing… that and the sudden screa ripped her by her hair and dragged her into the flooding yard, forcing her to facedown her face, but those tears soon dried when Gio ripped along the sea her back, sirl, Austin? The bitch that saw ritted teeth, said, "So you did tell him about her, Axe? I told you I had it fkin’ handled! I just hoped for once you wouldn’t be a bitch and tell Gio everything" Axel didn’t say shit in response and the betrayal of my brother only seemed to fuel Gio more

"Yeah, Aust Axe here told ain, you’d pay for it And it seely freak is your Achilles’ heel" Gio threw Lexi’s shredded sweater to the floor and ran his index finger down the length of her spine, all the tirin on his face

Lexi’s face went vacant, and my heart split in two She was in her bad place She’d checked out… all because he was touching her fkin’ back

My eyes closed, and I told Axel, "You have five seconds to get off ht the sharp inhale of Axel’s breath We ht not share the same ethics or ot the significance of what I was saying

"Get the hell off her!" I heard a panickedin front of Lexi, his arun, but as Gio held up his hands, his face like stone, I caught Levi’s shaking arm as he towered over Pix’s hunched-over body, her eyes fir to herself; she was listening to the voice

"Fuck!" Axel hissed, and he was suddenly offand flicked the gun between Gio and our brother

As I pushed off the ground, my black shirt and jeans now pitted with mud, I approached Levi slowly