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As we approached, Levi’s head snapped up and his gray eyes locked on Axel as holding anored her, having eyes for one person only

Axel’s hand was tight in lare at Axel, his hand adopted a slight shake I closed o down

Levi rose to his feet, dropping his helmet on the field His sandy colored hair was in disarray, his face still flushed froht as Axel and Austin, his torso slightly leaner, Levi looked every inch a Carillo

"Lev," Austin said cautiously, "I knew Axe was co wrong with your brother wanting that, is there?"

Levi’s face beahtened "Yeah, but it all depends which brother, don’t it, Aust? You, or the fucking loser"

Axel flinched at the venom in Levi’s tone Austin shook his head in annoyance at his little brother I al myself as Axel kept his silence But Axel suddenly released my hand and stepped forward

Lexi threw me a panicked look and I quickly moved beside her Austin stiffened as he watched Levi prep hiht

I had no idea what Axel would do if Levi lashed out

Axel walked slowly to stand just a few feet fros unable to keep still

"Back the fuck off, Axe," Levi snapped, but Axel didn’tnowhere, fratellino You’re my little brother and I wanted to see you play"

Levi scoffed and inched forward "Yeah? You wanted to see me play? You wanted to see me play the same way you wanted to see me in your precious crew"

"They ain’t hed in Axel’s face My blood ran cold at his condescending tone "You get it now? Mr fucking Heighter of the century, gets that those fuckers he did anything for are poison? Tell et that before you madeLevi cut hiotta say!" he screa brother, the brother I looked up to, the one who should’ve had my back, made me shoot someone! I was fourteen and you made me shoot hi that night? Howme as I wonder if I killed hi fro me do it! What the fuck kind of brother does that? I killed someone because you told me to I worshipped you, trusted you and youHATE YOU!!!"

Axel dropped his head I pictured the sculpture with the daggers; ‘Exsanguination’ Every one of Levi’s words were a dagger he couldn’t re him slowly I could see the pain in Axel’s face Levi stepped closer still, and this tiht Axel

"Nothing to say, fratello?" Levi spat, the word ‘fratello’ sounding like a gunshot on his lips When Axel said nothing in response, Levi launched forward and pushed square on Axel’s chest "Speak, Goddaain "FUCKING SPEAK!" Levi bellowed Then I saw sorabbed the neck of Levi’s football pads in his fists and shook him, then slammed him to his chest Levi went ashen as Axel’s facepush me"

Then to e behind that fake smile "Why, Axe? ‘Cause you’ll kill me too, ruin me too?" Levi leaned forward until their noses al late I fucking died when I was fourteen… when I lost everything because of you!"

Axel, reacting like he had just been burned, dropped his hands frohed at seeing Axel so defeated He continued, "Ahat’s the reat ‘Axel Carillo’ pitying hi He, then looked to Levi and rasped, "I’ sorry for what I did to you… what Isorry"