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As he shut the front door behind hi it on the rack The house was quiet Too quiet "Brianna?"

No answer

He hurried down the hallway toward the living roolasses, and a few small plates were still strewn on the coffee table He found the kitchen eainst his ribs What if Brianna was just like all those other whores? He felt his face heat up as he thought about her and Tony

They were probably up in her rooht now His hands clenched into fists He didn’t have to put up with that shit in his own house She could pack her shit and leave with Tony if that’s what she wanted

As he started for the stairs, he heard a loud thuain This tilass door, he stepped onto the back deck His boots were silent as he crossed to the stairs

Once he stood on the snow, he paused again

"Get offa sainst the stairs, he hurried toward the east side of his house

With his back facing Edward, Tony had Brianna pressed up against the side of the house He had one hand around her slim throat and the other was shoved down her jeans Brianna’s eyes ide and frightened She struggled against him, but with her small fragling, you stupid whore You think you’re too good forI do to you" Tony’s words were a lol as he leaned toward her terrified face

Edas going to kill him That was a fact He didn’t announce his presence orup behind Tony, he lifted the shovel and sla sound split the night air with a violent rush

Blood spurted from his skull as he fell into the snow It created a cri her throat, Brianna fell to the snow next to hi, she tried to catch her breath In thatshe’d betrayed hi Tony He dropped the shovel and fell to his knees

"Are you okay?"

She nodded and tried to suck in air "Thanks…to you"

That’s when he noticed her sweater had been torn and the side of her face was already showing a purple bruise A dark rage threatened to overtake him "He hit you"

"He would have done worse if it hadn’t been for you" That’s when she surprised hiainst hiainst his neck, he realized she was crying

It eird to have a woman come to him for comfort Most woust He patted her back, hoping she’d let go, but she just held on tighter As she gripped hih hiht hate that he needed her approval, but she wanted his coht body, but as he felt hiet hard, he jerked back in horror He couldn’t touch Brianna like that Not her She was perfect

Disentangling her aret rid of the body"

Sniffling, she nodded as she stood "Isn’t he your boss’s son? What’s going to happen to ht" Edward picked up the shovel froround and looked at the body as a plan formed Joseph had left to take care of soia and wouldn’t be back for a couple days, so they didn’t have to worry about hi wouldn’t question hi to do?" she asked as she wrapped her ars nearby I think we can use this to our advantage" Edward checked Tony’s pulse to make sure he was dead Yep Now all he had to do was let his dogs maul the body Once he’d been ripped to shreds, they could du with his truck

It would look like shifters had done it Hot damn He was sorry Brianna had been hurt, but this was the best thing that had happened to hiovernht have been a piece of shit, but his father was very i to work out just fine

Chapter 6

It was close to ot back to her place He’d been very quiet on the drive back and she wasn’t sure why that unnerved her After checking her house for potential intruders, he finally came back downstairs to meet her in the foyer

She wished she could think it was crazy or overboard for hiht out, but she kneasn’t The different scenarios of what could have happened to her last night had been running through her head over and over It was like the scenes were stuck on auto replay On the way back to her house tonight, she’d had a flashback of thatto stab her with the needle and she’d actually jerked away in response She’d been helpless to stop her physical reaction and she hated that If Liam hadn’t been with her in the truck, she was afraid she’d have completely freaked out She’d never tell hi Her reaction had taken her completely by surprise