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"Look, you have everything all wrong, but to be honest, I’ hoan but what folloas an earth-pounding thu forward, his hand holding the back of his head I watched in horror as Kurt charged at hiain

"No!" I lurched forward "Stop this!" The ht in the face My head flew back and I lost ainst the sidewalk Pain radiated throughfrom my eyes and my hands covered my injury as I sat there shell-shocked

"Son of a bitch!" Logan roared, his voice raw and unhinged and in a flash he tackled Kurt to the ground His fists crashed into the man’s face over and over until the sounds of police sirens and Caleb’s voice rang out

Chapter Twelve

TLC

Logan fell back at Caleb’s feet as the officers jumped out of their squad car and raced to the scene I sat on the grass watching, ainst a tiny tree

"You’re under arrest!" the officer barked, pulling Logan to his feet and yanking his hands behind his back

"Wait, this was all Kurt Logan was only protecting Cassandra," Caleb explained, still catching his breath fro over

"Cassandra?" The officer looked toat the pain when ed at the realization I’d be sporting a nasty bruise the next day

"We kneas only a ain," the other officer said, standing over Kurt’s unconscious body "Two previous assault arrests on his record before his last stint in prison, for attean He had been telling the truth, just trying to look out for ht All I wanted was a night as an average twenty-two year old, but had I taken Kurt back to my house, hidden in the woods where we’d been practically alone, who kno that would have ended He was a ticking ti possibilities This was the exact reason I never drank So ht

"Holy shit!" Calebdown at me "I swear to God, Cassandra, I had no clue I knew hi out back in the day and he told " Caleb ran both his hands through his hair and rested the with his fiancée and attacked hiuy up pretty bad, but that he didn’t start it" Caleb sighed, and dropped his hands and head "Damn, I should have had him checked out"

I shookdown in front of ht he was capable of hurting you You have to believe ret

"The officer needs a state Caleb on the shoulder

Caleb let out a deep sigh and turned away, shoulders deflated, to talk to the officer

Logan crouched down in front of ently pulled my chin up to examine ’s broken," he said lightly brushing his finger down h the pain

"I wanted to fucking kill hian et between us You should have left Went back to the bar and got Caleb or sorier "Why the hell did you step in--"