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It still haunts me, you know, the fact I alain It took us days to find her Needed Nova's help and expertise in order to do it When we did, we stor Then I saw that cunt Crack's knife against her throat and I had to act fast

I pulledThat daht then that I'd lost another worabbed her throat and held on until the moment the doctor forced me away from her

I thanked the Alhty that day

Why?

Because through some miracle, he saved her The second the Doc came out of that rooainst the ithtook over me that day, a deter out for all of us that day

Seeing her right now, running past rossed in the damn party to even notice her But from my quiet, dark corner, I see her

I follow her to the balcony I can hear her crying before I've even stepped outside She's slumped forward on her knees, her head in her hands, her shoulders shaking as she cries

What the hell has happened to upset her like this?

I crouch down beside her, trying hard not to notice how firht jeans

“Am I hideous, Hammer?”

I smile inwardly at the fact she kneasup

“Why on this earth would you asklike that?”

“Everyone avoids me” She says almost too quietly “You avoid me”

“Is that what this is about?” She shakes her head while looking up and out toward the trees beyond the clubhouse grounds She brushes a strand of her dark hair away from her face and behind her ear “Then what is it about, sweetheart?”

“Do you like Jordan, Hammer?”

“I think he's an asshole But what I think about hi him soon”

“That's what I thought”

“Will, has he done so to hurt you?” She shakes her head erratically before clasping her hands over her face and crying into theht now,” I say as I clasp the back of her neck Anger boils inside ut If he's hurt her, I'll kill him Rules or no damn rules!

“Oh, Hammer,” She turns in my arms, her face toward my neck I wrap my arht to hold her But it feels like fuckin' home to me I can feel her breath onone of those skank whores”

“He's what?!” I practically bellow Is that cunt really this stupid?!

“I couldn't tear my eyes away Why would he do that to me, Hammer? Did he think so little of me because I couldn't sleep with him after what happened? I didn't mean”

“Don't you dare,” I take her face into avoid for the past year The look that taps at my cold heart “Don't you ever blame yourself for what he's done”

“I don't I just feel like” She shakes her head and sighs “I feel like I could have tried harder”

I' kill him in the worst way If Shepard doesn't first

She looks up at the sky with her eyes closed and breathes deeply Breathing the night air into her lungs I can't help but notice the jagged scar across her neck The scar she tries so hard to hide with fashionable scarfs But with her head tipped back like this, it's peeking over the top

“I' herself to her feet “Didn't mean to bawl all over you”

“You have nothing to be sorry for” I drag et ahat he's done”