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“Yougive it up! He’s not coming for me, Josh. Accept it!” I shouted in his face. My heart pounded with the excitement of nearly getting away and a healthy dose of fear about what would happen now that I’d been caught again.
Josh sneered. “Hurts, does it? Not being important to West? That’s the kind of asshole he is.”
The whine only got louder when Jack caught up with us. He was panting hard and purple in the face.
“You stupid bitch. You think you can just get away so easily,” he wheezed, looking like he might collapse at any moment.
I wished he would. I wished he would drop down dead, and I could run him over to make sure.Run him over. At the thought, the noise that had playing on the edges of my consciousness suddenly clicked into place.
I fought against Josh and spun around, searching for the sound.
The lights were closer now, closing the distance between us.
Motorcycles, four of them. They sped across the grass and gravel that led up the cliff.
I recognized Cayden’s distinctive helmet first. He was leading the charge. He had his bike turned toward me and Josh, and he wasn’t slowing down.
“Fuck!” Josh shouted, pushing me to the side as Cayden roared past the place where we stood.
My breath jumped from my chest, leaving me dizzy for a second as I stared at the dark sky. The sound of motorcycles turning and revving filled the night. I sat up. Josh had fallen to the other side, and Cayden was off his bike. His bike lay on the ground near Josh, discarded like a worthless thing, from the way Cayden ignored it.
He faced Josh. I couldn’t see his face, only the tension in his body. Behind them, the other Ice Gods had stopped their bikes and gotten off. Beckett approached Josh in three long steps and hauled him around.
“Samuels? You’re fucking kidding me,” he growled at him.
I tried to stand, and Cayden looked in my direction, just as a hard hand landed in my hair, grabbing a handful.
“Don’t come close, boy, I’ve got insurance.” Jack’s gloating tone sent a shiver down my spine. He hauled me up and held me against him. His hot breath fogged my ear.
“And here was poor little Lily, thinking that Golden Boy wouldn’t bother coming for her…So, I was right after all, right, pretty girl? He came, just like I wanted him to. Take the helmet off,” he barked at Cayden.
Cayden stood motionless, staring at us. I wished I could see his expression. Then a sharp point pressed beneath my jaw. A knife. Jack had a knife. I was totally fucked.
At the sight of the knife, Cayden seemed to still even further, something I’d have thought impossible. Slowly, he raised his hands to his helmet and took it off. The sight of his familiar face nearly made me cry. I’d been so scared for hours; I’d never felt so alone.
But I wasn’t alone.
In the end, he’d come for me.
He’d come.
“Your problem is with me, Jack, not her. Let her go, you’ve fucked up her day enough.” Cayden’s voice was unwavering.
His eyes were dark in the falling night, and he stared a hole through Jack. There was a promise of violence I’d never seen in him before. No, it wasn’t a promise. It was a guarantee. I knew without a doubt that if I got away from Jack, Cayden was going to hurt him.
“That’s rich, considering you’re the one who made her wait all night.”
A muscle ticked in Cayden’s jaw. “I was in a closed practice for the night and left my phone at school. I had to go back for it.”
His eyes connected with mine, and I saw that his words were for my benefit. He hadn’t seen the message. He hadn’t made me wait.
“Well, that’ll teach you to be more responsible in the future, won’t it?” Jack chuckled. “Not that this sweet little lady will want anything to do with you after today.”
“That’s her choice. Let her go, now, if you want me to stay.”
“I don’t think I will. You seem worked up, so I think she should stay around until you calm down.”
“Jack! I’m warning you.” Cayden’s sudden shout jolted me. He was the picture of controlled menace, but I suspected he was far less composed than he seemed. In fact, he was agitated as hell.
