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“Yeah,” He mutters. Feeling slightly awkward now, I move to return to my seat only for him to grip my waist and hold me in place. I peer down at him in confusion but remain silent as he works through whatever it is he is trying to say. “The vengeance you seek for the life stolen from you is something I can relate to.”
“I don’t understand.”
He inhales sharply. “I know what it feels like to want to tear the beating heart from the cunt that stole the life of the person you loved most. It can consume you and change who you are as a person because all you have is your vengeance.”
“I don’t care,” I growl, he nods solemnly.
“Then vengeance is what you shall have.”
“What about you?”
He frowns. “What?”
Swallowing, I force myself to be brave and ask, “What about your vengeance? Did my father steal your sister from you as well, is that why you took me?” When a sad smile tugs at the edge of his mouth I tense. He slowly reaches out to me as if he’s going to cup my cheek only for him to pause midair and drop it.
“I’m starting to think he had a part in taking my sister from me but he also took someone equally as important from me and for that, I plan to make him suffer and if what I suspect is true, then he won’t die quickly.”
“Good, I want him to suffer for taking both our sisters from us.”
“Riverland and Waverly—” My head begins to pound instantly as he said that name. I clutch it and grit my teeth as I try to ride out the pain but I’m so accustomed to these pains now that I know, I am seconds from blacking out. I need my medication!
Knox
I watch as she grabs her head and hunches forward grunting in pain. Call me a heartless fuck if you want but I watch in fascination. The moment I said Waverly’s name her eyes glazed over and then she began holding her head in pain. Either she is an amazing fucking actress or my hunch is correct.
“Ahhh,” she cries out a second before she flops forward. I grunt from the impact of her headbutting my chin. I try to shake her just to be sure and when she doesn’t flinch or make a sound, I know she is knocked out.
When something is said or she sees something that reminds her of the past she gets these headaches. Percy told her it was from stress but it isn’t. It’s her mind trying to help her remember but she fights it all the time. I think the pills he’s been feeding her for years are what keeps her from remembering anything from the past.
River’s words play out in my mind as I climb out of the car and gently lay Lakeland in the back seat before climbing behind the wheel and heading to our new location that is a few miles from the border of Gio’s territory. There is a reason I left this fucker alive but now, not even she can save him from what comes next. I dial my mom’s number as I hit the road, she picks up on the fifth ring.
“I’m so sorry, Knox.” Sighing I run a hand through my hair.
“Xander already told you?” I ask.
“No, Tay rang and filled me in. He said Xander wanted to ride alone with River,” she says quietly. “I think Xander loved her.”
I nod even though I know she can’t see me. “Yeah, in his own way I think he did.”
“What do you plan to do, Son?”
A whoosh of air escapes me. “Percy is with Gio.”
Silence ensues for a minute before she finally speaks. “Knox?—”
“He isn’t getting away again. I know he helped you with me and Wave when that cunt took off and left you but I won’t let him live again. He crossed the line when he agreed to the engagement with Lakeland. I’m taking him out.”
“I figured you would say that. Taylan also told me she is with you.” Unlike me, she doesn’t hate or blame Lakeland for what happened. She has always fought for her innocence and tried to get me to see reason but the police reports detailed everything. But now, with her hospital records being wiped, I’m not so sure. She thinks because of what I said that her father killed my sister and that’s why I hate her and that motherfucker has her believing that I am the one that ran her down.
“Yeah, she’s asleep in the back.”
“What are you going to do with her, Knox? I don’t want to see you hurting yourself by hurting her. She is a good girl, Son.”
“I don’t know what I’m going to do, Mom. I… I don’t know what the fuck to do with her right now.”
I can hear the smile in her voice as she speaks. “That girl has always managed to cloud your thoughts and force you to rethink things without having to say a word.”
“Stop,” I growl.
