With everything I have seen, everything I have heard, I’ve had enough.
I storm toward him, unable to stop myself, even when Darcy calls my name, attempting to stop me.
He opens his mouth to say something, but he never has a chance to utter a single word as my fist meetshis face, snapping his head back before he lands on his back. I’m straddling him in the next second, rearing my hand back to deliver another blow. It’s not just the horse fueling this anger; it’s how he treats people. How he treatsher.It’s everything I have witnessed funneling into a fury so hot and violent, it has my heart roaring in my ears and my blood turning to fire in my veins.
“Silas!” A raspy voice screams, not Darcy…
My eyes snap up to Juni, her wide eyes on us, my fist raised to deliver another punch to this fucker’s face.
He fuckingdisgustsme.
“Get the fuck off me!” Cal booms, jerking up his hips to dislodge me. I allow it, falling onto my ass at the side of him as he scrambles to his feet, wiping at the blood flowing out of his nose. It’s not enough blood in my opinion; I want his face streaming with it.
It’s the very least he deserves.
My knuckles throb, the skin split and weeping a trickle of blood down my fingers.
“What the fuck, Knight!?” he growls.
I get to my feet and square up to him. “I am going to end you.” I grind out, “Tear this place apart piece by piece and watch you fucking burn with it, you fucking piece of shit.”
“What the fuck!?”
“She’s barely a year old!” I boom, “That’s abuse, you prick!”
His eyes widen in realization.
“I am going to fucking destroy you.” I vow, voice dropping low, the promise dropping the temperature around us by a few degrees.
A long pause settles between us, several sets of eyes on us now, an audience forming drawn by the commotion.
“You’re fired.” Cal spits.
“You think that’ll stop me?” I laugh, “The best thing you can do now, Cal, is hide.”
“Get the fuck off my property, Knight.”
“Fucking gladly,” I snap back.
I don’t need to be here to take him down. I have enough evidence, enough information to have this place closed within the month, and even if I didn’t have it, my word is enough to have this place crawling with agents from the state.
“Darcy,” I bark, “Head back to Knight Falls and ready me a stable. Dottie is coming home with me.”
“Like fuck she is,” Cal comes at me.
I react on pure adrenaline and have him pinned to the wall in the next breath. My forearm presses against his throat, not quite cutting off his air supply, but the pressure is enough to show him I can.
“You going to stop me, Cal?” I whisper, low enough only he can hear me. “You think I won’t bury you? I will. How and when is up to you. You either let me take that fucking horse now and buy yourself some time, or your body ends up in the mountains somewhere, food for whatever animal deems you worthy.”
“Are you threatening to kill me?” He tries to keep that hard, stoic nature, but I see his fear, can fucking smell it.
“I’m not threatening, Cal. I’m promising. Make your choice.”
“Fucking take her,” he snaps, “I’m not paying you shit though.”
I press in a bit harder, cutting off his air supply for just a moment before I let him go, and he hits the ground on his knees. Darcy’s already gone. I can see the dust cloud left behind by her truck, so I head to Dottie and unhook her, the ropes still applied, making it easy to guide her to the trailer Darcy left me. It’s a new test for me and the horse, but she trusts me more than anyone else here and goes into the trailer without a fight.
“Silas?” The sweet, feminine voice steals my attention, and I pause where I’m getting Dottie settled.
