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I couldn’t let him win.
I was going to make him hurt so fucking bad for what he’d done to Meyah, for how he’d tried to strip my world away from me in one blow. But also for how he’d broken Romeo.
You didn’t hurt the people I loved and walk away.
“You played a good game, but in the end, I still won,” Isiah crowed.
“She’ll fight back.”
Isiah’s body froze. I could see the way he recognized the voice, how it was one he never expected to hear. The crowd parted as Carly stepped through, Hadley at her side with Huntsman on the other.
The rage in Meyah’s father’s face was clear.
While Carly’s face was different. She seemed so calm, it was eerie.
“Meyah’s always been a fighter. She’s much stronger than I ever was. And unlike what you did to me, you’ll never break her.”
Isiah looked up at Carly as she stood over him, Huntsman placing his hand on the small of her back, giving her another breath.
“She will come out of this just fine because all these people love her. But youwillnever touch, or hurt, or sell another woman.” There was darkness in her voice I never imagined I would ever hear. And even as tears streamed down her cheeks, she stood tall, and brave and looked Isiah in the eyes. “You destroyed me. You broke me, and you left me with memories that I will have to live with for the rest of my life. But you won’t control my future like you have my past, because I’m gonna take my power back from you, one drop of blood at a time.”
A sob came, and Hadley pulled her back into her arms while she cried, directing her back through the crowd they came, heading for the door and no doubt the hospital.
“If I had my way, I’d end you right here,” Huntsman told the man who lay at his feet. “But instead, we’re going to plan a special kind of bon voyage to hell for you.” He turned and walked away, a man of few words, but ones you listened to when spoken.
Romeo grabbed my shoulder. “Come on. I’ll stay and help the boys make sure the mess is dealt with. Go. Be with your woman.”
My heart was already out the door.
I turned and followed, hoping it would still be beating when I got there.
