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It would be too easy to get rid of him now but he doesn’t deserve a swift death because we’re distracted wanting to save Dex.
“Take him down downstairs. We have an actual brother who needs our attention right now.”
Leo, being the closest, forces me forward when he shoves me in the back, and continues to do so till we get to the basement.
Barging past me, he opens the door and sends me flying down the concrete steps. Landing at the bottom, something cracks in my shoulder, but I don’t feel any pain through the adrenaline. Their boots come pounding down the steps, and then he and JJ are hauling me up, dragging me to a chair facing Kyle’s.
I hiss through the pain now shooting into my neck, down my arm and through my back as they dump me in the chair.
Grabbing a rope nearby, Leo works it around my waist, while JJ binds my feet to the chair legs.
“You can sit here and anticipate all the ways we’re going to kill you. Better yet, let me help you out: it’s going to be slow, and you’re gonna hurt.”
I keep my mouth shut and look away as they leave, banging the door closed, and finally look at Kyle.
“What the hell have you done?” Kyle croaks out, his voice dry and cracked.
“Nothing you need to worry about.”
“I’m not worried about you. I’m worried about my aunt.”
“Don’t be. The club’s going to help her.”
He visibly relaxes, and his tension rolls onto me.As if I need anymore. I should’ve left when my dad showed up. I don’t know how I can do it, but I need to get in contact with him.
Chapter Twelve
Holly
On the table is a small bottle containing pain meds, and beside me sits Bonnie. The doc bandaged my hands up to my wrists, told me he’ll check on them again in a couple of days, and not to take them off until he tells me to.
He was kind, but quiet, and I watched everything he did with numb fascination, like it was happening to someone else.
Bonnie’s chair scrapes against the floor when she gets up to wipe my tears away when I look at her.
“I don’t know anything about you, but I have a pretty good idea what you’re feeling right now.”
“Yeah?”
“We all have scars. Some old, some new, but all permanent, nonetheless. All I can do is promise you that it isn’t the end, that it’s possible to overcome this.”
“I don’t even understand what I’ll be overcoming,” I admit.
“Then I’ll get you the answers you need.” She picks up the bottle of pain meds and tips two of them into her hand. “Take these, and I’ll take you over to the main house so you can get some rest.”
“I should go home.”
“You need rest, and Cas is going to want to talk to you before you leave.”
Putting the pills into my mouth, I use my tongue to swill them to the back of my throat and swallow.
Dizziness overwhelms me when she helps me up, and lightheaded overwhelms me. I focus on getting the hell out of here that I push through the dizziness and come to a stop when I don’t see Tal, or Ethan, anywhere in the bar. Guys are yelling, and they’re angry and it’s weird when they all go quiet when they notice me with Bonnie.
“Holly is coming over to the main house so she can sleep,” Bonnie tells Cas.
Nodding at her, he then looks to me. “I’ll speak with you soon.”
Bonnie urges me on, but I can’t move. “I need to see Tal—I mean, Ethan.”
