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My lips part, but I find I don't have any words. Instead, I back up until I find a chair.
"You killed him?" Ace repeats.
"He touched your girl, Ace. He ruined our lives. Fucker deserved it."
"I can't deny that. But you fucking killed him. You risked everything for that cunt."
"Yeah, and I'd do it again in a heartbeat."
"Okay." I hold up a hand to cut them off. I can't deal with the fact that my twin brother killed the man we thought was our dad but was actually our uncle right now. It's too much. All of this is too fucking much. "What the hell has this got to do with Kennedy?"
“What I received this morning was a threat. A threat which I believe came from Warren."
My chin drops once more.
"I'm going to fucking kill him." I'm at the door in a heartbeat.
"Conner, no," Dad's voice booms, halting my movement. "I'm afraid it's not that simple, Son."
"Why the fuck not? He doesn't get to blackmail us. He's nothing but a fucking rapist. Scum like him don't deserve to breathe our fucking air."
"I couldn't agree more. But it's not just Cole's... indiscretion that he knows about."
"What the hell is that supposed to mean?"
"It means you can't go in there all guns blazing, because we're likely to be the ones who lose. He knows too much."
"Too much of what?"
"Things I can’t tell you right now."
"But it was okay to tell us that our brother is a murderer,” I snipe.
"You need to trust me."
"Trust you? He's got my fucking girl, and the last time she was anywhere near him, he..." My stomach turns over before my fist connects with the wall. "I won't let you stop me from protecting her."
"Conner," he breathes. "Trust me when I tell you that your safety is at the top of my priority list right now. Yours and hers. If you go storming in there, you're going to cause more harm than good."
"So what am I meant to do? Wait for her to be delivered here again, black and blue? Or worse..." I shudder, not even wanting to think about it. "He needs to be fucking taken down."
"He will be, Conner. But it needs to be my way."
Chapter Three
Kennedy
I wake suddenly. My body is frozen in place, Warren’s big, tatted arm roped around my waist.
Anyone else might think it’s a sign of affection, but I know better. He is literally caging me to the bed with his big body, holding on for life as if he plans to make good on his promise to never let me go again.
Tears burn the backs of my eyes, but crying won’t get me anywhere.
Gingerly peeling his arm off my body, I manage to slip out of Warren’s grasp and climb out of bed. I need to pee, and then I need to figure out what the hell I’m going to do.
But as I slip out of the bedroom, pain racks through me. Conner will know by now. He’ll know and he’ll hate me for it.
I swallow a fresh wave of tears. I have to do this. I have to protect Conner and his family or it’ll haunt me for the rest of my life.
