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Chapter Six
Baxter
Enough is e-fucking-nough. Throwing my phone across the room in anger, I pace up and down the lounge. I don’t give a fuck about wearing a mark into the carpet, I can’t sit still.
“Kaj je narobe?” I startle. “What bothers you?”
Turning, I see Ace standing in the doorway watching me intently.
“I can’t stand it!” I lash out. “The inaction. We’re all just waiting for Cordelia to make her next move, when we should be going on the offensive.”
“Suggest?”
“What do I suggest? I don’t know. I just need…” I trail off. I can’t tell Ace that the need to inflict pain is coursing through my veins, pumping so hard that there’s a constant roaring in my ears. That the intoxicating bloodlust is so strong I can’t see straight. He’d freak the fuck out and never let me near Raven or Phoenix again. Rightly so.
“Talk.”
“Cordelia. The court case. Getting Phoenix back. Tilly. Charlie,” I say the last name with a fierce bite, hands fisting so tight my nails make crescent moons on my palms. “Where do I start?”
“What’s this?” Jax asks, entering the room to stand beside Ace. I’m still pacing back and forth, agitated and unable to calm my burning need for revenge.
“Baxter mora preliti kri,” Ace says to Jax, though I have no idea what he just said. Jax obviously does because he turns to me with a raised brow.
“You can’t kill Cordelia.”
“I know,” I growl.
“You can’t kill any of them,” his tone is reproachful.
“I know,” I repeat, gnashing my teeth together in frustration.
“But…” Jax pauses and I halt my pacing to meet his gaze. His dark eyes are full of understanding and…need? Does he feel like I do? Is there more than one monster among us? Impossible. “But you can send a message.”
“To whom?” I can barely conceal my enthusiasm. Does Jax realise what he’s doing? What he’s offering? What I’ll do if I’m allowed to let the beast out of its box and off its leash? My heart pounds harder – with excitement not rage this time.
“Charlie. I think he’s had long enough to recover from his injuries. It’s time we sent him and his father a message. Just because Raven is a nice person and isn’t going to pursue Charlie for what he did, it doesn’t mean that we won’t.”
“And you want me to deliver this message?” I check. I need Jax to be absolutely sure what he’s giving me permission to do, even as my mind is already selecting the toys I’d like to use on him.
“Yes. I’m sure we can find someone to go with you. To keep you in check and to ensure he’s still breathing when you’re done.”
Disappointment lances through my chest but I shake it off. I know I’m not allowed to kill him, but it’s true that I could lose control in the heat of the moment. I’m not used to crimes of passion, who knows how I’ll bring myself back from the point of no return.
“I go,” Ace offers. I blink in surprise.
“You?”
“Ace is the perfect choice,” Jax explains, nodding slightly. “He has training but is levelheaded enough to stop you. Thorn and Rebel would go along with anything you suggested in their current frame of mind.”
“Fine,” I snap, even though I know he’s right. “When?”
God knows why I’m deferring to Jax for permission on this. Normally I wouldn’t give a fuck; I do what I want and damn the consequences. I have enough money and connections to get away with most shit. But I guess it’s not just me anymore. I have to think about how this will impact Raven, and I guess, the rest of the group. Hence why I’ll listen – begrudgingly – to Jax.
“No time like the present.” He shrugs. “How about tonight? Or do you need some time to plan and prepare?”
“I don’t plan. No preparation necessary.” I grin. I’ve been dreaming of this moment since I found out that fucker had hurt Raven. Marching into the operating room to demand and pay off the surgeon hadn’t been enough. A medically induced coma was to buy us some time. Now it’s time to collect on the pain and suffering he owes for every single drop of Raven’s blood that he shed. “Tonight’s perfect. Does that work for you Ace?”
“Popolno.” He nods. “Perfect.”
