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Adrenaline courses through my veins, pulsating with violence as I watch Lex turn to seethe.
“Lex, help!” Anne murmurs, so I push the clip into her cheek.
“What the fuck are you doing?” Lex growls at me.
“Leave, or your wife loses her eye!” I yell back.
“What?” he scoffs, winching in pain.
“You heard me,” I say.
“Aurora, stop this, right now!” my father blasts across the room, but he holds no power over me. Not anymore. He gave up that right the second he sold me out to Lex.
Lex laughs at me. “You think you’re capable of violence?”
Maybe I wasn’t before, but I’ve learned so much from my time with Beast. His fearlessness has left its mark on me. And sometimes we have to be our own savior.
“If I have to, I will,” I retort.
“Lex! Please don’t try anything!” Anne shrieks. “I don’t want to lose my eye. It’s not worth it.”
“I don’t fucking care!” Lex growls. “I won’t let you threaten me, girl.”
Oh my God, I can’t believe it.
Is he really casting her safety aside? Just like that, like it means nothing to him?
I shove the metal into the skin right below her eye so deep it begins to bleed. Guilt fills my bones, but I stay put, clutching her tightly against me.
Until Lex storms right at me.
“You won’t hurt her. You can’t even hurt a fly,” Lex growls.
Shit, shit, shit!
The second I attempt to stab her, he grabs ahold of my wrist and lifts it up into the air.
Too late.
“No!” I shriek as he knocks the metal clasp from my hand.
Anne jumps away from me, falling to the floor.
BANG!
Suddenly, the door is knocked in, and smoke erupts, filling the room instantly.
I cough and heave while Lex releases me. “What the—”
Guards burst into the room, shooting left and right at something beyond the door. My father and Anne begin to scream their lungs out.
“Code red, sir!” the guards bark at Lex.
“What?” Lex’s eyes widen.
“BEAST!” I shriek, my body filling with vigor.
I know it’s him. It has to be.
