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“I’m never going to let anyone hurt you again,” Jax whispers in my ear as he holds me tightly against him.
Breathing in, I wrap my arms around him and hug him back. I thought it would be awkward, to hug someone, but it’s not. At least, this hug isn’t.
“Thanks for saving me, Jaxon,” I whisper with my head resting against his chest where his heart is racing.
He pulls me tighter against him and his body starts to shake. I think he might be crying. I think about what Hunter said, how he experienced something similar to what happened to me. It must’ve been awful for him. And I hate that he feels this, this pain. I want to take it away from him but I don’t know how. So I do the only thing I can think of. I let him hold onto me, and hold onto him right back, letting him cry.
Letting him cry out his pain.
“You okay, brother,” I hear Hunter say from close behind me.
Jax gives a nod then sucks in an inhale and then steps back. He hurries and wipes his eyes with the sleeve of his shirt before looking at me.
“I’m sorry about that,” he tells me apologetically.
“You’re fine,” I try to reassure him.
Then I reach out and hitch my pinkie with his.
I don’t know why I do it, but the move causes his brows to knit. Then he trades a look with Hunter.
“Is everything okay?” I wonder.
He nods, returning his gaze to me, a small smile touching his fine.
Hunter moves up beside me and drapes his arm around. “How about we let you shower then we’ll come up with a plan to get you out of that house?”
I nod, a drop of panic stirring inside me as I wonder if Hunter will tell Jax what my uncle did to me. But then I think about how Jax just cried on my shoulder and I decide that I don’t think he’ll judge me for anything.
“Okay, yeah, a shower sounds nice.” What I want to say, but I don’t, is that all of this sounds nice.
I just hope it stays.
15
Hunter
“Are you okay?”I say to Jax after we leave Raven in the bathroom so she can take a shower.
He nods, releasing a shaky breath while stuffing his hands into his pocket. “Yeah, I think so.” He gives a short pause, his gaze straying to the shut bathroom door where Raven is. “Hunter, I really do think it’s her… She seems so familiar. And the way she hitched her pinkie with mine… Willow used to do that.”
“I know,” I agree, my heart quickening at the realization. “We need to get her out of that house, but from the way she acted and some of the stuff she told me, I think her uncle is going to make it a pain in the ass.”
He straightens. “Did something happen to her?”
I’m not sure if Raven wants me to tell Jax everything, but I think he needs to know that… “He’s hurting her, Jax. I think similar to like how we were hurt.”
Anger flashes in his eyes, his fingers curling into fists. “Then that motherfucker is going to pay.”
While Jax is usually a calm person, he does have his moments when he loses his cool. And this time, I’m right there with him.
“Oh, I know he is,” I agree. “And we’re going to protect her from everything like I promised her we would. We just need to come up with a plan.”
Zay appears at the end of the hallway then with his arms crossed. “I’m sure I can think of one.”
“Really?” I question. “Because I thought you were against her moving in with us?”
He just shrugs. “You know I’m always up for destroying someone’s life that deserves it.”
