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Chapter Sixteen
“She saw you on theday we saved Rick.”
The quiet words Yuri spoke was the only thing that made Helios move his gaze away from MJ. She laid on the hospital bed, unconscious, her head bandaged. She looked so small and pale on the bed. It killed him inside, knowing that he was the reason she was there.
He didn’t care if Yuri loved her or not, or if she loved him back.
That moment, that terrifying moment of almost losing her had made everything so fucking clear to Helios.
He loved her.
He loved her more than he had loved anyone, and this all-consuming love he felt for MJ made it so fucking obvious he had never loved Odessa at all. That woman had been an infatuation, a way of making him feel he had someone because his family had made him feel alone and unwanted.
But MJ...
Helios twisted unevenly to face Yuri. “Rick?Our old tutor?”
Kellion, Hallie, and Andreus were also listening now. They all knew Rick. He had been the only man in Greece who had been willing to stand against the might of Andreadis and act as Helios’ guardian in the States, protecting him until he was of legal age.
Rick had been an outcast in Greek’s rich society, disinherited by his own family because he had been gay. But to Helios and the first members of Afxisi, Rick had been the perfect parent – one who had loved them unconditionally, one who had never given up on them even when he was made to suffer for it.
“That’s all Rick would tell me. That the day she saw you save him changed everything for her.”
It was just one shock after another. Helios shook his head in disbelief. “Rick knows her?”
“That’s not the most important thing I discovered. Nor the most painful...” Yuri glanced towards MJ. “Her father used to be a famous racer, but when an injury ended his career, he became an alcoholic. One of his favorite pastimes when he was under influence was riding his bike over...” Yuri gestured towards MJ, unable to speak of something so damn inhuman.
Helios felt sick to his guts as he listened to Yuri narrate the injuries MJ had sustained as a child because of her father’s stunts.
Several stitches to her head...
Hair needed to be cut, leaving her half-bald when she was thirteen...
Broken bones...
“Where. Is. Her. Father?” If he ever found out where the bastard was, Helios would tear him apart limb from limb.
“Her father was recently released from prison, and I hear he’s been looking for her. He has somehow managed to have a connection with Manolito Chavez.” Yuri spoke of a millionaire long suspected of earning ill-gotten gains from human trafficking.
