AllFreeNovel
Share Us
“Jacob!” Margaret cries.
I won’t let him hurt her.
With a burst of speed, I race to his door and bust the lock with my shoulder. I barrel inside and find Margaret in his grip, his gun leveled at me.
Then he fires a shot right into my chest.
My beautiful woman screams in terror as I feel the impact, the pain.
Then I go down. Hard.
20
MARGARET
Ithrow myself at Mr. Baines as he stalks past me. Clinging to his back, anger and sadness are the only things I feel as I let loose on him. I put everything I can into each blow that I land. My hands are already starting to throb. I hear his gun hit the floor as I scratch my nails across the back of his head.
“You stupid bitch!” He tries to pull me off his back, but I sink my fingers into his hair, digging my nails in and holding on tight. If he tries to pull me off, he’s going to take a chunk of his hair with him. The need to cause him as much pain as possible courses through my veins.
“You killed him.” I bring my knee back, trying to hurt him more. All the air leaves my lungs when he backs up and slams me into a wall. But I don’t let go. There’s nothing he can do to me now that will hurt more than what he’s already done.
With that one shot, he took away the only man that I ever loved. I pull harder, and he screams in pain. The only other thing I can think to do is bite him or claw his eyes out.
I remove one hand from his hair to grab the front of his face. I sink my nails in as deep as I can before I open my mouth to bite his shoulder. He may kill me in the end, but I’m not going down without a fight. The marks I plan to leave will last him a lifetime.
“Don’t bite him.” I jerk my head to see Jacob standing there with a gun pointed at Mr. Baines. My heart leaps at the sight of him, and my eyes fill with tears. “I don’t want your mouth on him.”
“Get her the fuck off me.” He tries to slam me into the wall again but Jacob fires a shot into his leg, making him fall to his knees. I release his hair and let my nails drag across his face as I pull away from him.
“Jacob.” I let my eyes roam all over him. I don’t see blood anywhere. I know he was shot. I saw the bullet hit him right in the chest. I’d watched as he hit the floor.
“Come here, babe.”
I step around Mr. Baines and run over to Jacob. I jump into his arms and bury my face into his neck. He lets out a grunt. I breathe in his scent, letting it comfort me. He’s okay, and I’m back in his arms. Iknewhe’d save me.
“Sorry,” I say but don’t let him go. I look behind me to see Mr. Baines is still on his knees. Jacob has the gun trained on his head. “Make him call off his dogs. Your cousin’s in danger,” I remind him. I think that’s what I overheard.
“He knows he’s dead either way. Don’t you, Baines?”
“Fuck you.” He presses his hand to his wounded leg.
Rage still runs roughshod through me, and I practically spit Baines’s own threat back at him. “We can make it painless, or we can make you cry like a stupid bitch all night.”
Jacob throws back his head and laughs. His whole body shakes with it.
I smile up at him. “I told you I’d get you to laugh. Not that what I said was a joke,” I quickly add. “We will kill a motherfucker. Really meanly.” I give a definitive nod.
“Your claws are out.” Jacob keeps his eyes on Baines but leans closer to nip at my ear. “And I like it.”
My insides turn to jelly, my emotions all over the place. I love him so much that I can barely breathe. I slide down his body until my feet hit the floor.
“You’re calling the shots, babe.”
“He’s a bad man.” I turn to face Mr. Baines. “I saw all the people you killed.”
“Don’t judge me when you’re standing next to the most ruthless killer of all. You don’t think Mr. Black helped me with that list?”
I feel Jacob go stiff against me. I shrug. Maybe I should care. But Jacob saved me. I might be naïve to think it, but I don’t believe Jacob would kill someone that didn't deserve it. It’s more likely that he got caught up in this life protecting his cousin. He might be a killer, but he’s a hero, too.
