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He’s about to say something else, but I fire a shot straight through his hand, showing him what kind of psycho I am.
Like his friend in the corner, he goes down. His shouts of pain mix with Gwen’s scream, and he looks at me with fear that I might take his life.
I’m not going to do that tonight. If I were, I wouldn’t do that in front of Gwen. For now, I’ll allow him to spend the rest of his life looking over his shoulder.
“Don’t let me see you again, Conrad.”
When he nods, I turn to Gwen, who is shaking and looking more afraid of me than she was before.
“Come on, we need to take Sebastian to the vet.” I soften my voice on purpose to loosen her fears.
The mention of going to the vet seems to help, along with putting my gun back in my pocket where she can’t see it anymore.
I put my arm around her for more assurance and guide her out of this hellhole.
“Thank you,” she mumbles when we get back into the truck.
“Don’t mention it.”
She holds my gaze, searching my eyes as if she’s doing her best to find something.
People say the eyes are the windows to your soul. If that’s what she’s looking for, she won’t find mine.
* * *
Two hours later, I have her back at her house safe and sound from her demons and monsters.
One of the men cut Sebastian with a knife, so he got stitches and bandages. The wound wasn’t too deep, but Sebastian was traumatized, as expected.
He’s lying on Gwen’s bed next to her while she strokes his fur.
It’s time for me to go. It was time to leave when I got here, yet I’m still here.
I waited for Gwen to get cleaned up and ready for bed, and I even fed the dog.
It’s hard to believe I’m standing here looking at them when just last night, I was rolling around in that bed with Gwen practically glued to my dick.
“Thank you so much for everything,” Gwen says with a grateful smile. She looks exhausted, like she might fall asleep at any moment. “I don’t know how I’m ever going to repay you. You have no idea what you’ve done for me tonight, seriously.”
“How about I figure out how you can repay me and let you know?”
“That works. There is still pie.”
I give her a grin. “There’s that, yes.”
Although she looks as grateful as she sounds, I sense her apprehension. She can’t figure me out. I helped her, but what she saw me do was bad.
I went in by myself and dealt with Conrad and his men. She also knows I would have killed all of them without hesitation.
I know she has a million questions she won’t ask me because she probably knows I won’t give her answers.
Gwen tucks her hair behind her ear, revealing the bruise. Unable to help myself, I move closer and brush over her cheek.
Sebastian barks and shuffles over so I can touch his head.
I do with the best intentions at heart, but when I glimpse the fascination in Gwen’s eyes, my fucking dick hardens wanting to take her again like last night.
I shouldn’t. As Zakh rightly pointed out the other day, I’m not here for fun. That means I should go now.
