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Neither man was listening to me at this point. Kain had a few inches on Beckett, but it didn’t seem to make a difference. Beckett’s hands were fisted at his sides, and he was practically vibrating.
“Haleigha, stay back.”
“What did you call her?” Beckett’s eyes were icy cold and his voice was a near growl.
The posturing pissed me off, but before I could wade in between them, Beckett took a swing.
Kain easily dodged it, but instead of swinging back, he grinned. “Oh, is this how it’s gonna go?”
“No, it is not,” I shouted.
This wasn’t good. Kain was the type to instigate rather than to calm a situation. Not that it mattered at this point. They both ignored me.
Beckett charged him, leading with his shoulder and Kain deflected with a spin. He grabbed Beckett’s arm and sent him crashing into the railing near us.
I backed up the steps and out of the way. Evidently, we were beyond talking.
Beckett pushed off the railing and used the momentum to get a shot in this time.
Kain’s head snapped back, and he lifted a thumb to the corner of his mouth. This smile was wider and wicked with mirth. “Been a minute since I’ve had a brawl.”
Beckett shook out his hand before he held them both up in front of him. “Same.”
Someone behind me pulled me the rest of the way up the stairs, the female voice near my ear both urgent and husky. “Girl, you need to get back.”
“I don’t even know what’s happening.”
“Raging bulls.” The woman put her hands on her hips and shook her head, but there was amusement there instead of worry. She was as bad as Kain. “Boys are idiots.”
“This is ridiculous.”
She looked me up and down then glanced back at the two men. “Are they fighting over you?”
“No!”
She cackled, throwing her head back. Her long braid snaked over her shoulder as she subsided into giggles. “Yeah, they sure are. Nice.”
“No. It’s not nice.”
She shrugged. “I’m Lennon. I’m used to these idiots. Beckett is usually way more chill though. What did you do to him?” Her espresso-colored eyes twinkled.
I glanced back at the two of them and winced as Kain plowed his fist into Beckett’s midsection. He doubled over, the wind knocked out of him. But instead of slowing down, he used the crouched position to ram at Kain.
“Whoa.” Lennon shoved a hand into her apron and pulled out a bill. “Twenty on the big guy.”
“You can’t bet on them.” I was beyond shocked at this point. Didn’t anyone want to break them up?
“I sure can.” Lennon snorted.
“I’ll put twenty on Beckett.” Came another voice from at the top of the stairs. The statuesque brunette that had to be Kira came down to meet us on the second level.
Lennon shot her hand out to take the bill from her. “Any other takers?”
A woman with shoulder length curls rushed down. “What did I miss?”
“Not sure. Beck and Kain are gonna need some ice though.” Lennon hissed. “Oh, that was a good one.”
The two men tumbled over an Adirondack chair and crashed onto the flagstone path.
