AllFreeNovel
Share Us
“Ez,” I bark, barely able to speak through the anger that surges through me like a tsunami.
“Yeah,” he mutters around another mouthful.
“Call Ellis. Get him here right the fuck now.”
Whatever he hears in my tone is concerning enough to force his attention away from his plate and to me.
“What happened?”
“Just get him here, yeah?”
I take off before he has a chance to answer and storm into JD’s bathroom for a moment to myself, but I soon discover my mistake.
Blood.
There is blood fucking everywhere.
My stomach knots up painfully as I think about exactly what JD went through while I wasn’t here. Stumbling forward, I collide with the counter and spin around, resting my ass against it as I take in the devastation.
He could have died here tonight.
If I didn’t call Ez to get him to check, I’d have come home to find him dead. Right fucking here.
Emotion burns up the back of my throat, my eyes red hot in a way I haven’t felt for a very, very long time.
“Fuck,” I breathe, shoving my fingers through my hair and tugging.
JD’s okay.
He’s going to be okay.
But Mav and Alana…
The ball of dread in my gut grows and my anger multiplies until my entire body is taut with it and the need to go and burn the motherfucking world down.
“FUCK,” I roar, louder this time in the hope of dispelling everything that’s raging inside me.
Anger, pain, guilt, and the worst, fear. Fear for two people that I never would have given a second thought to only weeks ago.
Everything changed in this house the second Kane dragged Alana through my front door that night, but I never realized until this moment just how fucking colossal that change has really been.
My fingers grip the counter until they start to cramp, but I don’t let go. I can’t. I need to feel just an ounce of the pain those around me are feeling.
I promised Alana that I’d help with her mission to take down the men who hurt her. I thought I’d done what I needed to do to protect her—them. But all I’ve achieved is to hurt everyone.
The only man left standing right now is me.
I might have the power to take down Victor with an army behind me, but alone… I stand no chance.
“Bro, are you—”
“I’ll be out in a bit,” I mutter, dropping my arm and tilting my face to the ceiling.
Closing my eyes, I suck in a deep breath in the hope it’ll help clear my thoughts.
JD has to be my priority.
I’ve let him down enough recently.
