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Her eyes slowly crack open, and she gives me a small smile. “You did it. You’re so strong. Never stop fighting, Presley. Never fucking stop.” Her eyes flutter shut, and I sob as I check her body. She was shot in the shoulder first, but the second time the gun went off, it really hit her. Her lower abdomen is bleeding heavily. I rip off my hoodie and push it down on the wound.
“Please, please don’t go. Please don’t leave me. You can’t leave me… y-you can’t leave us. Please!” I sob.
A chuckle sounds next to me as hands grip my shoulders and shove me to the ground.
I scream and try to fight him off. “No! You can’t do this! You fucking can’t!”
Raven inspires me. She helps me stay sane. She brings out sides of me I had no idea even existed.Never stop fighting, Presley.
I bring my knee up and slam it into his balls before he can get on top of me. Ben grunts and falls back to his knees in front of me. I can’t move fast enough to get up and run, so I bring my feet together, bending my knees, and kick his chest as hard as I can. Ben falls back and lets out a slew of curses. I scramble up to my knees and spot the switchblade a few feet away, so I go for it. As soon as my fingers wrap around it, he grabs my ankle and pulls me back.
I roll as fast as I can and stab right into his bullet wound. As Ben falls to the ground on his back, I follow him. Straddling his stomach, I rip the blade out and watch as blood splutters from the hole. His face is turning pale, and his movements are slowing. I bring the knife down to his neck, and he freezes.
“What? Do you finally believe I can do it now?” I sneer.
“You’ve changed,” he rasps, his body slowly losing its strength. His eyes are full of confusion, desperation, as he scans my face.
“You changed me.” As much as I try to be strong and not let him see me break, I can feel the tears falling down my cheeks. “I didn’t turn you into a monster. You turnedmeinto a monster.”
I push the blade in harder, so it nicks his skin. He sucks in a breath, and his hand comes up to grab my wrist. But I take my other hand and shove my finger on his wound until he lets out a scream and drops his hand. “You stole from me. You took our fucking baby!”
I push harder and he gasps, his eyes going wide. “Pres—”
“No! Shut up! You stole my baby. You stole my best friend. You don’t get to speak anymore. You don’t get to breathe,” I seethe. Hot tears pour from my eyes, and my hands shake. I know what I have to do. But that doesn’t make it easier.
But I have to be fucking strong.
“Angel.” The word is so faint to my ears. It sounds so far away. My eyes want to fall shut and fall into his embrace as his scent works its way around me. A warm hand touches the back of my neck, and I take a chance to glance up.
“Angel, Presley, we got this. You can let go.”
I shake my head and look back down at him. My tormentor.
I can’t be weak. I need to do this.
Chapter Fifteen
Axe (Jackson)
EveryoneloadsupbesidesSugar, Nerds, and a few other members who are staying behind to keep an eye on the club.
We take two trucks and the van we have before heading over to her apartment. When we get there, we spot Raven’s car right away and Presley’s car is still there, as well. Vance and his men are pulling up at the same time as us.
Most of his men, along with Stone and Blade, take off to the backside of the apartments while we all head upstairs. I don’t bother knocking, instead just kicking in the door. As soon as it is open, we find two guys in the kitchen doing drugs on the counter. One moves to grab a gun off the counter, but I am faster, grabbing him by the throat and throwing him up against the wall. “Where is Presley?”
His eyes go wide. “The pink-haired bitch or the tiny, scared mouse?” he snickers.
I reach with my other hand and grab his cock through his jeans, squeezing as hard as I can. He sucks in a sharp breath. “Okay, okay. Look, the guy just paid us to wait outside and told us to come in when he texted and help knock the girls out. Then we carried them to the car, and he gave us free drugs. That’s all.”
“Vance!” I roar.
He appears right behind me in an instant. “Yes?”
“Do you know these two? Any reason they need to be alive?”
Vance shakes his head. “No. I believe these are just druggies. Do with them as you wish.”
After a quick search through the apartment to discover the girls are not here, I take great pleasure in breaking their bones and letting Blade assist me with his blades. We take the druggies apart piece by piece. It doesn’t make the anger go away, but it’s enough to keep me balanced until I find her. I have to find her.
