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I couldn’t.
Because it wasn’t just about the sex, was it? She cried out, her fingers clawed the bark of the tree on front of her as she climaxed. It was about that place. That place that Caleb had dragged herinto. I hated him for that, hated him more than I had before.
But I didn’t want him dead. Because that would hurt her even more. I lowered my gun and took a step backwards as my brother came inside the woman I’d given my heart to. No, I didn’t want him dead...
I wanted him gone.
TWENTY
Ryth
My body pulsedas I came back from oblivion, that darkness sated for a little while as Caleb pulled me against him. “I’ll always be right here.”
Right here…right here—
Snap.
The sound invaded, wrenching me from that numbed state. Panic slammed into me as I jerked my head upwards, scanned the trees, and froze. Tobias stood in the distance, watching us with a gun in his hand and a savage glare in his eyes. “Tobias?”
There was a twitch in the corner of his mouth before he surged forward. I was drawn to the glint of steel in his hand as it rose. All I could see in my head was that bloodcurdling look of betrayal in his eyes. I was frozen as Tobias charged toward us, swapped the gun to his other hand, and cocked his fist.
“You fucking took her from me!” he roared, and lashed out, catching Caleb on the jaw.“YOU PUT HER IN THAT PLACE!”
Caleb stumbled backwards with the blow and his hand rose to his jaw as he settled a chilling stare on his brother. “T—”
“You fucking broke her,” Tobias gasped. “Youfucking broke HER!”
I shook my head, reaching for Tobias as he went for Caleb once more. “No!Stop this!” I screamed.“Stop this!”
But there was no holding back Tobias’s rage now that the walls were cracked, and it all spilled out. At that moment, it was brother against brother. And I was trapped in the middle.
“Fuck you, Tobias!” Caleb screamed. “You self-righteous piece of shit!”
“Self-righteous?”Tobias’s voice was stony as he stepped in front of his brother. “Self-fucking-righteous?”
Tobias’s lips curled into a sneer. Even though he had to look up at Caleb, I knew who was the deadliest here…and so did Caleb. “You’re fuckingweak,C. You let your emotions get the better of you, and you put Ryth in danger.”
Caleb held that deadly stare, never once flinching. “That’s fucking rich coming from you. Your entire fucking life has been one temper tantrum after another,little brother.”
A chill raced down my spine.
My stomach clenched.
There was no stopping this.
Not now.
Not after this…
Tobias’s grip tightened on the gun and something inside me broke. I surged up and forward, yanking Tobias away, to push in between them. “No…no, this isn’t happening.”
“Oh, it’s happening,” Tobias answered, but it was Caleb he stared at. His glare was a promise of all the things he wanted to do to him. Things I’d never let happen. “It’s been a lifetime in the fucking making.”
“Caleb, leave.” My words were hoarse.
“No, Ryth, we—” he started.
But I jerked my gaze to him, imploring him without words. He met my stare and flinched. There was a second where my heart felt like it shattered in two, where it was ripped from my chest, the two halves beating and pulsing, bloody in my hands.
