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My friends.
My family.
The only people I’ve ever truly had.
Since the day my father died, my life has been controlled by the man who’s currently removing his pants in front of me.
He’s about to rape me.
He’s going to destroy the last part of me, and there is nothing I can do to stop him.
32
EATON
“Pull him up onto his knees,” one of the men holding me orders.
I’m trying to focus on the words and ignore the intense pain radiating through my body. My breaths are shallow because every time I inhale, sharp shooting tendrils of agony invade me from my broken ribs. I’m positioned like a rag doll onto my knees.
“I’ve grabbed an axe from the car.” Another man speaks this time. “We can hack his head off with it. Make it even more painful for him.”
I need to save Shelby.
Damn body. Stop failing me.
With all the strength I have left, I push up onto my feet and smash the back of my head into the face of the man holding me. He groans as I hear his nose crack. And letting go of me, he stumbles back. My own legs give way again, and I fall back down to the floor. The man with the axe takes a swing at me, but I manage to angle my body so it passes just above me.
“Stop delaying the inevitable,” he tells me while readying himself to swing the axe again.
He doesn’t get a chance, though, as gun shots ring out around me, and all the men lining up to attack me fall to the ground, dead.
“I think the inevitable’s been delayed forever, you fucker,” Max announces as he shoots the man holding the axe in the center of his forehead.
I shift my position on the floor until I’m leaning against the wall, and I try to catch my breath.
“Where’s Lena?” I question Max.
“I’m here. Stubborn as you are. I’m not dying yet. A scratch isn’t going to keep me down.” She appears from around the corner, and leaning down, she checks the bodies around me. “All dead.”
Max helps me up from the floor. “Let’s get you to the hospital.”
“No,” I protest, even though my body is praying for attention. “We need to get to Shelby. My father’s going to marry her and then rape her. I can’t allow that to happen. I love her. Locate her tracker.”
Max releases me, and leaning heavily against the wall again, I push down the pain. Fighting my instincts as the urgency to find Shelby takes priority. Adrenaline subdues the pain, and I push off the wall to stand without any support.
“She’s at the chapel down the road.”
“Let’s go,” I order.
Max passes me my gun and removes the silencer as we make our way through the house and out into the heat and sunshine of the desert.
I stop dead when I get outside.
“What the fuck?”
I can’t believe what I’m seeing. There are groups of men and women everywhere—associates as well as rival casino owners and gang members. From out of the crowd, Diego steps forward.
“I think this is sending you the message you need, Eaton.” He waves his hands at all the assembled people. “We’ve had enough of your father and his dictatorship. David Jones was a good man. He’s been vilified for long enough. We’re her to support you and his daughter, but only if you are ready to end your father’s reign for good.”
