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“Fuck Kane, right now, princess. He’s a big boy. Let him handle his own shit,” I told her firmly. “You just take the time you need and try to rest for me, okay? I’ll hold things down here.”
“Okay,” she agreed. “Can I call you again tomorrow? I miss you too and I…well, I like hearing your voice.”
“You can call me anytime you want or need to, beautiful. I’m here for you, whatever you need.”
“I love you, Jord,” she whispered and I hated that I could hear a hitch in her voice that meant she was crying.
“Love you too, Addy, so much.”
Addy hung up, and I just sat clutching my phone tightly, knowing it was the only line I had to her for the time being.
I was seething with Kane. That overbearing, controlling asshat had caused most of this by trying to tell Addy she belonged to him. How could he not understand what that would do to her? She had been sold like a possession for two fucking years and he thought he could claim her as his, all because he wanted her to follow his every command?
I didn’t even think as I got to my feet and pocketed my cell. I leapt down the stairs in four leaps and ran for the kitchen, taking Kane completely by surprise as I grabbed him by the back of his collar and threw him down backwards from the stool he sat on, to the floor.
“Mother fucker!” I roared as I dove on top of him and landed two blows to his face before he managed to flip us over and get me pinned to the ground.
“Fucking stop!” he yelled as he tried to contain my flying fists without fighting back.
“What the fuck!” I heard Adam, then he was before me, pulling Kane off of me. “What’s going on?” he asked as he reached a hand out to me. I bypassed it and jumped up, hitting my brother in the face before he even saw it coming.
“Fuck both of you!” I raged as I dropped my throbbing hand to my side and took a step back.
“Jordan! What the hell?” Adam demanded as he dabbed at his bleeding lip.
“She called me! She called me and she’s not fucking okay!” I snapped. “Your bullshit sent her into a flashback and anxiety attack!” I pointed a finger at Kane. “She’s yours? Really? You thought that was a good thing to tell her after two years of her being bought and sold like a fucking possession?”
“What?” Adam turned his glare from me to Kane. “You said that to her?”
“I was pissed. I just want her safe. I need her to do what I tell her to do!” Kane hissed angrily, but I saw the guilt in the way he slumped slightly and dropped his eyes.
“Have you heard yourself?” I asked incredulously. “She’s a grown woman. She doesn’t have to do what anyone tells her if she doesn’t want to! After all she’s been through I don’t even understand why you’d think it’s okay to try and control her in any way. She’s traumatized!”
“I’m trying to protect her!”
“Yeah? Well, great job, man. You terrified her so badly she tried to race out of here in the midst of a panic attack alone. ThankGod for Eli and Ash, or she’d probably have ended up being pulled from a car wreck on the side of the road.”
“Don’t, Jord,” Adam pleaded.
“You can shut the fuck up too. Do you realize she thinks you’re pulling away from her because you blame her for you getting shot? She’s blaming herself for everything that happened because you’re too fucking selfish to get out of your own head and actually look at her!”
“What? Why would she think that?” Adam gasped.
“You’re cutting her out, Adam! What was she supposed to think?” I cried. “You two are such selfish fucks! You’re so busy drowning in your own pathetic shit, that you haven’t even noticed your drowning Addy too, dragging her down even quicker than the darkness inside of her can. She deserves better than all of us, but I’m not walking away from her. I think it’s time the two of you made up your minds too, and if you want her, you need to work out how the hell you will ever set things right with her. Either way, do it fucking fast! You’re tearing her apart even more, when she’s already in fucking pieces!”
With that I walked away, knowing if I didn’t I’d hit them both again and again until I didn’t have to look at their sorry faces any longer. They needed to come to a decision, and fast, but whatever they decided, it wouldn’t change my path. Addy was made for me, and whatever future lay ahead for me, I knew she was going to be the biggest and most important part of it, with or without Adam and Kane at my side.
CHAPTER 14
ADDY
I gasp in pain - terror and agony the only emotions I can feel as I’m pinned to the bed by Hilton, his weight pressing me down. He has my hands held down so tightly that my attempts to fight him are rendered completely useless. He’s too strong. I can’t move, let alone struggle out from beneath him. The weight of his body is pinning my thighs down too, as he moves up and down on top of me, grunting in satisfaction as he tears me apart at my center, taking exactly what he wants from me and crushing my struggle with a sick satisfaction that is glaringly obvious in his cold eyes.
“Look at me!” he demands in that deep, terrifying voice. The pain has lessened my fight now - the agony as I’m ripped apart by his violent thrusts taking any fight I had remaining inside, from me completely. “I own you. Never forget that. I fucking own you!”
I look up through blurry tear filled eyes, but it’s no longer Hilton I see. A cold, wrinkled hand cups my cheek and I hear his voice.
“Don’t stop fighting, dear girl. You’re so cute when you get riled up.”