Chapter 648

"What do you think you're doing?" I shouted.

The men turned to look at me, their eyes scanning me from head to toe. One of them, his gaze practically dripping with greed. "Well, well. Since when does Lindale get girls this pretty?" Another one chimed in, "What's it to you, sweetheart? You looking to rent a place? Or are you friends with the lady in here?"

"Seems to me I was the one asking the questions," I said, my tone icy.

The man pounding on the door swaggered over, his expression oozing sleaze and menace. "We're just here looking for pretty girls. And look at that we found one."

As he spoke, he reached out a finger toward my chin.

I dodged his touch. He let out an amused "Huh."

He said, "Oh, feisty. I like that. Feisty girls are more fun."

He signaled his companions with a quick look. "Looks like this trip wasn't wasted after all," he said smugly.

Before I could react, they started closing in. I stepped back, dodging hands as they reached for me. The situation was spiraling fast when a voice broke through the chaos. "Stop! Let her go!"

Demi.

I whipped around just in time to see her charging toward us. She swung a stick without hesitation, landing a solid hit on one man's arm.

men snarled. "We've been looking for you,

shifted to

way I was letting them hurt Demi. Spotting a loose brick on the

square in the shoulder, and he stumbled back with a yelp before spinning toward

Hayden was gone, it was like something had ignited inside me a stubborn,

into his gut. The kick landed hard, knocking

two others, and they'd managed to grab Demi. One of them was reaching for her hair when I shouted, "If

men froze, their heads snapping toward

I shoved one of them back and pulled Demi behind me. Fixing them with

repeated,

here for money, you'd better have something to

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guy I'd kicked, rifling through his pocket. After a moment, he pulled out a crumpled piece of paper and

an IOU, handwritten and signed by Demi. The

Demi said nothing, her silence speaking

is the principal," one of the men sneered. "With interest,

and squeezing people until there

months. In six months, the interest had

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