1. My choice

Rowan

I can’t explain the fear I felt when I saw the bastard pointing a gun at her head. She was shaking,

and tears were falling down her face. I heard as she pleaded with him to spare her, but I knew he

wouldn’t.

When she closed her eyes. As if accepting her fate. It nearly brought me to my fucking knees. If it

wasn’t for the fact that I knew she was tired, I would have spared the man just so I could give him

my own personal version of torture.

“She needs a doctor, Rowan” she says in a small voice as I kneel down before her.

I had already texted Gabe. The ambulance would be here in minutes. It’s not that I didn’t care for

Emma; I did. I just cared for Ava more. (2)

I take her face gently into my hands. Her cheek was swollen, and so was her eye. It had already bruised, and her lip was split.

My face hardened at the thought of someone laying their hands on her.

“Who hit you? Was it Ronny” I ask through clenched teeth.

She winces when I run my hand down her bruised cheek. Fuck! Her pain made my heart constrict.

I wanted nothing more than to kill the bastard who hurt her.

“It doesn’t matter… We need to get Emma to a hospital” she says as she begins to stand up.

I push her down gently and continue to inspect her. Totally ignoring what she said. Her wrists were bleeding, and her ankles were swollen and bruised.

The more I took in her wounds, the angrier I got. She shouldn’t have to go through this. Especially not when she was fucking pregnant.

“Rowan, are you not listening to me” Her tone is exasperated, and I know if it weren’t for the fact that she was tired and hurt, she would have thrown a few choice words at me.

“I’m listening, and the ambulance will be here.” I answer. “Now tell me who hurt you.”

She lets out a deep long breath. Sagging in relief against the car

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It was one of Ronny’s men. He hit me when I talked back at him” she tells me tiredly.

“Give me a facial description”

I was going to find the bastard. No one. I mean, no one gets away with hurting Ava. He was going

to regret the day he was fucking born.

It doesn’t matter. When I escaped, he found us first. I kneed him in the balls, then shot both his

thighs

I can’t help the small smile that forms on my lips. I liked this side of Ava. Loved that she was no

longer willing to take crap from anyone.

Before I could ask why she thought escaping was a good idea, we heard the sirens, shouts, and

shots. Gabe, Travis, and the paramedic reach us moments later.

Ava’s lap before placing

one of

hesitate a little

were trying to escape. I tried to stop the

finally lost–consciousness.”

be alright?” she asked, her voice

come to love

but that d

about her. She was a

me this long to

she’ll be

wheel her

Travis asks her.

out in a low voice as she struggles to get up. “Go, be with Emma.

she needs

her cheeks. I know it’s from the fact

doesn’t push him away. Otherwise, her reception would

and I give Gabe the signal to follow

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watching her struggle

looking at

Hugging her close

standing up, not being carried” Her argument lacks her normal fire

everything in the fucking universe was aligning

wonder. I’ve never allowed myself to be this close to her. To hold her, hug her or kiss her. I always held a part of myself hidden

my soul?

just getting to my car when Brian

fucking see that I was

to get most of the Reapers, but Reaper

news.

me want to pound someone. The fact that he keeps evading

was still out there, none of those

him” I snap before

gently drop Ava in the front seat. Buckling her up, I

the hospital.

are we going?”

sure you and the baby are

take us

her up. I didn’t mind carrying her, but I

to answer

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say when

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I take her into my arms and carry her in. As soon as the nurses notice us, they drag a wheel

worry sir, we’ll take care of her and call you immediately we have news” they assure me when I refuse to let her go.

I slowly put her down on

tells me before

moment she’s out of sight, I do exactly that. I don’t say a lot.

the hospital.

my parents to check up on Noah. The moment I got the call from Ronny, I asked them to pick him up. Once I make sure that he’s safe I head

Travis and Kate.

news?” I ask

“Not yet” Travis answers.

is she?” Kate asks

checkup just to make sure everything is fine”

that happened after James died. It reminded me of how I was overcome with emotion after seeing

nine years.

when she

dived for Emma instead. Ava became different after that event. It’s like the Ava we knew had died and a

though. I would have done the same thing if the roles had been reversed. I bet that was her wake–up call. It took seeing me rush to save

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