Chapter 11

Chapter 11 Aden

I see the blade just in time, whipping up my hand to intercept it.

The blade slips between my fingers and then drags down. my palm, cutting through skin, but just the surface. I'll be practically healed by the time I leave this room,

Growling, I grab Brooklyn's fist and twist, trapping the knife between our palms, wrenching her wrist back so that she feels the bones grind together, my blood slick between our hands.

She cries out, her body bending to follow her wrist, desperate to keep it from snapping. I hold her at my

mercy as she gasps from the pain and looks up at me with wide eyes. My anger turns to mercy in that moment, and I huff out a laugh at the girl.

She's just a frightened little thing. And she knows she's no match for someone like me.

Not gonna lie, though. Her pulling a knife on me? It's got my cock hard as granite.

"Clever girl, carrying a knife," I say. "Too bad you don't know how to use it. But we're not going to do that again, are we, Brooklyn?"

let her go. She falls back. against the table, gripping her wrist with her other hand, hissing with relief. She looks around on the floor for her knife, but it's still in my hand. Quietly, I slip it into my pocket. I take a moment to study this delicate, beautiful girl. My second in command had wanted to come to this particular club tonight to check

across. he floor to the black door of

instantly, it meant

I didn't even think-

magnet to her. My

strip club in Grayling City, and he used his gang connections to exploit his dancers, take their cash, and force them to comply. With moonshard. Though I might traffic the shit, I preferred women who didn't

no way I could take one of the girls he

how quickly I acted to save her, they'll see Brooklyn as a weakness, something they can.

grind my teeth, fighting back the urge to let my wolf out a bit. There is only one real option. If I don't protect her now, she'll be dragged right to the bottom of the underworld,

head to my second and nod to Brooklyn. Then, I turn on my

I can hear Brooklyn's protest as my second heaves. her over his

exclaims. And then,

turn to glare

though hear a whimper. escape her lips. The sound goes straight to

wants to sock my second in the face right now, seeing his hand

work to get out of the club.

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