Chapter 13
Jayden... Present...
Emma had dozed off at some point and I had fallen into a trance as I watched her. She was beautiful even in sleep and I hated how I was so drawn to her. Unlike the other guys, I didn't take notice of such things since my interests didn't often involve girls. They seemed to flock to me like bees to honey, but I barely tolerated them. We had some kind of reputation of being dark playboys, but that was far from the truth. Andrea and her friends liked to boast about being with each of us, but I had never touched one of those girls in that way. I had a school sweetheart once upon a time but she was long gone along with the rest of my family.
She had been with me that day... the day I lost everyone. My father worked with Asher's dad and understood that it was a dangerous line of work. Me and my girl were glued together since we had been in diapers, and she was in my room with me when the men came. When I heard my mother's screams I shot up and almost immediately pulled my girl to her feet and quickly hid her in the closet. I opened my room door and ran to my father's study to find the gun he had hidden there. He had taught me how to use it for this very reason, but my head was in a panic and I fumbled with the lockbox longer than I should have.
The sounds of my mother's screams and cries were drowning me, but then a shot went off and everything fell silent. Another shot went off and my father started to yell my mom and sister's name, but with one more shot, his voice fell silent too. I focused on the box in my hand and finally typed in the right code in time to hear footsteps coming up the stairs. I needed to distract the men long enough for my girl to get out, so I stepped into the hallway and held my gun on them..')
"Hey!" I cried out and the two men turned to me and laughed. "Aw how cute. We got ourselves a hero." One of the men said laughing.
They both walked toward me and I saw my girl sneaking out behind them. A breath of relief left me but thankfully it wasn't loud enough to alert the men. I kept my gun pointed at them but a third man grabbed me from behind and one of the two in front pulled the gun away from me. The guy holding me was far stronger than my twelve-year-old strength, and he was able to drag me down the stairs. My eyes fell on the scene of my whole family in their own blood on the living room floor. I cried out for them but of course, no one answered.
"Hey guys look I found a little flower." A fourth man said dragging my girl from behind him and throwing her to the floor.
and our eyes met before the man pulled her back by her
Let her go!" I
one person to deliver it. You kid drew the winning card, which means everyone else lost." The man pulled out
single word the entire time they questioned me. The only thing I said was for them to call Asher's dad. When he arrived to get me with Asher in tow I ran to him and cried for the first time. He swore he would help me get my revenge and until
who it was that killed my family and as long as they were still out there no one was safe around me. The guys didn't care that they could be in danger and we were all deadly now in our own right. We all underwent intense training over the years just like every
with eyes on the girl. Asher and Logan stole glances at her as well and there was a hint of jealousy at the way she was cuddled up to Leo. That's what you get when you put four alpha males in one place with one pretty girl. Leo had
a little annoyed by that. She seemed to trust Leo the most and he had let down his mask of fake disgust for her and fallen into whipped puppy mode. It was a little funny to see him
was feeling something, something I hated. Because feelings like this never led to
take her to her room," Leo said after
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immediately cuddled into his chest and he let a smile slip before heading toward the stairs. "Uh gross," Logan said
seem a bit put out by the way she cuddled
It's just embarrassing how Leo turned soft so easily because of one girl." Logan said crossing his arms over his chest
"Yeah well, I will never be whipped silly like him, not for any girl." I shared a knowing look with Asher and we let our friend stew in his denial. Logan
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