Four or Dead by G O A

Four or Dead

Chapter 29

Leo... Present...

"again!" Emma growled out in frustration to Jayden as she pulled herself off the mat.

"Come on baby you need a break," Logan called out to her but she just waved him off. "No, I need to do this." She said instead.

Emma had been sparing with Jayden for over an hour and it was clear she was exhausted but she wouldn't stop. We tried to get her to just sit for a few minutes but she refused. She was strong for sure and picked up the moves Jayden showed her a lot quicker than most. They had moved past self-defense moves to full-on sparring in hand-to-hand fighting. She was a natural but she was losing energy and we all could see it.

She didn't want to be seen as the weak link in our group, but the boys and I had been training since we were young. This was new for her and she needed to build muscle and endurance to spare correctly for long periods.

"Enough Emma. You need a break." Jayden finally said when he pinned Emma to mat yet again. (*)

She squirmed beneath him trying to escape his hold but she was too Chapter 29

tired and too angry. Anger was never a good emotion to go into a fight with. When you attack in anger you tire out quickly giving your opponent an advantage.

"Emma you don't have anything to prove to us or anyone. This is simply to protect yourself if you need to." Jayden reminded her.

She stopped fighting him and I could see a silent conversation passing between them. Jayden was a hard guy to understand but Emma was not just anyone. She seemed to understand us better than anyone ever has. She offered each of us exactly what we need which shouldn't make sense but she was special that way. There weren't many girls who would be able to handle the emotional baggage of just one of us, but she was able to handle us all with ease.

I glanced to Logan and he nodded. Emma and Jayden needed some time alone so we stood and left the workout room.

"She is a lot better than J thought she would be," Logan admitted proudly when we walked into the kitchen.

"She is. It was always in her, she was just too afraid to use it." I said in agreement.

this stuff. I want to be able to protect her always but I guess that's not

one of the dining

dad. We don't know

can't anticipate his next

nervous." I added with a

anticipate their next mood." Logan groaned

the easiest solution but not knowing what connections he had

we need to be smart. We don't want suspicion to fall on Emma." I reminded

in reply but nodded in agreement. "This is a

Jayden...

respect for our girl seeing her

did well," I said but I wasn't in any hurry to

me. Even after going through intense training she still looked

is the only place to read the complete version of this book for

not good enough." She

in you. You just need to learn to channel

was such an intimate gesture that I hadn't felt in so long and on instinct I wanted to pull away. Emma wasn't just anyone though so I let her do what she wanted. I lowered myself with crossed arms and rested myself on her hips. She let

way of making my heart flutter in

small taste of her I couldn't help but keep wanting more. I had been fighting my attraction to her for years now and here she was giving herself over to me

my lap, needing her to be wrapped around me. Holding her was like breathing and I had been suffocating for way too long. she straddled my

you know that?" My body went still at her words and she let out a

knew it was the highest of compliments. My mother said I was handsome like my father but no one had called me beautiful before. Now that I'm older and I wear a cold no emotional expression almost all the time it was hard to imagine that anyone found my looks particularly appealing. They were probably too afraid to get a good look at me anyway. (7 Emma placed her hands on either side of my face and lowered her head to mine. "I know you don't like people to see what is going on inside you, but please don't shut yourself off from me. There is nothing about you that I

dark I was. If I told her everything I had

but that's because there is so much you still don't know," I replied hoping that we could move on

rested her forehead against mine

of you work for Devaro and the work you do involves shakedowns, hits,

that?" I needed to know who had shared all this with our girl who didn't