Four or Dead

Chapter 44

Jayden...Present..

The ride home from Devaro's was silent and tense. The others were furious that Emma had made a deal with him. She didn't know the full extent of how dangerous these men were. Yet I watched the whole interaction very carefully and noticed something unusual.

We had noticed that Devaro would bring up Emma often and we thought it was to get under Asher's skin. He had only met her once but he seemed almost obsessed about meeting her again. Then when we arrived he was looking at her in awe. I bristle at the image of him smiling and watching her with what looked like admiration.

He seemed to be enamored by her as much as we are and exactly in the same way. It seemed like that meeting they had was enough to make Devaro fall for our girl. I don't think the others noticed it but once Asher realizes his dad has a thing for Emma, he is going to be pissed. I am not happy about it but I can't say I blame him. Emma just had a way of drawing people in which explains how some of the worst men in our crew looked almost kind in her presence..')

It's strange but it was just like Emma to make everyone in the room fall for her. Most of the people at our school have been slowly realizing it now that she has become more confident and open. She no longer hides and walks around trying to be invisible and people are taking notice. We have caught more than a few guys talking to her and her sweetly Chapter 44

enduring it. She doesn't see what I see, how those boys are falling under her spell. She is like a siren drawing every man to their knees and we get to call her ours. 2)

1am not nieve though and I know if we aren't careful it would be easy for us to lose her. If we messed up there would be a line of guys willing to take our place.

We reach home and Asher storms ahead of everyone and tree the door open. When we join him in the living room he is pacing and grumbling to himself. The rest of us take a seat in random areas of the room and wait for him to speak. ()

of pure anger. "Don't. I...1 can't

watch Emma carefully as I always do and she is clearly starting to get annoying with Asher's tantrum. When she finally reaches her limit she stands and walks over to him and pushes his shoulder hard. We all look at her in shock. She

I don't need your permission to do it. You guys took me in and I will always be grateful for that. But in the effort to protect me you have also made me feel like

they are watching wide-eyed

clearly done being seen as the girl who needs rescuing. We had been too busy thinking about ourselves and protecting her that we hadn't

hardly a prison!" Asher says gesturing around him. Emma's eyes narrow on him and he

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say what I need protecting from! I know what your crew does. I am not

what's happened now! You

it looks kind of hot

of yourselves from me and you don't realize how much that hurt me. This life is a part of who you are and you hid that from me. But this isn't about you! This is about me finding a way to be a part of your world."

that isn't who we really are, not completely.

keep her world light as much as possible, but it's clear

everything involving the crew and gang behind us.

widen and she grows very still. "You were getting out? Why didn't you say anything

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