GRAYSON
Someone’s going to die.
Someone’s going to fucking die.
I’m not heartbroken. I’m not weak. I’m not going to crawl to her on my knees and ask her why. I’m going to rip the bastard’s throat out with my teeth and then drag her back by her pretty little neck and remind her who the fuck I am.
I’m the Alpha.
And she’s mine.
Every. Goddamn. Inch. Of Her
I’m running before I can think. Islam into him so hard the air knocks out of his lungs before he hits the dirt.
Pierce yells, “Grayson–what the fuck?!”
of his sh
Jessica’s screaming my name now. Like that’s going to stop me. I grab Logan by the back of his shirt and hurt him backwards so hard his body hits the wall, picture frames crash to the floor, the fucking drywall cracks.
“GRAYSONI” Jessica screams, stumbling Hair tousled Mouth red
Pierce turns, frozen mid–step. “What the fuck-?”
I don’t wait.
I pounce
Logan tries to speak–tries–but my fist’s already in his face. His head slams sideways. Blood sprays. My forearm pins his throat against the
wall.
*YOU KISSED HER?” I rar
His jaw’s already swelling. He chokes. “Gray–wait–1”
“YOU KISSED HER?!” Islam him down onto the floor so hard the boards groan. His head bounces. He coughs blood.
Pierce yells, “Grayson, what the fuck is going on?”
I see red. Full crimson haze. My wolf’s clawing up my throat
I grab Logan again–by the collar this time–and launch him across the room. He hits the bookshelf. Books rain like thunder. He groans, slumped. Dazed.
I turn to her. My chest heaving. Rage boiling.
“You let him fucking touch you?”
STOPI she crie
“Grayson–STOPI” she cries
Too late.
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Chapter 31
not done. I flip him over, slam my forearm across his throat, baring teeth. He tries to speak. I punch him again. “Try that shit again,” I snarl, voice so low it’s animal. “See if I don’t
shoves mr. “Grayson, STOPITI You’re going
her. Snart still dripping from my
She flinches.
grabs my arm, but I rip out
fucking touch me,”
Pierce is in front of her–arms out,
the fuck off–she’s my
laugh, Short, feral, ugly.
“Oh, now she’s
s your sister?”
eyes narrow. “What the hell does that
nearly crashing into
between me and Jessica.
Silence.
widen,
Fuck.
toward her. “Tell
“No–Grayson-”
*Tell him, Jess.”
with panic, her voice already
step. “Tell
time, like she’s already losing the fight with herself and maybe I’m still hoping she’ll say it. That she’ll take my hand. That she’ll stand in the fire with
will fight for us just don’t
But she doesn’t
looks at me
Her mouth opens.
so soft, so strangled,
“We’re done, Grayson.”
Chapter 31
DAUG
Everything in me just–stops.
“We’re done.
says it like a fact. Like it’s already over. Like
with yelling, or slaps, or even tears–not yet. It just comes quiet and steady, and somehow that’s worse. Somehow that kills more than
it doesn’t feel like
wrong, Heavy Loud. Out of
breath hitching, arms wrapping around herself like she’s trying to
now her voice does break, choked and shaking. “Please, Pierce.
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