Chapter 1373

Axel was quiet for a moment, then took what she handed him.

Blossom immediately added, "Hey, just so you know, I've had that with me since I was a kid. It means a lot to me! Don't you dare lose it! You better give it back when you're done, got it?"

Axel didn't respond. He just slammed the car door shut, started the engine, and drove off.

Cold. Ruthless.

It wasn't until the car was far down the road that he finally glanced in the rearview mirror. Blossom was still standing there, crying her eyes out like a little kid.

He frowned, tore his gaze away, and looked down at the old silver locket in his palm before tucking it into his pocket.

As he was driving away from the ski lodge, he happened to spot those girls who'd been picking on Blossom earlier.

They'd already ditched their ski gear and were just about to leave. Each wore some wild thrift-store jacket, their hair dyed every color of the rainbow, laughing and joking like they didn't have a care in the world. Couldn't have been more than twenty, Axel guessed-kids who'd never had a real taste of how hard life could hit.

A few scruffy boys were hanging around with them, swaggering and loud.

Axel's eyes narrowed. He watched as they piled into their SUV and drove off.

few minutes later, Axel caught up to them and forced their

shouting, "What's

and silent. He didn't bother with words. He just

groaning in the dirt, faces bruised and

it to the girls. "If I did it, you'd be dead. You do it yourselves-break your own right leg.

a voice so smooth you almost didn't notice how

just to be clear, he added, "The right

Blossom had twisted her right

snow, bawling

to comfort her. "Hey, Axel's tough. He'll be fine, trust me. Don't work

sobbed even harder, "If he comes back hurt, I'll take care of him. If he dies out

at Tarquin. "Where did

only answer, "He'll come back

gave his word, it meant something. If he said he'd come back, he

Tarquin had made

she knew better than to ask more

back. Don't think the worst."

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