Chapter 158

Chapter 158

KESTER.

They besitated for half a second.

Then, like puppets on frayed strings, they turned on each other.

The first blow landed with a sickening crack that sent satisfaction running through

me.

Fists flew. Blood sprayed. I watched with a blank expression as they tore into one

another like rabid animals in a death match they hadn't chosen.

They weren't fighting to survive..

They were fighting to die. What an irony!

And I wanted to watch every agonizing second of it.

I wasn't even halfway through the entertainment when I heard her voice.

"Kester..." She called me, a bit firmer above the trembling of her voice.

My head snapped toward her, and everything-the rage, the heat, the violent thrumming in my veins-came to a screeching halt.

My fingers, still sticky with blood, twitched at my sides.

what was left of her dress. Her eyes brimmed with something I never wanted to see on

Fear.

Not relief nor gratitude.

stomach twisted.

afraid of

afraid

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pleasure drained from my veins. The high of violence turned to something ugly. something wrong. But never my judgment. My

the death.

crossing the space between us in an instant.

her

I rasped,

scared." she couldn't look me in the

to him no matter how hard

had to because she'd be our

teeth, shutting my eyes for half a second before

the back of my mind. I caged him

anymore.

though, but enough that some of

her shoulders loosened.

swallowed hard. "You shouldn't have

through

her into a soft hug, hoping my warmth would calm her trembling body down. And it was working. She was

was a good thing I

to the top of her head again. "It's over," I murmured.

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