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If only he knew the truth.

I scoff, “So what am I supposed to do, leave her be? Walk away?” I can’t, I fucking can’t. I need her in my life, one way or another.

He smirks and says, “I didn’t say that, brother.”

Steal cuts in, “What he’s trying to say is that you have one hell of a battle on your hands, brother, because this shit is fucked up.”

More fucked up than he knows,I think to myself before I go to speak, to ask for help, and to explain what really happened with Andrea, but I’m interrupted by a knock on the door. A few seconds later, the door swings open, and we all look with a frown as Cam’s head pops into the room.

Steal groans. “Fuck’s sake, what did the Untamed women send this time?”

Cam winces. “Thankfully, nothing, not after the dildos we received yesterday. A woman at the gate got past Killian after hitting him on the head with a large stick and is currently having a standoff with, uh, Natalie, who may be holding a stool, ready to swing. I tried to stop her, but she threatened my balls, and I like my balls….”

Ah fuck….

We all stand, and rush into the common room to see Natalie holding a stool above a shocked Christy, who is holding her head. Christy is her step monster, who used to hit her growing up—Nat looks ready to hit her again.

Cam groans, “Dammit, we missed the first swing….”

I smirk and lean back against the door frame to watch the show. I'm proud of Nat for standing up to her demons, and I wish I could stand up to mine. Then maybe I’d get the girl.

16

Perrie

I give the elderly man a small smile as I carefully place his eggs on toast in front of him. Then, I turn to grab the next batch of food in the window, bypassing Coby sitting at the middle of the counter, his eyes following me.

I swallow hard, trying to hide the shiver that runs through me. The note on my car window is still haunting me.

My dearest Perrie,

You get prettier every day, and I count my lucky stars that I get to have you.

And I will have you!

I see you hanging around with that club, and I’m telling you now that it has to stop.

You are mine, and if I have to, I’ll kill that fucker.

Stay away from him, beautiful….

Yours always.

X

I haven’t been able to get it out of my head, and even though I can fight, it scared me. I’ve been subdued before, despite my abilities, and there are only three people that I know who could have done it.

One is currently in this diner—he is always in this diner when I’m working.

After I broke off our arrangement, I hadn’t heard from Coby until about five months ago, when he started showing up each time I was on shift. Quite honestly, he’s dangerously shifting into stalker mode.

I was polite the first few times he came in, believing he just wanted breakfast or dinner, but then I understood his true nature when he gripped my arm, wanting a minute of my time on his fourth visit.

He was hoping I’d changed my mind about being in a relationship, but I hadn’t, and I told him so, but now he won’t leave me alone.

The other two are the Aldo brothers, my rapists.

If Acid hadn’t been threatened, I would have tried to sort this crap on my own, but he was, so I went to Nat before she was discharged from the hospital, and asked for her help. Piston managed to find the person who put the note on my car three days ago, but they were just a hooker believing they were doing a good deed.

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