Page 78 of A Love Like Venom

Not deterred in the slightest I welcome them. Spreading my arms wide I say to them all, "Let's have some fun, shall we?"

The first one to come at me is a guy on the shorter side but he's quick on his feet. He tries to swipe at my legs first, but I effortlessly deflect him and then kick him straight in the balls. One man temporarily down.

Next comes a man who is slightly older than me with a bald head that has tattoos on it. He pulls out a sharp blade and flashes me a smile.

"Alright tough guy show me what you got," I taunt him.

One mistake that people make with fighting with a weapon is they always strike for the heart. It's such a blatant obvious move that I can counteract easily. I take his hand and twist it at the wrist. The blade slips from his grip and I catch it in my other hand.

Flashing a smile at him I take the blade and sink it in his leg. He goes to immediately take it out, but I start tsking at him. "I wouldn't do that if I was you. Pull that out and you'll bleed out."

"You're fucking lying," the man growls and then winces.

"He isn't," replies Oak who comes to stand besides me. Lowering his voice so only I can hear he asks me, "What the fuck are you doing?"

Winking at him I answer with a giant manic smile on my face. "Having fun. Can't you see?"

He sighs heavily, a known sigh that means he's accepting what's about to happen. "This isn't going to end well."

"You're right it isn't. Not for them," I reply. Then I raise my voice and directly speak to Razor. "Especially not for you, motherfucker. I told you what would happen if you laid your hands on her. Excited to see hell?"

He wipes the blood from his mouth with the back of his hand. Then he spits out all the excess. When his eyes meet mine they're dark and cold. "And I claimed her. She isn't yours, Snake. The whore is mine."

That's fucking it!

Rage boils in my blood. My body vibrates with fury. Ready to lunge at him I'm pulled back by Oak. The only man who has the strength to hold me back.

"You better watch your month. She isn't a whore."

"You might be right about that. Her pussy was rather tight," he snickers.

Everything inside me shuts down as the beast inside takes control. The darkness consuming me with the need to kill him with my bare hands right fucking now.

I'm thrashing against Oak as he's trying to hold me back.

Just as I'm about to break free I see from my peripheral vision Dex and Pax running towards me.

Then I have all my brothers’ hands on me keeping me back from killing that son of a bitch.

"Calm down, Snake. Now isn't the time," Dex warns me lowly.

Glaring at him I respond, "What would you do if he said that about Haven?"

In a heartbeat he answers, "I'd kill him."

"Exactly so let me the fuck go," I growl, thrashing against all of them. They hold me back with a tighter grip.

Razor begins to approach me and it's taking everything in my brothers to keep me. He stops just a few feet away from me.Spitting out more blood follows the signature smirk on his face. One day soon I'm going to sew his mouth shut.

"You just started a war," he tells me.

"You started the war by bringing your filth into our territory. You sealed your fate when you touched Alice. This war will end when you're dead." It's not a threat, it's a god damned promise.

I will not rest until I kill him.

"We'll see about that. I'll be seeing you soon, Snake," he snickers. Signaling with his fingers the rest of his brothers adhere and begin to trail behind him.

Before he leaves, he says one last thing, "Maybe I'll pay a little visit to Alice. I'm sure she misses me."

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