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“She’s in surgery,” someone answered and my eyes swung to Kyle. He looked defeated and sad.
Anger began to rise up in me.
“You were supposed to watch over her,” I said, taking a step toward him. I wanted to hurt him for not taking care of her.
“If hitting me will make you feel better, then do it. But nothing is going to make me feel worse than I already do.”
CHAPTER TWENTY
Blake
I took another step closer to Kyle. Anger coursed through me and I wanted to hurt someone to ease the fear and anger I was feeling inside. No matter how angry I was with him and Curtis, nothing compared to the anger I directed at myself. If I’d taken more notice of the first set of negative emotions I’d felt from her, I might have been able to save her.
“What happened?” I asked through gritted teeth, trying to calm myself down.
Kyle looked at me and swallowed hard.
“Richard came here with a group of rogues,” he began to explain and I took a deep breath to keep from losing it.
Fuck Richard!I swore that if I ever saw him again I would end his life in the most painful way. I would make him suffer.
“Knowing there were traitors in her pack and not knowing how many there were, she made the decision to allow her pack to choose to stay with her or to go with Richard.”
I rubbed my forehead, trying to keep the pain in my heart from bringing me to my knees.
“When Richard showed up, every member of her pack made their choice.”
My eyes met Kyle’s.
“Most of them chose her,” he revealed, and I felt proud. She was a great alpha even though she doubted herself.
“Richard said he wouldn’t stop and he would find a way to take her pack,” he said. “I didn’t have a chance to do anything. She ordered two of her guards to hold me and then commanded the rest of her pack to do nothing.”
“What did she do?” I asked, already knowing the bleak outcome of her action.
“She made the decision to fight Richard to the death and whoever won would be the alpha,” he said softly.
Air locked in my lungs at the realization that she’d put herself into this situation. I had no idea what she’d been thinking, but it didn’t stop my anger for Kyle or Curtis. They should have done something to stop her. I knew logically Curtis couldn’t go against her order and Kyle was being restrained, but it didn’t matter. I’d trusted them with her wellbeing and now she was in surgery, fighting for her life.
“She killed Richard.”
I felt a moment of relief that Richard was dead, but it didn’t last long.
“She was so badly injured that Curtis had to rush her into surgery,” Kyle finished, his voice hoarse with emotion.
I wanted to hurt someone. I wanted to make someone accountable for what happened to her, but the only person that was responsible for the condition she was in was already dead. I took a menacing step forward but Kyle didn’t move. He stood still, watching me with sad eyes.
“You should have done more,” I said in a deadly tone. Kyle held my gaze but he didn’t try and defend himself.
“Stop,” Scarlett commanded, but I was way past any reasoning.
I swung and my fist connected with his cheek. The momentum of my hit made his head fling back, but his feet stayed rooted to the same spot. I thought hitting him would make me feel better but it didn’t. It just made me feel worse.
“Stop it,” Scarlett screamed, and before I knew it she was standing between Kyle and me.
“Get out of my way,” I commanded her, intent on taking some more of my anger out on Kyle.
He was the only one who was there to take it out on. Curtis was in surgery with Keri so I couldn’t take it out on him.
