Page 275 of Boys Who Taint

I keep my gun aimed at him. “Don’t do it, Silas.”

Silas narrows his eyes. “You think you can stop me?”

“Silas, please, stop this,” Max begs.

“No, Max, he killed my fucking sister. She lost her life, so now he loses his,” he responds.

“He’s my brother!” Max yells, stepping closer.

Silas puts a knife under Levi’s throat. “Don’t. Don’t try anything or I will slice his throat.”

The door slams open again, and Heath barges inside with Ivy, who immediately grabs Max’s hand when she sees Levi. “Oh God. Silas?”

“Wow, I have a fucking audience now?” Silas growls. “Great. You came just in time.” He points at Levi. “We’re about to butcher this dude.”

“Silas, stop this, please,” Ivy begs.

But he’s still only glaring at me. “You really thought this through, didn’t you? How the fuck did you even find me here? Did Heath tell you?”

Heath’s eyes widen, but I step in front of him to protect him from Silas’s wrath. I know the type of rage he feels, but I won’t let it control my heart like he’s let it devour his.

But I guess the death of a family member would turn me into a bloodthirsty monster too.

“I know what your hideouts are,” I lie. “Where you like to kill your victims.”

“Bullshit!” Silas yells. “You’re all conspiring against me.”

“We’re not,” Ivy responds. “What do you think killing him will accomplish?”

“Justice,” he growls.

Max pulls his phone from his pocket and calls someone. “Elliot, come to the Shack. Bring Sunny.”

“Calling big sis now?” Silas laughs, making an o-shape with his mouth. “Ooh, so scared.”

“Spilling blood doesn’t end with more blood,” Heath says.

“Please stop this insanity,” Cecelia begs.

“I know you think you need this, but if you do this, it’ll never end,” I say.

“Listen to him, Silas,” Ivy says. “You know this isn’t right.”

“You’re only saying that because he’s Max’s brother,” Silas grits, pushing the knife further into Levi’s neck.

“Please, stop,” Ivy begs, stepping closer. “This’ll destroy our families. This’ll destroy us.”

Silas snorts. “Healready destroyedeverything.”

“You wanna destroy your relationship with Ivy? By all means, be my guest,” I say. “But don’t drag my cousin into it.”

“You’re just as much of a piece of shit as he is,” Silas growls, pointing at me. “Did you even fucking tell them you’re banging my sister and her boyfriend? Hmm?”

Ivy’s eyes widen, and she looks at me like she’s seeing double.

“And Levi didn’t just fucking kill Mave!” Silas growls. “He fucked Aspen!”

The door slams open again, and Grey, Xavier, and Aspen burst in, and everyone immediately gazes at my girl. I guess that’s out in the open now.

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