Page 276 of Boys Who Taint

Silence has never felt more unnerving to me than it does now.

I clear my throat. “Well, this is awkward as hell.”

Aspen

Oh God.

Everyone’s looking at me. They know the truth now.

“He destroyed both of my fucking sisters, and now he’ll fucking die for it,” Silas grits, breaking the silence.

When he attempts to slice Levi’s throat, Apollo aims and shoots.

BANG!

The knife is knocked out of his hands, but not before it manages to cut through a piece of Levi’s skin.

He groans in agony, and I shriek. “NO!”

“That’s it,” Silas growls, before he suddenly storms at Apollo with the bat, wildly flinging it around. “Fight me then, pussy!”

Apollo aims, but Silas knocks the gun from his hand. No one dares to get close because he’s flinging that bat around. He pulls out a new knife and slices the air between his bat swings, cutting his way through Apollo’s shirt like it’s child’s play to him.

“You think you can win this?!” Silas screams. “Kill me then, or so help me God, I will fucking kill Levi Torres!”

Cecelia tries to hook him with her right foot, but Silas sidesteps and knocks her off-balance with a single shove. Then he punches Apollo in the stomach, but Apollo grabs his wrist and twists his arm, forcing him to release the bat. Another slice cuts through the air, carving into Apollo’s cheek. The look on his face grows incensed, and he punches Silas in the gut so hard he’s knocked to the floor.

“No one fucking touches my sister.”

Apollo jumps on top of him and goes ham on his face, punching wildly out of control, while Silas attempts to slice him in the arms.

“What the fuck is happening?” Xavier asks with his jaw wide open.

Apollo doesn’t even seem to notice the blood rolling down his arms as he hammers down on Silas with immense force.

Good God.

“Don’t hurt him!” Ivy screams, jumping on top of Apollo.

But Apollo accidentally hits her with his elbow, and Heath rolls up his sleeves. “That’s it. I didn’t want to fucking do this again, but you leave me no choice.”

Heath throws himself on top of the two others, punching and hitting both of them to get them to stop, but it’s only getting worse.

“Stop, fucking stop it!” Max yells, trying to pull them all away from each other, but it’s no use.

In the midst of the chaos, I rush toward Levi’s chair and pick up the first knife Silas dropped, then cut through the ropes. “Goddammit,” I hiss to myself when it’s not fast enough.

“Here,” Grey says, as he slides to his knees and helps me out with the last knot. “Grab his arm, I’ll take the other.”

We both throw Levi’s arms over our shoulders and try to make our way to the door, but Silas grabs Grey’s ankle and twists him until we both fall.

“Not so fucking fast,” he grits, crawling out from underneath the pileup.

“Let go of me!” Grey yells, kicking around.

Apollo pounces on Silas again, snatching his knife away.

“Get off my brother!” Xavier yells, and he throws himself into the fray too.

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