Page 34 of Fury
“Venom, do me a favor and find everything you can on David Lanes, he’s tried to fuck over Skylar,” he states, not breaking eye contact with me as my office door opens, and Raya walks in with a face like thunder, making me raise a brow as Fury turns to see who just walked in and damn she looks ready to blow.
“Thanks, brother,” Fury says as he eyes Raya cautiously while she paces my office, her hands running through her white-blonde hair, and my eyes follow her with caution.
She shakes her head, nothing but anger radiating from her.
“You’re uh looking for Raya, are you brother?” Fury suddenly says, and Raya stops in her tracks and slowly turns to him with the hardest glare I’ve seen from her, and even I lean back a little.
He clears his throat and wisely says, “Uh, sorry brother, I haven’t seen her.”
Raya nods once, then continues to pace my office while Fury hangs up from Venom and looks my way and states, “David won’t be your problem.”
I nod, knowing not to question him, then continue to watch my friend.
“Uh Raya, you doing okay?” I ask cautiously, but she ignores me as she stops before Fury and points at him, threatening, “You better not tell your friend that I’m here, or I’ll chop your balls off!”
Uh…
Fury nods, putting his hands up in peace as she looks at me and snaps, “That dickhead beat up my landlord and has gotten me kicked out!”
Wait what?
My eyes widen in shock while Fury sighs and asks, “Who’s your landlord? Maybe the club can change his mind?”
Raya scoffs, “He broke his nose!”
Why would he…?
I lock eyes with Fury, and I wince, knowing there is no way back from that and he sighs as he runs his tatted hand through his hair, making the muscles in his arms strain and my mouth water, but I quietly tell my libido to shut the freak up.
He looks at Raya and asks, “What set him off?” knowing his brother has a very short fuse and can be nasty when he wants to be, meaning a broken nose might not be the only consequence, and Raya’s landlord may find himself broke in the next week.
“Dean asked me out on a date, and I said yes when he was standing behind me,” she admits with a sly smile, and this time I smirk.
“You accepted a date with your skeezy landlord?” I ask with humor, and she scowls back at me, her eyes narrowing with a warning, but I laugh and remind her, “Your exact words about the man was, and I quote, ‘I wouldn’t touch that diseased riddled man with a stick let alone my bare skin,’ yet you accepted a date?”
“You’re mean,” she says, and I laugh harder while Fury smirks and confirms, “You accepted the date because Venom called you undatable, right, and wanted to prove him wrong?”
Wait, he called her undatable, seriously?
Raya crosses her arms over her chest and glares at him, clearly not happy that Venom mentioned something on the phone, and I’m guessing that is the reason that caused her to rub him the wrong way.
My laughter doubles seeing he’s right, and he chuckles, a grin spreading across his face as he states, “There are a few apartments available in Bricks Street that the club owns, I’m sure –”
Raya cuts him off and snaps, “I am not living anywhere that Venom has access to. I’ll just move back in with my parents for a while.”
Shit. I sigh, “Raya–”
She cuts me off, “I know, Sky, but I don’t really have a choice. Venom has just messed everything up, and honestly, his reaction was pathetic. For years, I’ve been nothing but a pest befriending his sister because I apparently want to piss off my rich daddy,” her eyes tear up and my heart breaks for her as she chokes, “He’s said so much shit about me, my family,” she sniffles, “the crush I had on him, it has turned to hate which was his own doing and today he’s crossed the line.”
I swallow hard and look down, so I don’t make eye contact with Fury.
The Hyenas believe Raya left town and all it takes is one of their minions to notice she’s back her at Mama’s, and she’ll be under a microscope with them. I know she won’t be able to hold back if she sees one of the members near her mother’s home. Her revenge is too high to stand back.
They killed her father.
It took them a while to find out who the firefighter was that died, but after taking a few years to find his widow, her Mama had moved on, and they left it as it was. They didn’t tie up loose ends, especially after Grace mentioned Raya moved away for school but her moving back home…
Dammit Venom!
