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“You touch her and I will?—”
“You will do nothing because you will be dead.”
Across the room, Rogue roars and lunges for Viktor, and the barrel of the gun quickly vanishes from my temple and fires in his direction. Hit in the chest, Rogue falls to the floor.
The distraction gives me the chance to grab Viktor’s outstretched arm and crack it in two, before I slam my fist into his skull and drop him to the floor. I pick up my gun and kick his away from him.
Wounded and crying in pain, he looks up at me, fear bright in his cold eyes.
Standing over him, I shoot him in both of his knees just to make him howl, then I kneel beside him and bring my face close so he can hear me.
“She is worth dying for. Not just because of how good it feels to be inside her, or because hearing her moan my name is like hearing angels fucking sing. But because she is the most beautiful thing in the world. Perfect in every possible way. And I’m going to marry her and spend the rest of my life making sure she moans my name every night. We will be happy…while you slowly rot in the ground. Nothing more than human mince seeping back into the earth.” I lean a little closer. “I wanted you to know that before you die.”
He's in too much pain to talk. But his eyes scream with the rage he feels.
And that is all I need.
Rising to my feet, I leave him to suffer while I check on Rogue.
But he’s gone.
A bullet straight to the heart.
Stupid bastard. The moment he sold us out, it wasn’t going to end well for him.
Still, it hurts. Losing one of our own because of one stupid decision.
I crouch down and close his eyes.
Beast walks into the room and zeros in on Rogue lying dead on the floor, and Viktor moaning in pain only a yard away.
A frown ripples across Beast’s face. “What the fuck happened?”
“Rogue was the rat.”
“What did he tell you?”
“I’ll explain later. Did you find Lucretia?”
“She’s with Gambit. She’s shaken up but she’s okay.” He walks over and kicks a boot into Viktor’s belly, making the asshole yelp. “This fuck didn’t get a chance to do anything to her before we arrived.”
Thank fuck.
"We’ll take her back to the clubhouse where Rev can look her over. She’ll be safe. Did you find Ella?” Beast asks.
“She’s not here. Rogue lied. But I’m going to find her.”
“Go get your girl. I will take care of this.” He nods toward Viktor.
“No,” I say, sliding Hellbringer from my back scabbard. “Allow me.”
CHAPTER 63
Ella
The darkness begins to fade,and I blink awake. The first thing I’m aware of is my cheek pressed against the cold floor and the icy sting of it on my skin. The second thing I’m made aware of is the shove of a boot in my thigh as my brother demands I wake up.
“Time to go,” he says.
