Page 41 of Kalix
Before the mother fucker even has a moment to wake up, I raise my hand and slam it into his temple, knocking him out cold. Well, colder since his slumber is now involuntary. This guy should’ve really done some research, because when he wakes up, he won’t enjoy what’s coming his way.
Now that he’s taken care of, I spin on my heel and take off to the next room, letting the door slam open as I push through its boundary.
The figure on this bed jumps, and my soul already knows it’s her.
“Lainey—” I breathe out, flipping on the light beside me, letting the lamp glow next to the bed.
Her eyes squint against the light before focusing back on me.
“Ka-Kalix? Oh my God, Kalix,” her voice chokes with sobs as I close the distance, unsheathing my knife to cut the ropes that bind her.
As soon as her arms are free, she wraps them around me as I hold her close to my chest.
“Shh, shh,” I try to console her sobbing form. My heart races and my throat feels tight with emotion.She’s fucked me up, these emotions I’m feeling I’m not used to, I’ve never felt anything like this before.
“I-I didn’t know if you were coming,” she whimpers as her tears soak through my shirt. I rock us, doing my best to console her before I cut Alex’s chest open and slowly squeeze his heart until the life drains from his eyes so he can experience afractionof what we are right now.
“Lainey, I’d do anything for you. I’ll come for you in this lifetime and every one after that. Never doubt that, little rabbit.”
I pet her hair as she continues to hiccup. As her crying slows, I pull away to get a look at her, and I see red. Her poor fucking face, beaten and battered.
Her lip is busted, there’s a massive bruise forming under the goose-egg that sits in the middle of her forehead. Her nose is red like it’s received damage, blood dried in spots all around.
“Imma fucking kill him,” I grit. My body shaking with rage as I scan over all of her details.
“Did he?—”
“No. He didn’t do anything except my face.”
Great news for her, but he’s still fucked. He fucking touched her.
“Which hand?” I ask.
“Huh?”
“Which hand did he touch you with?”
“Oh, uh, right. I think. And he head butted me,” she says while touching the spot and hissing at the impact.
“Come on, I need to take care of him.”
“Wait! Please don’t leave me.” She starts to panic.
“Would you like to watch?”
She cringes, “No– Wait, what are you going to do to him?”
I start to tell her when she shakes her head, stopping my words.
“Never mind, don’t answer that. Yeah, no, I don’t think I can stomach it.”
“Okay, then I will have the guys sit with you. They’ll get you cleaned up, but Lainey, Ihaveto take care of Alex. I should’ve never let him walk away after the first time, and now you’re in this position because of me. I swear it will never happen again. Please. I need to do this.”
She nods as I pick her up and bring her into the living room. Everyone is standing there, the black visors down on their helmets but their attention is on us.
“Get her cleaned up, I need to take care of him.”
CHAPTER 30
