Page 153 of We Are Yours
Except this time, it wasn’t Julius and Kraven I was stuck in the middle of.
No.
This time, it wasn’t sibling rivalry I was up against.
This encounter was much darker.
Deeper.
This battle was with Kraven and the first man who ever broke his heart.
He was the original wound he’d never heal from…
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His father.
Chapter
Fifty
Isla
Joe didn’t waver, attacking full force. “You fucking killed her, you little shit! You finally fucking killed her!”
I flinched, stunned by the power of his statement.
Joe slurred, stumbling all around. “You sucked the life out of her! You both did! You and Julius! You did this to her! You’re the reason she’s dead!”
I thought Kraven would fight back.
I thought he’d argue.
Stick up for himself.
Something.
Anything.
Other than how he was reacting. He was frozen in the place he stood.
Coming from a guy who always chose to fight, I couldn’t believe what I was seeing.
Joe barged right in as if he were invited. Fully aware he wasn’t even welcome. Every last one of his demons emerged, clouding the space around us. The tension was so thick you could choke on it.
The answers he needed.
The truth he was looking for.
The reality of his mistakes and regrets.
None of what I thought I’d see from a father who abandoned his sons was there.
Instead, he was filled with nothing but his wrath.
The room smelled of booze and weed, and it was obvious he was shit-faced. He could barely stand, slurring his words as he held a bottle of whiskey that was almost empty.
I grew anxious and impatient from the mixture of emotions he triggered inside me. The sentiments dwelled in the dark hollow space where fear still lived.
