Page 59 of Orion Ruined

“Fuck you too! Get it sorted and get over here!”

I cut the line and see a message from Logan waiting for me on my cell. I heard about the shootout at the Delgados. I’m on my way.

The front door’s unlocked. Just get inside, I reply.

I go back to Maisy and she’s still lying on the bed, her eyes open and her hand reached out to me. She patiently waits until I lie down next to her and she nestles snugly in the crook of my arm.

She looks at me with sadness in her eyes. “Do you think Kai did this on purpose?”

I almost crush her in my embrace. “No, Kai’d do anything to protect you. He’s just a little reckless.”

She nods. “He killed five men, those that ripped my clothes off.”

“They had an easy death. If it was up to me, I’d torture them one by one.”

“He was about to kill the girl, Natasha, but told her letting her go was the last thing he’d do for her. He couldn’t pull the trigger.”

“She’s as good as dead,” I say. “I’m gonna kill her for you.”

“I don’t want that.”

“I do.”

“Is Kai okay?”

“Are you seriously asking me that question? He nearly got you gangbanged!” I snap at her. “Once you go through that hell, you never go back! Fuck, Maisy!”

“I’m sorry. I was just worried for him.”

“Just don’t mention his name for a while, please.”

The closed-circuit camera buzzes on my cell: Logan’s in my house. He soon knocks on the bedroom door and as he enters, I get up to greet him.

“Logan.”

“Orion.”

We have a specific way of shaking hands when something significant happens; it’s almost as if we’re saying, we still got each other. Logan puts his hand on my shoulder, the brother I never had, reading me, and I let him because we can’t talk openly in front of Maisy.

I’m aggravated. I press my lips tightly together and shake my head. Logan glances behind me and sees Maisy. She’s sitting up, looking at us.

“What’s wrong?” She asks.

“Nothing’s wrong. In fact, look at you!” Logan chuckles. “You cut your hair shorter, and highlights too, wow. Are you trying to join Kai’s Motorcycle Club?” He takes a seat next to her on the bed.

Maisy’s eyes fill with tears and she’s crying again.

“What did I say?” Logan looks at me, surprised, then embraces Maisy. “Calm down, sweetheart. I just meant you look gorgeous.”

I sit in the chair facing them and shake my head again. This is way too fucking soon. “That shooting you heard about? Kai took her to his club and Maisy almost got gangbanged.”

A tic immediately appears in Logan’s left eye, a scary one. It shows up when he’s planning someone’s death. “Almost?” His voice is muted.

I hate repeating it, for Maisy’s sake, but he needs to know. “She was naked and tied to a table.”

“What?!” he thunders.

“I got there in the nick of time. That was what the shootout was about.”

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