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He looked like a monster. Evil and demented.

“W-w-what in the hell?” Cormac murmured, shuffling backward.

“What’s going on here,” Donovan asked.

Keir was focused singularly on Cormac. “I said let go of my wife.” He raised his hand, and Cormac was flung against the wall so hard he crumpled to the ground.

My vision began to blur, and I felt my knees start to buckle.

The monster was at my side in an instant before all hell broke loose in the pub.

ChapterTwenty-Six

KEIR

Ifelt her pull away as soon as I touched her and saw the horror in her eyes. Regardless, it was too late now. She had seen Dearil, or at least a part of him.

She had seenme.

The grotesque, unlovable part of me. And she would never be able to unsee it.

Cormac was on the ground, blethering like an idiot. I wanted to kill him, rip him limb from limb, and I sure as hell knew Dearilwouldkill him.

But not now.

I looked back at the bar. The band had stopped playing, and the place had erupted into a madhouse.

Donovan was yelling at Patrick. “Isshe fucking married?”

“I don’t know what in the hell you’re talking about.”

“We had a fucking deal, Young. Not just between us but also between your grandmother. She is ours,” Donovan yelled. “Lads, let’s teach these boys a lesson.”

A chair flew across the place, landing with a thud against the wall. Evie’s family was locked in heated arguments with the Sullivans. Fists were flying.

I searched the room, and my eyes landed on Aidan. I didn’t need him losing his shite right now. He was fighting with Colin, and his eyes were turning a mysterious shade of yellow.

I held my hand out to Evie. “Come with me.” Cormac and Donovan would have to wait. I would deal with those motherfuckers later.

She pushed herself further down the hall, trembling. I knew she was scared of me. How could she not be after having glimpsed the monster I truly was.

“Now,” I ordered.

“No.”

Dearil was fighting to get out. I grabbed the amulet around my neck, focusing all my energy. “Evie, we need to leave.”

“Stay away from me,” she cried.

“We need to leave.” I picked her up and carried her, stopping only long enough to grab Aidan by the collar and pull him behind me. Once outside, I set her down in the alleyway but kept my arm around her waist, so she couldn’t run off.

Aiden was pacing back and forth, panting like a dog.

“Put your hand on your amulet,” I instructed. “Try and think of something good. A person or a place.”

“What the hell just happened?” Aidan asked. Tiny bits of foam dripped from the corners of his mouth.

“Just do as I told you,” I snapped. “We need to get out of here.” More importantly,Ineeded to get out of there before I killed every person in that building.

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