Page 70 of Eves (Carson Brothers)

“I hope she hasn’t made you too soft, Kid. The kid I trained would never allow this to happen.”

“I’m not the kid you trained.”

“That much is clear,” the man at his father's side spoke and I wondered who he was.

“Good to know you’re still sucking him off every chance you get. Loyal to your master,” Kit said quickly and the man’s face turned to rock as he took steps toward him and Kit shifted me in to Nick's hold.

“Enough,” his father said, holding his hand to the man’s chest.

The crazy fucker smiled, like the devil himself, and it made me grip onto Nick's arm tighter.

“Let’s see your opponent.”

“What?” Jax moved in front of Kit. “You’re not fighting for him.”

“Look around you,” Kit said, taking his now ruined jacket off. “We’re outnumbered. If she wasn’t here you know I’d fight them all, there’s no other way out of this where she won’t get hurt.”

“We can figure out a way,” Jax answered as Kit draped his jacket over my shoulders, protecting them from the pouring rain.

"Wait until Delta get here." He said in hushed tones.

"I've just come from Delta," Nick said, “they've hacked our servers, everything is down.”

"How is that possible?" Kit asked.

"In honour ofthis, of course!" Kit's father lifted his arms and we each stared in silence.

“There is no other way,” Kit answered and he stared back at Nick who had a hold of me.

“Don’t let her see this,” he said and he gave me one last look before taking the steps with his father into the man-made ring.

“No,” I cried under my breath and tugged away from Nick to run after him but Nick held me there.

“He can’t do this,” I cried harder, pulling until Kit's jacket fell off of me onto the floor.

“Eves, you’ve never seen him fight like this, not really. You don’t know how good he is. He’ll be fine, I swear.”

“Doesn’t matter how good he is if we have no idea who his opponent is,” Jason said from beside Nick.

“I wish I’d have murdered him myself when I had the chance,” Eric said as we watched Kit walking with his father to the man setting himself apart from the others.

My breath hitched when I saw how huge he was. He was built like a brick and although he wasn’t bigger than Kit I feared for Kit so much it made me feel sick.

* * *

The guy wasbare-chested and ready to fight. I could see the hatred in his eyes once he stared at Kit. Kit had taken his shirt off in preparation for the fight, and the rainwater quickly soaked his skin.

"That's Maddox Kain, I recognise him from a report we got in at Delta," Nick said.

"What did the report say?" I asked.

"Illegal fighting. Each gang will train and present their best fighter. Since Kit's disappearance, Maddox has become the new best."

"He'll be eager to prove that he's better, that he'strulythe champion," Jason said from behind me.

Staring at Maddox, I could only imagine how he planned on doing that.

"Enough," Jax said, "you're petrifying her. Nick, you heard Kit. Don't let her see this."

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