My vision goes a hazy red.
‘She… she looked like she was gonna kiss him… but she kneed him instead.”
The room goes very still. Axel’s head tilts and Torch goes completely motionless beside me.
“Then when he was doubled over… she broke his nose,” the kid finishes quietly.
Something shifts in my chest. Not relief or pride.
She had to fight.
I told her she was safe, and she was anything but.She had to fight men over twice her size… Because I wasn’t here.
Angel’s voice cuts through the silence again. “And then?”
“She ran… they chased after her… Razor was screaming that if he found her he'd sell her off to his friends.”
Trigger shifts again and its the wrong fucking move.
Axel steps forward, but I get to him first. He will have to do until I get my hands on Razor. I grab him by the back of his head and slam his face into the table where Angel is sitting.
Cypher lifts his laptop just in time.
I hold him there.
“You put your hands on someone who didn’t want you to.” I growl.
Trigger’s jaw tightens, but he doesn’t try to get out of my grip. “She was up for grabs, Razor said we could have some fun with her.”
Angel doesn’t look at him, he is looking at his lap when he says, “And you think touching a woman without consent is fun?”
Trigger doesn’t answer.
Angel’s voice goes quiet. “Where is Razor?”
Trigger still doesn’t answer, I pull him back slightly and slam him back into the table. Torch is now standing behind me, standing guard over the others.
Angel finally leans back, bringing his eyes up. “Four is right,fuckBex is right. I have been blind.”
He pulls a knife up from his lap, twisting it in front of Trigger’s face. The blade catching the light.
“Well, I can’t change the past,” Angel says, “But I can cut out the rot.”
He moves fast, driving the knife into Trigger's hand on the table. Trigger screams and bucks under my hold, but I just push his face harder into the table.
“Torch.” Angle commands.
Torch steps forward.
“Take them.” Angel commands.
The brothers freeze and one of them is stupid enough to ask, “Where?”
Torch smiles, he’s just fucking with them now.
“The shed.” he says with a wink.
Torch gestures once and prospects move as he comes to take Trigger from me. Angel only pulls the knife out after Torch yanks on him a few times and Trigger's screams are choked.