Total pages in book: 67
Estimated words: 64751 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 324(@200wpm)___ 259(@250wpm)___ 216(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 64751 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 324(@200wpm)___ 259(@250wpm)___ 216(@300wpm)
“Dammit, Alexis,” he growls into the night. “Dammit.”
Without a single word, he turns me toward the bike. I’m not certain I can get on it, but right now, he is the only person who can make me feel safe, so I’ll hang on until my body gives way if I have to. Lifting me with ease, he places me on the bike, and I wince in pain as everything feels as though it’s broken.
“Hang on, sweetheart. I got you.”
His words have tears rolling down my cheeks, even though he can’t see them.
As he gets on the bike, I let my body fall into his.
He reaches back with one hand, and he hangs onto me.
Somehow, he manages to ride slowly while hanging onto me. My arms are around his waist, my face pressed into the leather jacket, and I can’t bring myself to find the strength to sit up. As he rolls into the club, I know there are eyes on us, but I don’t care. Fury stops the bike, and his body moves slightly, then, a minute later, someone is reaching for me. I don’t know who it is, but it’s a hard form and they pull me off the bike and hold me up as Fury gets off.
A moment later, his arm is around my waist and he’s holding up all my weight as we move toward the clubhouse.
“What the hell happened?”
Colt’s low gravelly voice comes from behind me, and I’m guessing it was him who helped me off the bike.
Fury makes a low growling sound in his throat. “Her husband.”
“The fuck.”
Bringing me into a room at the back of the clubhouse, one I’m guessing belongs to him, Fury helps me sit on the bed. I hang my head, my body exhausted. I’m in so much pain I can’t tell where it begins and where it ends. I catch a glimpse of the white blouse I wore to the school awards night and see it is covered in blood. My bottom lip trembles as I reach for it, my fingers shaking.
“Give me your eyes,” Fury orders, and I know what he’s asking.
I look up at him, letting him get a full glimpse of my face.
His gaze hardens in a way that is utterly terrifying as he takes in every bruise, cut, and injury.
“Jesus,” Colt growls from behind him, standing with his arms crossed. “Are we goin’ to kill this fucker now or what?”
“Soon,” Fury murmurs, his eyes never leaving mine. “Where does it hurt?”
“Everywhere,” I whisper.
Then, I point to my ribs because those hurt so bad it’s mind numbing.
Reaching down, Fury unbuttons my blouse, and I don’t care at all that there are two men in the room right now. I just want him to take the pain away. As he pushes it off my shoulders, his eyes fall to my ribs. “Fuck.”
“Is it bad?” I croak, scared to look down.
“They’re in a bad way. Could have broken some. You might need a hospital.”
“No,” I say, so quickly it has his head jerking up. “No please. If you take me to the hospital, they will call him. If I refuse, they will wonder why, and they’ll call the police, and if the police are called ...”
“What?”
Fury’s gaze locks on mine so intensely I can’t look away.
“I’ll go to prison,” I whisper.
His eyes flash, then he looks over his shoulder at Colt. “Get me a first-aid kit, bandages, anything you can find. Good painkillers, too.”
Colt nods and leaves the room.
Fury looks back to me. “Start talkin’.”
I know I no longer have a choice. If I want a world free of Ethan, then I need to tell Fury the truth. I trust him, and if anyone in this world can help me, it’s him. So, I start talking.
“Do you remember a few years back a girl was said to have jumped off the rocks at the local lookout?”
Fury, who is now using a damp washcloth Colt brought in to wipe the blood from my face, pauses. “Yeah.”
“She was my best friend. Her name was Ella. That day, she called Ethan and I up there, we went there a lot. There was this little rock you could climb down to that was perfectly flat. We would go down and drink wine there sometimes or have a picnic. That day, we went down there. I thought nothing of it but ...”
Fury nods, encouraging me to go on.
I take a deep, shaking breath, and it hurts so fucking bad I have to pause as the wave of pain washes over before subsiding a little.
“They took me up there to tell me they were having an affair. I didn’t see it coming; I was completely blindsided. We got into an argument, and I took a step toward her. Ethan reached out to stop me, and I swung around, trying to jerk my arm from his grip, and somehow, my body slammed into hers. Before I knew what was happening ... she fell over the side.”