He fell to his knees, coughing and clutching his throat. Pussy motherfucker. “You’ve made a big mistake, man.” He tried to make his voice sound threatening but to me he sounded like a bitch that had just had his windpipe crushed.
“If I see youanywherenear school, I’ll bash your face in until you stop breathing.”
“What the hell is going on over here?” Nash Straker yelled from beside us.
“Hudson losing his shit bout sums it up,” Sanderson grunted.
“Well, take it outside,” Nash barked.
“Didn’t you invite him?” I growled at our host.
“Did I fuck. What do you take me for?” Nash scoffed, clearly offended.
Molly started to lean down towards Xander, but before she could reach him, Reed grabbed her arm, “Whoa there, beautiful. Not a good idea. Leave the nasty man alone.”
As Phoenix restrained me, my muscles screamed. “Take your hands off her,” I yelled at Reed, and he did, raising his palms.
My eyes clashed with Molly’s wide, frightened ones and I screwed my eyes closed, trying to contain my shit. Seeing her afraid of me generated a wave of regret.
“We’re leaving. Find Harper,” Phoenix barked, taking the lead.
“Where is she?” Reed questioned.
“She’s with Nick in the kitchen,” Molly replied. “Or at least she was.”
“Who the fuck is Nick?” the big man at my back barked out from behind me, almost shattering my eardrum.
I opened my eyes and rasped. “Reed, find Harper. Micah, get Molly away from that piece of shit.”
I could smell her perfume again as Micah ushered her away from the scene. Creed’s color started to return, and I spat on the floor next to the punk before Phoenix wrestled me away behind Molly and Micah.
My eyes drilled into her bare shoulders. I could see she was shaking and I knew I’d fucked up. She’d witnessed my dark side, and that was only half of it. The way she looked at me in the library would be gone for good.
As I started to calm down, I felt relieved that Micah was comforting her.
“Where’s the fire?” Harper hissed, Reed frogmarching her forward. “Molly, are you OK?”
“I think so. I don’t get what just happened?” she replied, it cracked mid-sentence, and I hated that I was responsible for that.
Harper’s face dropped, clearly shocked by what she was seeing.
“I shouldn’t have brought you. I’m so sorry you got mixed up in my brothers shit.”
“Sonowwe’re your brother’s,” Nix barked, his arms flexing around me.
“What’s up your ass?” she said.
“You. You don’t listen.”
Harper opened her mouth to carry the fuck on, but Nix growled out. “Neitherof you should be here.”
Her eyes fell on me, thoroughly confused. “But I didn’t…”
“Save it,” Phoenix snarled.
“You want to let me go now? Then you girls can bitch slap each other,” I snorted, straining against Nix’s huge arms.
My brother’s biceps flexed, but he didn’t release me. Harper’s mouth clamped closed as Reed ushered the girls along.
