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“Not like that. You didn’t just take a shot at him, you dragged the information out and tormented him at the end. You enjoyed it, Donovan, and that’s why you can’t get enough of it. It’s why you like the crew so much. The danger and the rush get you off.”

“You’re wrong,” I said, shaking my head slightly and watching him cock his head curiously.

“How so?”

“I don’t get off on the idea of killing people.”

“You sure about that? You and Holloway sure as shit fucked a lot after you offed his old man,” he replied with amusement, the words dripping from his tongue like toxic honey.

Skeeter growled, shoving him firmly.

“Shut the fuck up.”

I moved back, turning to look at Claire who’d turned pale.

Good one, asshole.

“You did kill Tristan Holloway? Why the fuck…”

“Slash is just being a prick. He’s talking shit,” I bit out, turning and shoving past Slash to head inside, leaving Skeeter to deal with it all.

I shouldn’t have, but I got turned on when I heard Skeeter threaten to bury her in the woods if she ever told another person that bullshit.

I was fucking sick, wasn’t I?

Chapter five

Caden

“Rory.”

I frowned when she ignored me, continuing to punch the boxing bag hard before kicking her foot out into the side of it.

I hadn’t seen her use the bag in a while, so I knew something was wrong.

“Baby? You okay?” I asked, moving towards her and reaching out to touch her shoulder, but she spun around and swung her fist at me, connecting with my cheek hard.

I winced, because holy fuck it hurt, and I managed to dodge her second swing before she thankfully snapped back to reality.

She gasped, reaching her hands out to run her soft fingers along my tender cheek.

“Fuck, are you okay? I…”

“I’m fine. Fuck you’ve got a good swing on you. What’s wrong? I’ve been trying to get your attention,” I replied, holding back another wince at her touch.

She nearly hit harder than anyone I knew, and I’d been hit by Skeeter in the past.

She kissed my cheek, a worried expression still on her pretty face as she spoke.

“Just have a lot on my mind. What are you doing here? I thought everyone was busy today?”

I smiled softly, pulling her against me.

It felt good to just hold her.

“Never too busy for you. Lukas will be around soon, but I wanted to make sure that you were okay. Skeet’s worried, which makes me worried.”

Skeeter was more than worried if I wanted to be honest.