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“That’show you protected her,” I rage. “With fucking notes?!”
My punch lands on his nose and he takes a few steps back as I go for him again. He knees me in the stomach and my breath stops as I fall backwards.
I catch myself against the cage and we both take a few steps away from the other to catch our breaths.
But I can’t control the beast that’s woken up. The piece of shit is the first one who put her in danger and then dares try to keep me away from her.
“I don’t give a shit what you think, White. I need her safe, and that’s away from you.”
I can’t avoid his next punch. It’s right in my jaw and I get dizzy for a few seconds. I was willing to sacrifice myself for Jamie. But fuck I never imagined her brother was such an asshole.
I should have, he’s a selfish cunt who put her life in danger.
So I fight back.
“You’re a fucking hypocrite,” I fume as I sway his way. He blocks my jab, but not my right hook. “You fucking disappeared on her.” My uppercut gets him right in the chin and his head rears back. “You put her life in danger because you were a stupid teen who got involved with the wrong guys.”
While he’s recovering from my punch, I grab the back of his head and punch him in the nose. Blood spurts all over me and my beast roars, feeding on it.
“You brought the Wolves on your family,” I rage. “You got your dad killed and then you dared leave Jamie behind!” My cross lands on his temple and he falls to the floor.
The crowd is shouting but my beast is screaming louder.
“Do you know what that did to her?” My voice is slightly broken from shouting at him so he can hear me over the crowd. “It broke her. She’s scared of the world and still kills herself trying to understand it.”
He’s folded over on the floor, trying to recover from my attack, but I don’t stop. I kick him in the ribs.
“You’re her fucking brother. Where were you?” Maybe there’s something else, maybe the anger at my own brother is coming out too. Because where was Nate when I needed him the most? I jump on the other side of him and kick him in the kidneys. “I was there when she woke up from her nightmares. I was there when she had panic attacks, re-living the night she got shot because ofyou.”
Jamie is so sure the Wolves were after her dad because he was trying to end them. But if Aaron is part of them now, he must have been back then too. He simply didn’t have the tattoo to show it.
I’m not the one who lifts my foot to crush his face under it, it’s the monster in me. The one who is so addicted to Jamie it won’t let anyone get in the way. Not even her own flesh and blood.
But before it can bring my foot down on him, the beast’s ears perk up to the only sound it would recognize among those hundreds of screams in the crowd.
“Jake, please don’t!”
Her cries kill the beast and bring me back. I look around, searching for her face in the wave of unfamiliar people. Before I can find her, my leg is grabbed from under me, and I fall to the floor.
The beast roars, it’s mad at me for letting myself lower our defenses.
MMA is a complex art. Everyone has their strengths and weaknesses. Mine rests in boxing, not in floor and close body fighting.
Aaron Williams is clearly the opposite. He’s on me in a split second, his blood dripping on my face and torso. My legs are stuck before I can move, and I receive two punches to the face.
I barely manage to escape before the third but I’m not out of trouble. My heart is kicking with fear, sensing I’m not getting away from danger. He grabs me from the back and an arm wraps around my neck.
This is the most dangerous position to be in in MMA. In a normal fight, he’d make me tap out.
This isn’t a normal fight.
His panting voice is in my ear too soon, I’m not fucking ready to die. I still need to defend Jamie, I still need to fight for her.
“What do you want, White? A thank you for taking care of her while I was fighting other battles? Thanks for reminding me I got my dad killed, it helped me remember why you’re a sociopathic piece of shit that needs to be put down.”
His hold tightens and I throw punches behind me, but I can’t reach him properly.
Shit. I can’t breathe. I can’t fucking breathe.
