Page 206 of Psycho

Roman grabbed my hand and unfurled my fingers. I let him but didn’t look back at him.

My eyes were directly on the man that had turned from my captor to myeverything.

Please be okay.

Please.

He climbed in, and his gaze moved about in the crowd. It took me a moment to realize he was searching for me.

I sat up higher, and when he finally found me, it was as if everything and everyone had fallen away into the abyss.

Nothing mattered but his eyes on me.

He mouthed something as he looked over at me with a soft look in his eyes.

I stilled.

Did he…

No.

He didn’t mouth what I think he did.

I shook my head, and Micah smiled.

“And now, let’s bring out the opponent. You’ve seen him in fights before. You’ve seen the vicious animal that the man transforms into. Please give a loud welcome to the undefeated champion, Lincoln ‘Beast’ Vincent.”

Undefeated?

Did he just say undefeated? I turned to Roman, but he didn’t look worried.

I shook my head, my heart thumping furiously in my chest as Lincoln Vincent showed up at the entrance, and it sped up when I got a good look at the man.

“What the fuck?” I shouted.

This man was…

This man was fucking huge.

He was taller and wider than Micah, and I hadn’t thought that was possible.

He was bald and covered from head to toe with tattoos. Even his face had tattoos.

He looked vicious.

Wearing nothing but red shorts, showcasing his naked upper body and powerful legs, he looked even bigger than I thought possible.

How could this be?

Micah had always been the biggest man in any room that he entered.

I turned back to Roman, and he wrapped me tightly in his arms.

“It’s okay,” he said, close to my ear so I could hear him.

I shook my head. “No, it’s not fucking okay. Look at him. What if…”

“Lainey, do you really have that little confidence in Micah? You really don’t think he could win?”

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