Page 193 of Drown My Sorrow

Aspyn in the ocean? She wouldn’t be able to swim, she’d drown in minutes.

“We’ll meet you on main street,” I shout into the phone but pause when Sonny keeps talking in the background.

“I’m sorry. The whole town smashing windows and scaring them. It got out of control. It wasn’t meant to be like that. She was just supposed to be kept away from the pack until he arrived. He promised he wouldn’t hurt her.”

“Ezy,” Shale says in a voice of such menace it gives me goosebumps. “Who was messaging us from Gael’s phone?”

Sonny’s hysterical tears are enough of an answer for me that I don’t need to ask anything else.

“Put him back in the cell. I’ll deal with him and the rest of the village when she’s safe,” Shale growls.

There is no doubt in my mind I’m not losing her. We will make it.

I rush for the car, climbing in the back as Beau drives as fast as possible. At main street, we pause long enough for Ezy and a bloody Beau to be pulled into the car.

“These fuckers,” Ezy growls.

It takes too long to get there. I throw myself out of the car just in time to see the boat go up and come crashing down, dumping everyone inside into the ocean.

“NO! ASPYN!” I scream so loud my throat aches.

My entire world surges up and collapses into the violent tempest that is the ocean. I can’t lose her!

We’ve only just started living. There’s so much I want to show her.

NO! I’m not done! And neither is she!

That’s when it starts to rain. Thick curtains of it. A drenching rain. A blinding rain.

I could lose her. I need to be faster, stronger, smarter. Aspyn is my world, the shining light that has stopped me from becoming a monster, and I love her more than anything.

I run like my life depends on it.

My life does depend on it. Her life is my life.

The threat of the waves compete with the men ranging around. Six huge thugs with muscles charge towards us, trying to intercept us and stop us getting to the water.

I’ll kill them all.

“We have her!” Kelly shouts and throws himself past me, diving into the ocean.

Trust. I need to trust my pack. We each have skills. It kills me, but I turn away from the water to deal with the threat on land.

I launch myself at the first guy, throwing a punch that wrenches his entire head around. Two guys come at me, but Beau is there kicking out hard. In the corner of my eye, I spot Ezy diving into the ocean, while Shale joins the fight with brutal force.

There is no sign of her.

I trust my pack. My life is in their hands.

Chapter forty-nine

Aspyn

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I walk through the marketplace, being ignored by everyone. I’ve got my cane, but my leg feels somewhat okay at the moment.

The tourists are here, the surfers.

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