Page 126 of Reaper's Rival

It took my breath away.

Clenching my stomach, I cowered on the ground. The pain was intense.

“REAPER!!!” I screamed at the top of my lungs.

Why wasn’t he coming? But how could he hear me over all this noise? The men were getting rougher and the sound of glasses breaking brought fear to me. God, they were too drunk to know what they were doing. They were fueled by a short temper and alcohol.

“REAPER!”

I stumbled up, only to be shoved back down.

My head smacked the wooden floor, and for a few moments, I was completely dizzy.

“ABBY!”

Finally.

I felt his arms wrap around me and pull me off the ground.

“Oh my god Reaper, I can’t see, my eye is all bloodshot.” I was still cupping it as he shouldered our way through the crowd.

“Of course you would be in the middle of it.” He gripped me tighter and then placed me down on a stool. “Stay here.”

With a dizzy head, an aching stomach, and a bruised eye, I wasn’t going anywhere.

Reaper

“I’m telling you man, this ride to Kelly will be sweet. You have nothing to worry about.” Brad took a sip of his beer. “Really. I’ve got the boys under control.”

Just as he said that, I saw Bear throw a punch out of the corner of my eye. Next second I knew, there was a brawl and the boys were throwing punches left and right.

“Fuck me.” I got up, stomping on my cigarette. “Brad, help me break it up!” I got in there and pulled on Bear to let the other fucking guy go but like always, he wasn’t giving up easily.

Now it wasn’t the case of splitting up two guys but half the bar. More and more of my boys were jumping in, throwing punches at the MC.

Great. Where the fuck was Roach?

“REAPER!”

I turned my head. Where the fuck did that come from? I pulled Bear off the dude and pushed him backward. “WALK IT OFF!” I shouted and then went to the next pair to break them up.

But the boys were getting worse. The shouting was ear-deafening; empty threats were being sprayed from every direction. One fucker took a swing at me and my fist connected with his face first.

“Stupid fuck.”

“REAPER!!”

Abby? I scanned the crowd and couldn’t see her. Then blonde hair caught my attention. Sure enough, her body was lying in the middle of the crowd.

Fuck me.

I shoved my way through.

“ABBY!”

She didn’t move, and I wrapped my arms around her and pulled her up from the ground.

“Oh my god Reaper, I can’t see, my eye is all bloodshot.” She was cupping her right eye.

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