Page 60 of Blade

I shake my head in denial. I can’t let her do this. I just fucking can’t. Taking a life kills a part of you that you’ll never get back, fuck, I’ve seen some of the hardest brothers growing up go insane because they swear the ghosts of their kills were haunting them.

Luna sighs before going to her tiptoes and gently presses her lips against mine, and I fucking melt. Everything around me disappears, and all I can focus on is her as I wrap my arm around her waist, holding her close to me while keeping my hand with the bloodied blade down at my side.

Fuck, months without her lips on mine, and I can feel it.

I deepen the kiss as I push my tongue through her lips and tangle it with hers, her taste taking over me.

I’ve missed her, I’ve missed her so fucking much, and I was an idiot to think we could have been just friends with benefits.

She’s my world.

Luna breaks the kiss first, much to my disappointment, but instead of moving away, she gently takes my blade from my grip, and I let her.

He’s not my kill, he’s not Axe’s. He’s hers, and I may lose her.

“I need to do this,” she whispers, and my eyes tear up as I realize how much her words mean.

“I’ll be right here, princess,” I promise. Her eyes race between mine, and I admit, “I’m never leaving you.”

Doubt shines back at me, and I get it. She admitted a lot today, more than she ever has, and I know she’s still confused because I threatened her and sent her away after Mama hit her, but I’ll prove it to her.

I made a mistake, but so did she, by not telling me who she really was, not giving me a chance to prove to her that who her family was didn’t matter, that I’d trust her completely if she’d just told me the truth.

We can get over that.

Luna walks around me slowly, and I drop my chin to my chest, breathing hard.

“Luna, you can’t be fucking serious right now, get back upstairs!” Axe demands, and I turn to see him standing between her and her rapist.

Luna tilts her head at her brother and asks, “Are you sticking up for your best friend again, big brother?” I cross my arms over my chest.

One wrong word, my fist is going into his face.

Axe swallows, his throat bobbing, and he admits, “No, I’m trying to protect your innocence.”

Mama mumbles, “What a fucking idiot,” because everyone in this room, including the fucker in the chair, knows Luna’s innocence was shattered years ago right under his nose, and she tells him just as so.

Luna states, “Taylor, my innocence was torn out of me in the club’s kitchen at thirteen years old when I was sneaking your chocolate out of the pantry three days before daddy died,” Axe flinches, and my jaw ticks. She continues, “My innocence wastorn from me when I was shoved into the box freezers, bent over…” Luna stands tall and finishes, “My innocence was torn out of me day in and day out when that,” she points the blade at a now red-faced Brock whose attention is on me, clearly pissed that I kissed a woman he sees as his, “snuck into my room and did things no adult, let alone a child, should endure so for the first time in eight years, put me first for once and move out of my fucking way!”

Fury, Venom, and Cannon grin at my girl's fight while Psycho, Viper, and the rest of Axe’s club nod in agreement, and I tilt my head.

If he doesn’t move, I’ll fucking do it for him.

Am I happy that she wants to do this? Fuck no, but will I stop her, take away more choices in her life? Definitely fucking not.

Axe must see reason, understanding that her years of pain are slowly drowning her because slowly, he moves out of Luna’s way and fuck, even I take a step back at the coldness she shows Brock.

Okay, my girl is a little scary.

His nostrils flare as he eyes my cut on her and I can’t help but smirk.

Luna walks over to him and grabs the gag, yanking it out of his mouth making him cough. She murmurs, “They aren’t very nice now, are they, Brocky? Maybe we should try the open-mouth gag as well…”

Brock’s nostrils flare, and he croaks, “If you don’t take that fucking leather off, I’ll change my punishments from burns to fucking slashes!”

Luna snorts and asks, “And what makes you think you’re getting out of this?”

He looks at her, full of cockiness, and states, “Because I fucking own you. I made sure for years that I was in your head,that your body was only for me, and not only will you not allow them to kill me, but you also won’t either.”

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