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Anger like Dwayne had heard in prison too many times before.
Dwayne pulled himself to his feet, and tried to run.
He made it two feet before Chase pulled him to the ground again.
The pipe was there. Where he’d dropped it to deal with the girl.
Dwayne grabbed it—and swung.
He got lucky again. Just one more time. The world, the fates, whatever those bitches were called,owedhim something now, didn’t they?
He was going to kill Chase, and that fucker Gene Hiller.
Then…he was going to take that girl and do whatever in the hell he wanted to with her.
Dwayne was finally going to finish what he’d started more than a decade before.
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Nothing had ever burnedas much as his arms did now. The knife or razor, whatever the bastard had had got him dead one. But Kurt wasn’t stopping. That bastard had hit him, with a damned metal pipe. They’d wrestled over it.
Yunderhall had grabbed it. Had hit Kurt again.
But Kurt wasn’t giving up. Not now…not with what he had to lose.
He heard her calling his name. That was all the incentive he needed.
Kurt was building thelifehe wanted with his girls, with the woman he loved. He wasn’t letting Dwayne Yunderhall take that away from him now. He just wasn’t.
He was going to end this.
Kurt pulled himself to his knees.
And dove at the man one more time.
They went down, to the dirt and the rock. And Kurt just kept swinging.
His fingers wrapped around the metal pipe. He yanked.
And threw it hard.
Then it was just him, Yunderhall, and the box cutter he brandished now.
Kurt roared. And took him down to the ground.
Ignoring the box cutter where it sliced too close to his neck for comfort.
He was bigger, stronger, younger—and had a lot more to live for in the woman now calling his name.
Kurt took Yunderhall to the ground.
And held him there.
Until two of Greer’s brothers pulled him away.
“I’ll handle Yunderhall from here,” Gene said. “Guth, I think Chase is probably yours now.”
“Help is on the way. A few minutes out,” Guthrie said. He reached out. Pulled Kurt’s arm over his shoulder. “You and Gunn handle this guy while I check Chase and Greer?”
