Page 175 of One Eye Open (The BlackWater)

This bastard had tortured her for days, had broken almost every god damn bone in her hands. He’d beaten her, starved her, waterboarded her, and violated her too. She didn’t care how much it hurt, she didn’t care if they killed her for it she was going to make him pay, she was going to make sure he’d never lay a god damn finger on her again.

She pounded over and over, feeling her knuckles crunch, feeling her hands grow slick with his blood. Someone shouted but she didn’t hear, she didn’t care, she just kept punching.

“That’s enough.” Someone said yanking her off.

She snarled throwing a punch round to hit them too and Jamie deflected it meeting her eyes with a smirk.

She looked down at the monster who’d tortured her. He was lying unmoving, his face covered in blood, practically unrecognisable.

Jamie walked over, knelt down and checked his neck for a pulse. “He’s dead.” He muttered looking right back at her.

“Good fucking riddance.” She said and he smirked.

“Get rid of the body. Dump it somewhere.” Jamie ordered and someone started dragging it away.

“You’ve got a mean little punch haven’t you Mads?” Jamie said stepping closer to her.

“What the fuck are you even doing here?” She asked. She hadn’t seen him in almost a year, not since she’d first joined BlackWater.

He grinned. “You know I missed you. I missed that sexy little attitude of yours.”

She shook her head glancing at everyone around them. None of them were moving, they all seemed focused on Jamie. “I don’t understand what the fuck you’re doing here.”

“Then let me explain it to you.” He said. “Your boyfriend decided to ruin my life, to destroy everything I spent years building so I decided to do the same thing to him.”

“What?” Maddie said.

“Cole.” He said. “He was so jealous of me flirting with you he had me kicked out of BlackWater. I lost everything, so when these guys came knocking, asking if I wanted in, I was more than happy to say yes.”

“You’re working with them?” Maddie gasped.

“Bingo.” He said smirking.

“Why?”

“I just told you.”

“Cole wouldn’t have done that. He wouldn’t have just kicked you out.” She stated.

“You sure? He’s mighty protective of you Mads.” He said. “Even before he was fucking you, he was staking his claim, making sure the world knew you were off limits.”

“Fuck off, he doesn’t own me.” She snapped.

He ran his eyes over her.

“I can’t blame him. I’d be the same if you were mine.” He murmured.

She gritted her teeth. “What do you want Jamie?”

He smiled then, stepping closer. “I’m going to use you to get to Cole.”

She laughed. “He won’t fall for it. He’s smarter than that.”

“I guess we’ll just have to wait and see which one of us is proven right then.” Jamie said glancing behind her.

“Put her in the truck. We’re moving out.” Jamie ordered and the men grabbed her dragging her once more. She snarled kicking out, trying to get free and someone smashed her over the head knocking her unconscious.

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