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My hands tremble and my heart races as I consider all the options. None of which end well for me. Either Victor will get me for failing this job and follow through with his threats to my family, or the brothers will give him the intel he wants and they'll figure out I was the one who allowed it to happen.

Either way, I'm fucked and I'm pretty sure Victor knew that.

Asshole.

I lie there contemplating life for the longest time. I don't need to look at the clock to know that class has started because my cell starts pinging.

Lifting it from the bed, I find Luca's name staring back at me.

Luca: Ella said you’re not well? Are you okay?

I smile at this concern. It's sure more than I've got from the man who put me in this state.

Letty: Yeah, just not feeling great. Spending the day in bed. Take notes for me later?

Luca: Always. Feel better soon. You feel like a visitor later, let me know.

Letty: Thank you x

It would be so easy to ask him to come and make me feel better but I know I can't. I can't drag him any farther into this than he already is.

This is my mess and it's time to put an end to it once and for all.

These stolen moments with Kane might be fun but I already know that I'm going to be the one hurting at the end of it.

He's playing a game and the more time we spend together, the more I'm starting to feel things I shouldn't.

I'm starting to need him, crave him, and that really, really needs to not happen.

It's long past lunch by the time I drag my ass out of bed, preferring to hide from reality under my covers, but I know I can't disappear from life forever.

Although the second I turn toward my sink to brush my teeth and I glance at myself in the mirror I wish I could.

"Fucking hell."

I look like I've been mauled by a wild animal. I guess I was.

Lifting my hand, I run my fingers over the red angry bruises that cover my throat. If I didn't know better, I'd think he was trying to kill me.

I drop lower to the hickeys that cover my chest and all the way down to an actual bite mark hiding just below the neckline of my tank.

I bend slightly, looking at my thighs. Bruised fingerprints darken the skin before I find my Kane Legend brand.

Well, if he was intending to stop me from being with anyone else then I think he's probably achieved it. Fucking caveman.

I stare back at myself. My eyes are dark and swollen from lack of sleep and my lips still swollen from his kiss.

I made the right move not going to class.

If Luca or Leon saw me like this, well… I dread to think what would happen next.

23

Kane

"Get the fuck out of my way," I bark, shoving against Luca's chest when he lingers in the locker room doorway, stopping me from escaping after our morning training session.

I'm pissed. Really fucking pissed. And he's staring at me like he's ready to go a round or two.