…KAGE POV…
"Kage, please stop. Let him go."
I hear Avyanna's voice echo over my shoulder. Pleading and begging, but what she is saying, I really do not know. She could be declaring her undying love, and I would not give a shit right now. My only purpose is to teach this fucking pig some manners.
But the fool is looking up at me with a goddamn smirk on that pretty-boy face. Not only does it infuriate me, but that rage within me only grows. With my fist twisting firmly into his fake designer shirt, my voice rumbles like growing thunder, "You DO NOT touch Avyanna like that."
With his voice taunting, he dares to spit in mocking laughter, "Who the fuck do you think you are?"
"I already told you, but it seems that you are so goddam thick that I am going to have to show you."
I show for Slater and Niko to grab him by the arms and lift him from the filthy pavement. Then, just as I am about to ball my hand into a fist, I feel Avyanna pulling me back, "Please, Kage. I told you I will do it."
I cannot help but chuckle as I see pretty boy's eyes grow wide, but unfortunately for Avyanna, I do not let scum like this get away with hurting a woman. And especially if that woman is mine. So as I glance over my shoulder, I look at Olivia, that has now joined Avyanna, "Liv, you know how this works, best you keep your sister in line."
Avyanna still tries to push forward to pull me away from her little boyfriend, "Kage, if you do this, then I will not do not."
Just for that small fraction of a minute, I turn around to face her, "Do not play games with me, Avyanna. Now, I am only going to teach him some manners."
But then pretty boy feels the need to add, "You are the one that needs to be taught manners."
I do not say a word, but continue to step a step closer.
Do I really want to piss off Avyanna?
I have a reputation to uphold, so that is not even a question.
Pretty boy here will feel as I slowly crush every fucking bone in his body. Once I am done with him, he would not even be able to lift a goddamn finger on my woman. I am going to rip him apart and send him home in boxes to his mother.
Or perhaps I should scatter his limbs across Jackson.
So as I take one more step closer, the fool decides he needs to speak once more, "You are a fucking animal."
I cannot help but burst out in a fit of laughter, "If you only knew what kind of an animal I am."
"Screw you, you are a coward that hides behind his fists."
Feeling my last tether of restraint snap, I grip him around his throat, tightening my grip with each gasp he takes. As his voice grows in strangles while he pleads, I slowly lift his body from the floor. I feel him start to kick and squirm. His eyes haze over with terror as he looks down at me. Hearing him gargle on his own breath, is like a symphony to my ears.
And as I start to lift him higher, I hear Avyanna's voice grow with nothing but fear, "Please Kage. He did not mean to hurt me."
"It is the second time he has done it today. The first time, I looked away, but the second… I am sorry, but he is going to pay."
"Please," her voice stutters as she continues to beg. "I will speak to him, he will leave town immediately."
Not wanting to hear her beg any further, I launch my fist square on the bridge of his nose. I hear a slight crack as he grunts in pain. The blood comes dripping down in little drops over his pretty-boy face. Then retracting my arms once again, I crash my knuckles into his cheek. Watching his head snap and vibrate from the impact.
Then, as I show for Slater and Niko to let go of his arms, I watch his body drop like a sack of shit to the floor. Towering over his body, I look down at his battered face, "Do not ever touch Avyanna like that." Watching as he tries to rise to his feet, I turn back over to Avyanna, "You have ten minutes, then I want him out of my town."
…AVYANNA POV…
Kage has messed up Liam pretty good.
And let us not forget about the fact that he got me spilling my goddamn mouth about our agreement.
Well, not completely, so I can still lie my way around it.
But judging by the look on Liam's battered face, that is not going to be easy, not by a long shot. Even Olivia is as confused as him. By the concern in her eyes, I can see that she is not completely sure about what is going on here, but I am sure she has a pretty good idea.
So as I show for Olivia to give me a few moments alone with Liam, I take him by the end and lead him back to the car. I am not sure if he is showing remorse for what he has done, but I know that as soon as we are inside the car behind locked doors, his mood is for sure going to change.
That is if he is not shit scared that Kage will come back and finish what he has started.
As he finally slides into the front seat, and I into the passenger next to him, he turns to face, "I am going to guess that everything I heard about these Xavier brothers and you are true?"
Not knowing where to stick my damn head in, I look down at my hands that are fidgeting in my lap, "That was a long time ago, Liam. I have changed since. I changed when I met you."
"Do you still have feelings for them?"
Wanting to rather stick my damn foot in my mouth than having to lie straight to his face, I cannot help but snap in a bout of anger, "Of course not. I fucking hate them."
"Well, you pretty much sound like the town slut?"
Can he not say it more plainly than that? It feels as if I have been punched in the gut. I was not prepared for a comment like that to come from his lips. During all this time that we have been together, I have never heard him say anything to me like that.
How can he even say that?
Does he really mean it?
Or is that just him being jealous?
"Liam, how can you say that? You know me, and I am not a fucking slut?"
"Then what is he talking about? What will you do?"
With a deep sigh, I take Liam's hands into mine, "You know that I love you. You and only you. And you know how much our relationship means to me. I have never felt so strongly about anyone as I do about you."
Ya… I am so fucking lying.
But yet, I continue, "We have a good thing going here, Liam. And you know that I see only a future with you. But there is something I need to do."
"Stop sugar-coating it, babe. Just tell me."
"My dad has gotten himself into some trouble with Kage, and he is not in a position to get himself out of it. So…"
"You have to get him out of it?"
"Yes."
I watch that bruised face grow angrier by the second. His voice hitches a pitch louder, and just as he is about to reach out to grab me by the shoulders, that pain that is still radiating through his body causes him to stop and immediately turn to look around him.
Is he expecting to see Kage?
So, lowering his voice for a fraction, he takes my hand gently into his, "What do you have to do for him?"
"Uhm… He wants me to work for him for three months."
"Three months? Is he fucking mad?"
"Babe, it is for my dad. I have to."
I watch as Liam shakes his head furiously, causing him to wince in pain, "Well, I am not leaving town then."
But just as he says the very words, there is a knock on the passenger side window. As I snap my head in the direction, I am met by the deep blue eyes of Kage. With nothing but that goddamn smirk on his face, he waits for me to turn down the window, before he speaks in a voice that sends nothing but a warning, "Time is up, Avyanna." Then he looks over to Liam, "Time for you to leave my town."