She was traumatized at first, barely able to speak, but the bite mark aside, she
was otherwise alive. The anger I’d felt compared to nothing else when I realized she
was alone, especially since Romero and Alex had allowed her to sneak out from
right under their noses. I’d warned them about her, yet she was still able to play her
tricks on the people who were supposed to be watching and protecting her. No
longer.
Stepping outside for some air, I found Scott leaning against the side of the cabin,
smoking a cigarette. As soon as he saw me, he pulled out another one and handed it
to me. Lighting it with my own lighter, I took a long drag, inhaling the toxic smoke
and exhaling my fury. I was not an avid smoker, but there were days when I felt I
could smoke an entire pack with the stress of my life.
“How is she?” Scott asked, his gaze moving off toward the distance of the trees.
“She’ll be hurting for a while, but she’s fine.”
Scott released a small snort. “What is your fascination with her?” His voice
proved he was genuinely curious. He found my interest in Jaden entertaining, but I
never gave him much reasoning for it.
“She amuses me,” I answered, taking another drag.
“Lots of women have amused you in the past.”
“This one is different. She’s stronger than the others.”
Scott nodded. “And is your intention to make her stronger … or weaker?”
I raised an eyebrow at his question. He didn’t often question my methods and
usually agreed with them, but he was most unfamiliar with this method.
“The only thing I wish to weaken is her quest for rebellion and revenge,” I
replied, exhaling another puff of smoke.
Scott chuckled. “I have a feeling your patience will be the thing that requires the
most strengthening then.”
I couldn’t help but chuckle in turn. “You’re probably right. Jaden is exhausting it
as it is.”
Scott smirked, his eyes full of agreement as he nodded. Jaden would come
around eventually. Once she realized she would get nowhere with her games or
attempts at manipulation, she would give up her fight and succumb to her life.
Finishing the last of my cigarette, I snuffed it out and threw the butt in the
nearby ashtray.
“Ready to crack some heads?” Scott asked, flicking his butt into the same
ashtray.
“Stop me if I go too far. I don’t need them dying on me so Jaden can think she
won.”
Scott nodded and opened the sliding door back into the cabin and followed in
after me. Storming into my office, the door slammed against the wall as I
immediately went for Romero and Alex’s throats and slammed both of them into
the wall behind them.
“What the FUCK happened?” I bellowed.
They were smart enough not to bother fighting me. One snap was all it would
take for me to kill them both.
“I-I don’t know, sir,” Romero started. “One minute, s-she was there; the next,
she’s g-gone,” he said, his voice panicked and afraid. His hands were up in
surrender so I could see them, but it didn’t matter whether either of them
surrendered. They were both fucked regardless.
“Do you know how long she was gone before either of you noticed?”
“Uh- no, sir, I don’t.”
“A half fucking hour, you stupid incompetent fucks. Do you know the kind of
shit that girl can get into in thirty minutes?!”
“No, sir. We’re sor—” Alex tried to pipe up, but I wasn’t having any of it.
“She was almost eaten by a pack of fucking wolves! Do you realize that! Your job
was to watch her, and she managed to get away from the both of you and nearly got
herself killed! Her arm was torn to shreds because of you!”
I didn’t wait for another word from either of them before gripping their throats
even tighter and tossing their useless asses across the room. They landed in a heap
on the floor across the room but were able to roll up onto their shoulders like they
were trained to do. And that was when I commenced in beating the ever-living shit
out of them. Two on one made no difference to me. I could easily take four, and I’d
honestly wished these ass clowns would try to defend themselves, but they didn’t
bother. Instead, they’d only hoped I wouldn’t beat them to death. It wouldn’t be
the first time I’d done it.
Scott stood in the corner, leaning against the wall, his arms crossed with a fresh
smirk on his face as he watched. He knew this would happen, and he loved the
violence just as much as I did.
By the time I was done, my fists were sore and covered in blood while Alex and
Romero laid on my office floor, covered in my brutality and barely moving.
“The only reason the two of you are still breathing is because Jaden
