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bring her home.” His finger went right at Dane. “You take her to

the hospital and have yourself checked out as well. Devon will go

with me and Kera with you.”

“I can go with you,” Dane said.

“Not with that knot on your head.” Blaine shook his head. “You

both need to be checked out. Once we get Makayla out, I’ll see to

it that she also goes to the hospital to get looked at.”

“Blaine, you don’t need to fight my battle here,” Dane stated.

“This battle isn’t all yours, Dane, it belongs to us all,” Blaine

said. “Now get her looked at. Come on Devon.”

“Thank you,” Samara said, stopping Blaine when he turned

and began to walk away. He didn’t look at her, only nodded.

“Come on,” Kera said, “Let’s get that head of yours stitched

up. Don’t need my best friend bleeding to death.”

Samara met Kera in the eyes and the tears fell, “I’ve never

had a best friend before.”

Kera smiled. “Neither have I. Kind of nice, isn’t it?”

With the help from Dane and Kera, Samara got back up on

her feet. Kera placed a thin sheet over her shoulders and she

winced at the contact. But she needed it since her shirt had been

ripped from her body.

The drive to the hospital was brutal. Each bump, each turn felt

like once more she had that thick belt hitting her backside again.

By the time they reached the hospital she felt as if she might pass

out. And when they were taken back, and a doctor saw what kind

of shape she was in, instantly she got a shot for the pain and

another to stitch her up. Ten stitches.

“How you doing?” Kera joined her in the room she would be

occupying for overnight observation. Lying on her side, Samara

tried to fight the sleep that kept working to take her.

“I’m tired,” she sighed.

Kera took her hand and the contact gave her comfort she

didn’t know she needed. “Well, it looks like Dane’s hard head has

done its job,” she smiled. “He’s fine. Talking to the police right

now, making the bullshit statements and all.” Samara smiled also.

“I’m worried about Makayla.” Samara felt so drained of

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energy. Even talking seemed to use up what precious amount she

had. “She’s only sixteen.”

“I know. Saying to not worry won’t do either one of us a damn

bit of good, but try to rest. She’s in good hands, and in a few

hours she’ll be right here with you.”

Tears fell. Tears she didn’t even know were forming in her

eyes. “I can’t believe my own father would do this to us. What kind

of person does this to their children?”

“A selfish one,” Kera stated. “My father sold me to the

Compound, Samara. Took the cash and left town for good. To this

day I don’t even understand the why of it, and don’t think I’ll ever

understand it. But what I do know and understand is that I have

friends now. I have Devon, you, Dane and Blaine and even

Darius. To me, you all are family and that in my eyes is way

thicker than blood. So even though it hurts like hell over what your

father has done, and what is happening with Makayla, you also

need to take a deep breath and get the rest you need and let your

new family help you take care of this. I promise you, your sister is

coming back.”

Samara nodded and let out a ragged breath. More tears fell

and she closed her eyes, crying silently. Kera wiped them away,

squeezed her hand, but said no more and Samara kept on crying.

She cried until her body gave up, the pain killers won, and sleep

overtook her.

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“Come on, Blaine, don’t have all night,” Darius mumbled to

himself while he paced the room, waiting for Blaine to show and

do his thing. Every few steps he would glance over at Makayla.

She was out to the world. He could go over there, take what

he wanted, and she wouldn’t be the wiser. It sickened him. How

the hell could men get off with a young girl that was passed out?

Once more he went to her, knelt on the floor next to the bed

and touched her hair. Soft, black silk slipped through his fingers.

Darius didn’t think he would ever find a woman to complete him

like Devon and Dane had. He and Blaine didn’t believe there was

one out there that could claim their hearts, and both blamed their

mothers for it. Darius’s mother turned her back on him every time

his father lashed out. She didn’t give a shit what happened to

Darius. Never showed him a kind hand, or loved him like a mother

should have. She simply had nothing to do with him.

Darius was brought up with the notion that women were here

for his pleasure. At a very young age his father had him instructed

on the pleasures a woman could give a man. And at that young

age Darius knew just then how fucked up his family really was.

When the day came that his father sent him away, Darius left with

a smile on his face. He’d rather be sent to some boarding school

on another planet then live in that cold house.

But looking at Makayla, something inside him began to melt.

For the first time in his life he felt like he wanted a woman by his

side, not one for the night. Kneeling down next to this young

beauty, Darius felt for the first time a sense of protectiveness.

“Don’t hurt me,” the three words came out in a faint,

whimpering whisper.

Darius moved his hand from her hair, brushed knuckles down

her cheek and got closer, “Never.”

Apparently the drug was starting to wear off. Darius stood up

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went back to the window and looked out again. Off in the distance,

almost too far to see, he could make out a car parked. A car that

looked a whole lot like Blaine’s. Not losing sight of it, Darius

brought out his phone and dialed Blaine again.

“That you parked off in the distance?” he asked the second

Blaine answered.

“Yeah. You ready?”

“Hurry the hell up!” The lock on the door turned, Darius

jumped and turned to face it. “Make it fast, man. Someone’s’

coming.” He hung up and waited. The door opened and in came a

man Darius never saw before. “Can I help you?”

He closed the door and faced Darius. The man didn’t look like

he had money, and yet
Darius didn’t either. The guy wore jeans,

shirt with jacket. Cold gray eyes, messy brown hair and stood the

same height as Darius. But there was something about him that

Darius just didn’t like.

“I paid for the next round,” he told Darius. “I’ve come for my

sweet young puss.”

“Don’t think so,” Darius quickly put himself between the guy

and Makayla. “I paid a large amount of money for her alone. I

don’t share.”

The man smiled. He also fisted both hands at his side and

Darius knew there was going to be a fight. He lunged and Darius

was ready. Two strong bodies pushed against each other, but it

was the other one a bit stronger. He shoved Darius to the side,

and Darius went flying. The man went towards Makayla and

Darius lunged right back for him. He knocked him down, hovered

over him and hit the guy in the face with his fist.

They both rolled on the floor, hitting each other, landing some

really hard and good punches. Darius tasted blood on his lip, felt a

cut over his eye, but didn’t stop fighting. He heard the sound of a

nose being broken, the man yelling out in pain and another hit to

his ribs. Somehow Darius ended up back on his back, the man

over him and his fist rising up for another hit.

But instead of the hit landing in Darius’s face, a chair landed

on the guy’s back and head, knocking him out cold. Darius got a

glance of Makayla standing over them both, a chair leg in her

hand. With a shove, he got the guy off of him and caught her just

as she crumbled to the floor.

“Nice one,” he said.

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She smiled. “Samara. Where’s my sister?”

Makayla still sounded weak and drugged. “Don’t worry. You’re

going to see her real soon.” He grabbed one of the blankets from

the bed, wrapped it around her body then swung her into his arms

as he stood up.

Since the door was unlocked, Darius left. He went back down

the dark hallways and to the stairs, glancing around him every so

often to see if anyone might be following him or noticing him

leaving with a girl. With the silence of the house he could clearly

hear moaning from men now behind the closed doors.

He made it all the way down the stairs and just about to the

front door when he was stopped.

“Where do you think you’re going? And with one of our girls?”

Darius was just about to answer that when he heard Blaine.

“He’s leaving.”

Darius turned to see Blaine with a gun at the guy’s head.

“Perfect timing.”

Blaine hit the guy in the head, knocking him out cold. “Let’s

get the hell out of here. The cops will be arriving in about five

minutes or less.”

“Thought you said you weren’t calling them.”

“Changed my mind,” Blaine shrugged.

Darius followed Blaine out of the house. He jogged with

Makayla in his arms to where Blaine parked, put her in the back

seat and got in the front. But instead of leaving, Blaine waited.

“What’s going on?” Darius asked. “Blaine?”

“I want to make sure none of them get away,” Blaine

answered.

Less than five minutes and cops arrived, raiding the house.

When men were brought out in cuffs, Blaine started the car and

pulled away.

Letting her go once they reached the hospital was one of the

hardest things Darius had ever done. It felt strange also. Hell, he

didn’t even know her and still he felt as if she belonged to him.

The doctors checked her out, confirmed that she had been

drugged with a roofie and planned on keeping her over night.

Samara also was staying overnight. Some fucker beat her for his

kicks.

“I owe you.” Dane handed a cup of coffee to Darius. Darius

looked at it before taking it, but avoided eye contract.

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“No, you don’t.” Darius pulled away. He couldn’t let Dane see

what was written all over his face.

“I know that look, Darius,” Dane stated. “I saw it on Devon’s

face the first time he saw Kera. She’s too young for you, and she’s

my wife’s sister. I can’t let you have her.”

Darius sat down and sighed. He was damn tired, more so

than what he thought. “I’m not stupid, Dane. I know she’s too

young right now.”

“Right now?” Dane huffed. “She’s too young period.”

Taking a deep breath, Darius stood back up and faced Dane.

“I’m not going to argue this with you here. Dane, I don’t know what

the hell is going on with me and I don’t want to fight with you. I

have five years to figure it all out. Maybe you’ll get lucky and this

all will be one big ass mistake. So to keep our friendship where it’s

at, I’m going to say goodnight, good luck, and I’ll be in touch.”

He turned, and walked away, leaving Dane standing right

where he was.

“Doesn’t work that way.” Devon was waiting outside, leaning

against Darius’s car.

“What doesn’t?”

“Darius, I knew without a doubt that Kera was the one for me,

just like you discovered tonight Makayla is for you. You’ll wait the

time that’s needed for her, and then you’ll come right back here

for her. But as for just walking away from her, Dane, this town for

that matter, doesn’t work the way you want it to.” Devon took a

deep breath. “You’ve been running from this place for years. You

and Blaine. Stop running and face it.”

“There hasn’t been a thing in this town for me to come home

to,” Darius stated. “Until now. Keep me posted on her, will-ya?”

Devon nodded, “Yeah, man. I’ll let you know what’s going on.”

“Thanks, and keep an eye on Blaine. Something big is going

on with him.”

* * * *

off golden light in the study. The rest of the room stood in

darkness. Between his lips, a thin cigar, and resting on the mantle

was a glass of whiskey. And in his hand a photo that he hadn’t

looked at since he graduated from school.

He stared at the photo, wondering when things went so

wrong. It was the only photo that Owen Paterio took. They stood

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together, laughing outside the school. Blaine remembered it all

like it was yesterday, even recalled who took it. A young girl—a

pretty young thing that Owen enjoyed having around. It didn’t hit

Blaine then why Owen liked having her around so much, until the

last week of their friendship.

Owen being Owen, ended up having a relationship with the

girl’s mother. Besides boasting about it, Owen’s main plan was to

get to the girl herself. She was so young, so pretty and as Owen