by Bry Ann
“Welcome back,” he says smugly.
I fold my arms over my chest. “You wanna know about Pytor or not? My only conditions, you get the girls he’s holding out and he suffers like Mia and Anna did.”
“Done.”
Then I tell him. Everything.
Every key to unlocking Pytor. To killing him. I even tell him step one.
Find Anatoli and Tobias.
I thought I was done with them, but I’m not.
“Call me when you find them,” I say as Gunner goes out to tell his girl he’s leaving. He’ll be gone by tonight.
He turns back to me with a fierce gaze. “You have my word.”
… the game is on.
I’ll win this round.
Chapter 31 (Rex):
Shattered.
That’s how I’ve felt since Mia died. My mom’s been there for me, but there is a hole in my life only Mia can fill. I always blamed Alex. I thought she sold her out, but now I feel like shit forever thinking that. She’s been just as much of a victim in all this. In fact, she went through everything because she tried to save Mia. I should have never doubted her. Especially after my mom told me Mia’s last words. The last thing she said before her precious breath left her body.
“Save Alex. Don’t let Rex leave her. Mom please…”
Then she died.
Still I didn’t listen. I was too angry when my mom told me. Then Blaze’s darkness possessed me. He blamed Alex as well. I understood. Everything he was scared of happening with Alex around, did. It was his worst nightmare. He’s wrecked now. Possessed by darkness, and I can’t help him. No one but Mia ever could. He was all southern charm with her.
I can’t dwell on all that now. I have to save the girl I love. The hard ass, who for some reason, has chosen me to show her soft side to. She lets down all her walls around me, and I see her.
She’s the tough one of the group. That’s how her friends see her, but I know better. I know her. She’s vulnerable, and everything she says and does is calculated. It’s a wall she puts up to protect herself.
Now I have to obey Mia’s last wish. I have to do what I’ve always set out to do. To do what someone should have done a long time ago. I knew Gunner’s plans when he went back in the room with Alex. We had made eye contact while she was talking. Made an unspoken agreement. I made sure Gunner sought out the revenge Alex so desperately craved. I didn’t do it because I wanted revenge. Years have passed, and despite occasional lapses, I know revenge is never the answer. My mom taught me that. No, it’s because I want one thing for Alex more than any other.
My purpose, my mission, is for her to know she’s SAFE.
The happy end of Rex and Alexa’s heart shattering love story coming March 23, 2018.
BONUS SCENE:
Chapter 32 (Gunner):
I’ve watched his prick for three days. Watching and studying him. I want to kill him now, but he’s protected, and the kill would be too easy. He doesn’t deserve a shot to the head. He deserves more. I haven’t felt this sort of darkness or blood lust in years, but when I saw the look on Rex’s face, and the destruction in Alexa’s, I knew what I had to do. I am still fucked up from the day I saw Rex’s dead sister. For that alone this Pytor needs to die. I should have done something then.
First, patience. I sought out the two men Alexa told me to. Usually I don’t take advice or instruction, but when I saw the darkness in Alexa, the thirst for revenge, I trusted that shit. There was a reason she wanted me to find these two men in particular. What’s that annoying saying?
Hell, hath no fury like a woman scorned.
Alexa let loose would do more damage than I ever could. I’ve always found it interesting I had no attraction to Alexa. We are two of a kind. She just never let the darkness fully take over like I did. I respect her for that shit. I have no idea how she did it. I still crave this. When Rex asked me with his eyes to do this, I was way too fucking excited.
I’d never dive back in fully, because I’d hurt Dana. And I pick her every fucking time.
… But I'm relishing in this now.
The two men I’ve pretty tracked pretty much across the country are sitting in a warehouse across the street. They look like they are in a heated discussion.
I figure I’ll give them a little surprise. I burst through the door. No warning. I don’t need a pussy entrance. The older of the two men, the one I know as Anatoli, immediately whips a gun out and points it at me. No hesitation. Interesting. I don’t flinch. I keep my face impassive. The younger of the two, the one I see a hint of my old self in, just watches me. Even without the gun in his hand he’s the one I know would kill me if I don’t play my cards right.
“What do you want?” Anatoli asks. “You have two seconds to tell me before I shoot.”
“You know an Alex Ray?” I cock an eyebrow, when I see his grip on the gun slip. “I need to kill Pytor.”
I lean against the wall casually.
“And you two are going to be the ones to help me.”
See Gunner in action in SAFE March 23, 2018.
Gunner:
I’m back in the game.
And damn have I missed it.
I’m out for blood this time, and I’m not alone.
Someone will die and it sure as fuck won’t be me.
Alex:
The game is on.
And I’ll win this round.
He stole everything from me.
Maybe not my innocence because I was never innocent.
That’s a joke.
But he stole my very beating heart.
Now I get to have the revenge I always swore I would.
So why am I not happy?
Can the past and present actually mix into a beautiful future?
If this book shows you anything. It’s no.
It can’t.
I’ll never be SAFE.
Rex:
She’s more damaged this time.
She’s always held onto a smidgen of hope. Not anymore.
How can I ever show her she’s safe?
Especially with a certain Russian threatening the lives of everyone she loves.
This will kill her, but I won’t let it. My purpose. My mission for her is still for her to know she’s SAFE.
Sam:
There’s nothing more dangerous than a mother.
Especially a new mom.
I have a son now too.
There’s nothing more dangerous than a woman scorned? Psh.
How about a mother scorned? He’s no match for me.
I’m not even scared this time.
Alex will be SAFE.
Even if it means I won’t be.
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Other Books By Bry Ann
(Sam and Logan’s Story)
(Dana and Gunner’s Story)
(X and Aly’s Story)
Author Notes
Thank you so insanely much for reading this book. You have no idea how grateful I am. Rex and Alexa’s story is darker than the others (and every triggering), but this stuff really does happen and was their life. I couldn’t not tell it. Just wait though. Safe will show the true power of love and friendship, and of course Rex and Alexa’s amazing happy ending. It’s more than well deserved.
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