Before The Fall: A Dark Mafia Romance by Abbi Cook

Author:Abbi Cook [Cook, Abbi]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Dark Vine Media LLC
Published: 2024-09-19T00:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER FOURTEEN

Tia

For the past half hour, I’ve watched Jaxon next to me, amazed at how someone so rough could look so peaceful and innocent as he sleeps. I truly didn’t want to believe he was dead, but as I lay here all day, I was beginning to lose hope.

I should have known better. Jaxon isn’t a man anyone can get rid of that easily.

The bruises all over his face and body tell the story of what he went through after they pulled him from the car wreck in that field. I don’t know his uncle, but from all he’s told me and what I’ve heard from Ryker and Cason, Victor is a terrible man. That he’d hurt his nephew like this just makes that fact all the more vivid.

With my fingertip, I trace a deep purple mark across the middle of his stomach and wonder what he endured to get it. I hate to think of someone slamming their fists into his body. What could he have done to warrant such barbaric behavior?

“That tickles,” he says with a chuckle.

I look up at his face and see him smiling. “I’m sorry. I didn’t mean to wake you up. I just can’t sleep anymore, but I didn’t want to leave your side. I didn’t want you to think I was all a dream.”

“You are a dream, but the kind that actually exists. Trust me. The rest of my life is a total nightmare, so you must be a dream.”

Sitting up beside him, I touch his hands covered in cuts and bruises. “You sleep like an angel, even though you look like you’ve gone twelve rounds with someone today.”

He groans as he tries to push himself up against the pillows. “A shithead named Dickie. I swear if I get the opportunity, I’m going to give him everything he gave me and more.”

I don’t know if I should ask any of the questions swirling around in my head about what’s going on, but I can’t stop myself. I’m in the middle of all of it now, so I want to know what’s going to happen.

“Jaxon, why did your uncle have someone do this to you?”

He tries to take a deep breath but stops halfway through and groans again. “Fucking ribs. God, they hurt.”

Sensing he wants to avoid this conversation, I drop the topic for the time being. We can talk about everything later. He might not want to, but I need to know what the future holds.

When I don’t say anything, lost in thought about the idea of a future with Jaxon, he says quietly, “My dear uncle Victor wanted to drive the point home that he has the power and I was just an unwelcome guest in his house.”

His vague answer confuses me, so I ask, “What do you mean? You’re his nephew. Why aren’t you welcome in his home?”

Jaxon smiles and rolls his eyes. “My family isn’t like yours. You come from nice people. I come from killers. And when killers want to get their point across, they either murder someone or give them a taste of pain.

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