No Longer Afraid by Christina C Jones

Author:Christina C Jones
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Warm Hues Creative LLC

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There was nothing I hated more than a man who preyed on women.

That wasn’t a particularly unpopular opinion by any means—they were societally unacceptable in general, but experience had given me a specific distaste.

A personal disdain.

That was why it was no hardship for me to sit fully immersed in the dark shadows of a mostly empty airfield, waiting on Kev to show up.

Actually, it was damn near a gift.

It gave me plenty of time to think.

What if he doesn’t show up?

Huh.

I hadn’t really considered that.

The intel was good, and we were rarely wrong about our deductions when it came to things like this.

One of us?

Maybe.

But all of us coming to the same incorrect conclusion, that Kev would be here?

It just wasn’t very likely.

But still—what if?

I grinned to myself, thinking about it. If he didn’t show up here, when I found whatever hole he was hiding in, I was going to make him hurt even worse for inconveniencing me.

That was what if.

Unbidden, the visual of Tati’s bruised, battered face came to my mind. Before I could shake it off, it had already morphed into my mother. I closed my eyes, trying and failing not to allow myself to be lapped over with a wave of memories, pulling me under.

Memories from before I’d been turned into what I was now.

Back then, I couldn’t do anything about the predators—the wolves who didn’t even bother disguising themselves as sheep. I couldn’t even reach the high cabinets in the kitchen without help. All I could offer was… triage.

The unfortunate aftercare of abuse, tasks no one should have to contend with, but especially not a fucking child.

A sound in the distance made me drag myself out of the pit of those thoughts.

I was only waiting for a few more minutes before Kev showed up, rushing in with a bag slung over his shoulder. His scratches and shit were cleaned up now, and he was limping, but he still somehow had a smug ass expression on his face.

I hated this motherfucker, and in this moment, he was reminding me of another motherfucker I hated – the one who’d committed the original sin that fucked everything up – but I couldn’t access. Not just him either, all the others.

But they weren’t here.

Kev was.

So... I was about to take it all out on him.

“Headed somewhere?” I called out from my place in the shadows, and like the bitch he was, Kev jumped hard as fuck, high as fuck. If I was a betting man, I’d wager he’d pissed his pants a little.

“You stay back! I’m armed!” he called out, trying to put a little extra bass in his voice as his eyes darted around, trying to see where I was. I remained in the shadows, stalking, moving to a new position so I could fuck with his senses.

Then I stepped out into the light, my hands steady as I aimed. “Me too.”

The shot rang loud in the empty space, echoing off the walls as Kev dropped. He clutched his leg, writhing back and forth as he screamed in pain.

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