Then, she screamed.
I looked up. Sunny dangled with one arm, her foot in the grasp of Kenzo’s tattooed hand.
Her eyes met mine. Everything around me stopped.
There were no more options. I was staring Sunny’s death in my face.
“Fight, Sunny!” I roared.Fight!”I climbed like I had nothing to lose—because if I lost her, I didn’t care what happened next. Let death take me.
I could smell him. The sweat. The body odor.
I planted my foot, gripped a ledge, and using all my body weight, I propelled my arm above my head—and connected.
My bloody fingers gripped the bottom of Kenzo’s jeans. I tugged, pulled, yanked, but he held on.
I took one last look at Sunny, trying to kick out of his hold, fighting to the death. Tears streamed down her face.
My love.
The love of my life.
Our eyes locked.
I love you,I thought,I love you.
And with that final thought, I let go. I dropped my two-hundred-plus pound weight and dangled in the air with one hand around Rees’ ankle.
His grip slipped.
Sunny was free.
We fell together, Rees and I, two bodies tumbling down the cliff face.
I clawed for anything, everything.
By some miracle, my hand closed around a thick root jutting from the rocks. My body snapped to a stop—Rees clamped onto my ankle.
I planted my other foot and tightened my grip on the root.
I bent and wrapped my other hand around his throat. I stared into his eyes as I squeezed with everything I had in me, staring into the soul of the devil himself.
His eyes bulged. Lips turned blue. I squeezed harder.
Until he let go.
Our eyes remained locked as he fell through the air like a rag doll, then shattered on the rocks below.
“Jagg!”
I don’t remember the climb up to Sunny but I’ll never forget her face when I’d finally made it.
“I love you, Sunny. I’m sorry. I didn’t say it. But I do. I love you.”
“I know.”
I gripped the back of her head with my bloody hand and kissed her.
Just then, a rope bounced off the rocks next to us.
