“How’s she supposed to feed the baby if her nipples are pierced?” Alec asked dryly.
I frowned, rubbing my chin.
“Wouldn’t the extra holes help with the flow?”
Alec snorted. Rowan laughed into his glass.
“We should ask Ella,” Rowan said.“She is the nurse.”
Alec laughed properly this time.
I didn’t bother mentioning that I could piss and store come just fine—with multiple piercings to my name.
They were still grinning.
I would be the butt of their joke for the rest of the evening.
“Whoa. What the fuck?” Rowan said, standing abruptly.
Alec was already moving toward the office door. My gaze snapped to the screen behind Rowan.
Ella lay on the floor, clutching her face.
I bolted after them, shoving past as I took the last flight of stairs two at a time. The man stood over her, shouting, one hand pressed to his nose. I tackled him, flipping him onto his back and landing hard on his chest.
I chuckled when I saw the blood pouring from his nose.
“Oh, this will be good,” I said, drawing my fist back.
I slammed it into his face.
Bone crunched beneath my knuckles.
It felt too good.
I pulled back and pummelled both sides of his face, over and over, until his jaw dislocated and his features began to swell. It became a beautiful, bloody mess—unrecognisable.
Gerard, our security manager, had already cleared the area.
“Take him to the basement for now, Gerard,” I said, wiping my hands on the man’s shirt.“And get rid of anyone who came with him.”
Rowan was barking orders. Alec had Ella seated on a chair, digging through a first-aid kit. I tilted her face gently, examining the bloom of a black eye forming beneath my fingers.
“What happened?”
“The fucking dickhead grabbed her arse. She punched him. He punched her back,” Alec said.
She was right-handed. I lifted her hand, checking her thumb and fingers carefully.
“Always keep your thumb out when you punch,” I murmured.“You did good—but next time, knee the balls. When they crouch, shove them over and stomp the head.”
She held onto my hand, tracing her fingers over the broken skin.
“Thanks for the murderous tips,” she whispered.
I swallowed when her finger traced the curve of my skull.
She hissed as Alec pressed the ice pack gently over her eye.
