“No.”Liam looked shocked by his answer.“I love her, and I’m not giving up on her, so if we need to fight to get this over with, let’s get it over with because you’re not talking me out of loving her.”
“As appealing as the idea is of beating you to a pulp for hurting my sister, a fight would only upset her, and I don’t think warning you away will be necessary.June is fiercely loyal, and betraying her trust like that ruined your chances anyway.So, either way, you’re screwed.”
Yeah, he was worried about that.More than once, he had failed her.First, when he’d left without telling her and waiting to get back to explain.And now this time.He would do whatever he had to do to make it up to her.
“I’m not willing to give up.”
“No, Rob, I don’t think you will,” he said as if almost proud of that fact.
Before Rob could ask him about it, a feminine scream rent the air.Both of them turned toward the sound.It had come from the direction June had walked.They took off at a dead run, both determined to protect the woman they loved.
Chapter 41
June mumbled about how much she hated men as she looked up and down the street for her brother’s red car.Had he said turn left or right?She couldn’t remember now, and she wasn’t going to go back and ask.Both men were probably in the middle of a brawl in the street, and she would only get yelled at for interfering.
As angry as she was with Rob, she didn’t want her brother to harm him.Rob would hold his own, but her brother was a Delta Force operative.Few could overpower her brother.
June spun around trying to get her bearings when her path was blocked.Two arms reached out and grabbed her shoulders in a tight grip.
“Hello again.”A man grinned ear to ear seeing her plight.
June recognized him.“Haven’t you learned your lesson yet?”It was the guy from the bar and alley that Rob had saved her from.She couldn’t remember his name off the top of her head.
“You still owe me.”
“I owe you nothing other than the beating you already received.Do yourself a favor and walk away.”
His face morphed into a sinister sneer.“No one tells me no.”June didn’t want to think about how many women this man had forced himself upon.No more.She would make it a mission after this to see him behind bars and paying for his crimes.
June placed her hands over his on her shoulders.“Well, I’m telling you no.”She gripped his wrists and twisted them out, exposing his chest.She kicked him low in the stomach because that was all she could reach.They both stumbled back from each other, a look of disbelief on both of their faces.
June’s triumphant moment was short lived though, as he charged her like a bull.She sidestepped him and let him stumble past her.He swung back around and reached out for her.June kicked out at him, but he pulled back before she could connect.
“You little bitch,” he hissed.
June didn’t let his words affect her.Instead, she focused on Rob’s training.His fist came toward her, and June grabbed his wrist and twisted, delivering her own punch to his jaw.He stumbled back and touched the corner of his lip where June could see blood.
The man spat it onto the ground as he glared daggers at her.June widened her stance, ready for him to come at her again, but he surprised her when he let out a whistle.
A moment later, figures emerged from the shadows.June spun around, seeing three men step out and surround her.
June saw she was easily outnumbered.She darted in between two of the men, hoping her sudden move would startle them and allow her to get back to the main street.Rob and Liam still had to be close by.
She had managed to just get past them when hands reached out and snatched her.June screamed at the top of her lungs, praying her brother or Rob heard her before a hand was clamped over her mouth.
June kicked back at her captor’s legs, but they moved before she could connect.“Feisty little thing, isn’t she,” the guy taunted as his other hand slid up to cup her breast.
June fought like a tiger to get out of his grip.
“Feisty indeed,” another chuckled and helped his friend hold her when she managed to get an arm free and was reaching back to claw his friend’s eyes out.“She’s going to be fun to break.”
“No, I get first dibs.”Her original attacker pushed back his friends.
“Come on, Troy,” one of them whined.“You said we could each have a turn.”
“And you will, but I’m first.I want to break this little filly.”
June refused to let these men see her terror.She wouldn’t give them the satisfaction, but she was having a hard time seeing herself out of this without some help.“You’ll never get the chance.”
