“I’m here with his sister, and I can’t find her. Do you know where he is?”
“Like his little sister, Ash?”
“Yeah. Duh.”
That’s it. It was dark at Akers’s party, but this is definitely the girl that brought Ash. Shane’s going to have a fit when he hears what they’ve done now. “Why is Ash here?”
She releases an exasperated sigh, rolling her eyes. “We snuck in. Not the point. She was sitting over there.” She points to a chair near the pool table. “With some creep named Max, and now she’s gone.”
Shit. Dread coats my stomach. Max is one of the newer members, and something about him gives me a bad vibe. He always gets a little too rough with the girls, and there have been rumors about him being kind of pushy but nothing solid. I don’t like the idea of him anywhere with Ash.
“As soon as we find your friend, the two of you are leaving. Got it?” I snap, pushing past her to make my way through the crowd. She follows.
“I’ll help.” Lily trails close behind.
My pulse pounds in my ears, and my steps quicken. When I get to a closed door in the hallway and find it locked, all the blood drains from my face. If that fucker is in there with her, I might actually kill him.
Taking a step back, I drive my heel into the wood besidethe knob. It splinters as the door flies inward, slamming into the wall inside.
What I find has my breaths turning shallow and the muscles in my jaw tensing as I clench my teeth. Shane’s sister is lying on the couch, black tears streaking her face.
Max, who was trying to undo her pants when I came in, has now shot back with both hands in the air like he doesn’t know what’s happening.What. The. Fuck.
“Are you fucking kidding me!” I charge toward him.
“Shit,” Lily mutters, moving to Ash and kneeling in front of her. “You’re okay.”
He mutters some bullshit, but I don’t care to hear anything he has to say. My fist connects with his face. Blood trickles from his busted lip. Pinning him to the wall with my forearm, I pull my handgun from behind my back and point it directly at him.
“What the hell do you think you’re doing, huh?” Spit flies from my mouth.
“I-I,” he stutters. Blood coats his teeth, collecting in the spaces between them.
“Do you have any fucking idea who that is?”
“She’s just some chick. What’s your problem!”
I press into his throat harder with my arm, cutting off his oxygen. With gritted teeth, I lean my face so close, our noses almost touch, and I say, “That’s Shane’s sister, you dumbfuck!”
His eyes widen, and he drains of color. “What? No! She said she was eighteen.”
I pull my head back, pursing my lips, and pinching my brows. “So, this is fine as long as she’s eighteen?” I demand, still pointing my gun at him.
It’s taking everything in me not to blow him to pieces.
“I wasn’t doing anything! She was all over me.”
Nik snaps her attention to us. “No, she wasn’t!”
“I’m also pretty sure you don’t have to drug someone willing to fuck you, idiot.” I smack him upside the head with the gun. “She can’t even hold her head up. What the hell did you give her?”
“Look, she seemed like she was into me. I was just trying to help her relax.” He must see how close I am to ending him because he adds, “Please, put the gun away.”
I take a step closer to him, pressing it under his chin. The sound of Ashton sobbing pulls me from my murderous rage.
“You’re damn lucky she still had her pants on when I got here, or you’d already be dead.” I pull it away, shoving him toward the door. “Get the fuck out of here and pray Shane doesn’t find you.”
With a quick nod, he shuffles for the door, holding his bloody face. When I turn around, Ash is in Lily’s lap, sobbing and gripping her for dear life. Nik sits beside them with tears in her eyes. I squat in front of the couch.
