the face. “It’s none of your business, okay.”
“What isn’t any of my business?” I hiss, knowing something happened, something I didn’t want to happen, something I even fuckin’ told Axel to make sure didn’t happen because I’m liable to rip someone’s fuckin’ throat out.
“Nothing.” Rosa is quick to respond but I know she’s gonna keep quiet on it. “Why didn’t you tell me last night that you were going to bed? I waited for you.”
My anger is still there, but now I feel a little bad. I didn’t mean to stand Rosa up. “Shit, I’m sorry. The accident has been takin’ a bad toll on my body, worse than I’d originally thought at first. Fuck, I thought it would be gone by now.”
“You’re not a superhero, Grim.”
“I know that.”
Rosa places her hand on the side of my cheek and looks down into my eyes. “You need to be more careful, alright? If anything had happened to you, I’d be a wreck.”
“I know, I’m sorry. Listen, you’re the best friend I have.” I tell her, but as I do her face drops. I don’t really understand why, but she’s quick to slide off my lap and scurry off.
Though, I do see Ruby walkin’ out of the kitchen with Turmoil on her back. He’s one of the newer prospects we have up here, but he’s been here long enough to know not to do stupid shit like fuck someone’s baby sister.
“Yo, Rub’. Wanna tell me why you left school before your finals started?” I call out, rising from the couch and head over to her.
Her eyes go wide, but she quickly recovers. “Relax, Grim. My professors emailed me the exams and I was able to do them online. It’s not a big deal at all.”
“It’s a big deal when you get written up for missing class.”
“College doesn’t work like that. You either show up or you don’t, the only thing that matters is if you do the work.” Ruby rolls her eyes at me and crosses her arms, and that’s when I see it . . . the massive hickey on the nape of her neck.
My eyes lock in on it like I’m in some sort of action movie and it’s my target. “Who did that to you?” I ask in the lowest growl I’ve ever been able to muster.
“Who did what?” Ruby questions, then looks down to the mark on her body.
“I had that when I got here.” She’s tryin’ to fuckin’ lie to me. I don’t fuckin’ think so.
“You did not. I saw you yesterday and you didn’t have a purple and black mark on your neck.”
“What does it matter? She’s an adult?” Turmoil decides he’s going to butt into our conversation, but I do notice the hand wrapped around my sister’s hip.
Oh fuck no.
I pull my hand back, ball it into a fist and slam it straight into his jaw. Turmoil falls back against the wall and I do it again but aim toward the center of his face. This time I hear a crack and then see blood slowly sliding down through his nostrils.
“What the fuck, Grim!?”
“You don’t touch my baby sister, ever. If you touch her again, I’ll fuckin’ kill you. You hear me? I’ll fuckin’ kill you if you ever think you can touch any part of her, whether it’s with your hand or that shriveled up little thing you call a cock.”
“Grim!” Ruby’s obviously embarrassed, but as always, I don’t give a flying fuck if she’s embarrassed or not.
“I didn’t fuckin’ sleep with your sister. She’s not even my type.” Turmoil snarls in my direction, wiping the blood from his nose.
“He tellin’ me the truth?” I question my sister. If it wasn’t Turmoil, it must be someone else here in the club.
“Yes.” Ruby confirms.
“Who touched you?” I ask, louder and angrier than before.
“I did.”
I turn my back and spot Zorro with a toothpick in his mouth, holding a stick. Bull is on the other end starin’ at the showdown he and I are havin’. Guess they must be in the middle of a game.
“You touch my baby sister?” I question, cocking a brow.
Zorro removes the toothpick from his mouth and flings it into the trash can by him. “She don’t look like much of a baby to me, brother.”
That’s it. Every bit of control I have has gone out the door. Zorro knows me better than that. Fuck, he knows not to taunt me. I start to run over to him when two sets of