Chapter 22
Allen
I have never wanted to rip another living thing apart with my bare hands - until now. The inhuman monster who terrorized Brielle deserves every single t*****e known to man and then some.
I watch her closely as I count down from two hundred in my head to try to calm myself before I speak. Her color is gone, her skin ghostly pale against her dark brown hair, and I witness her body go limp and loose with exhaustion from reliving what must have been the worst time of her life.
I fight the overwhelming urge to scoop her up in my arms and hold her close. Instead, I type a paragraph about what she just shared with me, and as I do, I decide.
I am not leaving her side until whoever is tormenting her is caught. Like it or not, Brielle Cerver is stuck with me twenty-four-seven u
