The Dangerous Curves Series

Chapter 52

Everyone turned to see Jax standing there, stark still and coiled up. Sarah stared at him, wondering at the look on his face. His dark green eyes were harder than she’d ever seen them, and he somehow seemed larger than usual. Pure rage poured off him, but it was ice-cold, as cold as his face, and its intensity made her shake.

Jax saw Sarah’s body trembling, and the urge to beat Joker off her started to overwhelm him. He had to stay calm now, though, to keep this situation from escalating. These fuckers were out of their minds on something, and that only made them more dangerous, less predictable. He felt King at his side, saw Dillon and Curtis close to Sarah, and he knew that Aidan was around somewhere. He’d trust his life to any of them; he’d even trust Sarah’s.

On the other hand, Joker Kane’s asshole jacked-up buddies were all here, too, and they were starting to make noise. Shouting at Joker, at Jax, at Sarah. The volume rose and rose, and Jax saw Sarah start to lose it. He met her terrified eyes.

It’s OK, baby. Me and the boys have got this. I’m right here.

“Yours, huh?” Joker grinned, his eyes bouncing around the room, his hands tightening on Sarah’s throat, and she struggled for breath. “Didn’t know you were the old lady kind, Hamill.”

“Let her go.” Jax’s husky voice was even and measured, maybe too much so. “Right the f**k now.”

“And if I don’t?”

“You really want to find out?”

“That sounds like a threat.” Joker reached into his back pocket, and now silver glinted in his hand. “I feel the need to protect myself, all of a sudden.”

Sarah whimpered as something sharp pressed into the side of her neck. It hurt, and she tried to pull away from it. Joker shook her hard, hard enough to rattle her teeth, then the pointed thing was back, pushing deeper. This time, she felt something wet sliding down her neck.

Blood?

“You get that f*****g thing away from her, Kane.” Jax’s voice was a low hiss. “I swear to Christ, you do as I say, or I’ll use it to carve out your f*****g eyes.”

There was a flurry of movement in the room now, with Joker’s friends all launching themselves at King and Jax. The men turned to meet the attack, and Sarah watched in horror as Jax and King started punching the hell out of anyone who came within arm’s-reach.

Curtis and Dillon joined the fray, and suddenly bodies were flying everywhere. Tables crashed and glass shattered, and Sarah stood there with a knife at her throat and watched the gentle, loving man that she was sleeping with turn into a brutal, violent machine.

The power in Jax’s punches stunned her – everyone he touched seemed to almost explode in blood. The one man he hit went down right away and without a sound; another one was crawling away when Jax beat his head on the floor. The sound of flesh and bone making contact with concrete shocked and sickened her, and she retched. She closed her eyes, not wanting to see any more.

Joker shook her again, twisted the point of the knife. “You shut the f**k up, bitch.”

Despite being outnumbered, Jax and the guys were handling the situation surprisingly easily. The drugged men were off-balance, uncontrolled, and that made them vulnerable and clumsy. Within minutes, Joker Kane’s buddies were on the floor, all knocked out cold, and Jax was facing him down again.

Sarah opened her eyes, then wished she hadn’t. Jax was covered in blood, his knuckles raw and swollen. He was enraged now, and any control that he’d had over himself was long gone. He was ferocious, furious, and Joker knew it. He dug the knife deeper into her throat and a sound of pain escaped her.

“I said shut the f**k up!” Joker roared. “You want me to cut your throat right here?”

“Let. Her. Go.” Jax’s eyes and tone were both steel. “You’re all alone here, man, and if you do anything more to her, I’ll deliver you to Jensen in pieces. I mean that literally.”

“You care if I kill your little cunt, Hamill?” Joker held her out to Jax, taunting and teasing, then yanked her back, his fingers digging into her throat, and cutting off her air again. “You want to watch me slice her up?” He pushed the knife deeper and some drops of blood fell on the floor.

Sarah watched Jax look down at her blood, then watched him turn into someone she didn’t know, and certainly didn’t recognize. He was seconds away from killing Joker Kane… she felt it.