AUSTIN'S POV PIERCE'S LIVING room was silent. The guys and I stood, silently, not uttering a single word as we waited impatiently. It was my fault. If only I had been quick enough. She wouldn't have gone through all that. When I had watched her being groped like that by Bulky, I was reminded of the story she had told me back then in school. It made me furious knowing I couldn't do anything at first. I'd made her promise to her mother that I would protect her. And what do I do the next day? I let her be groped by that bastard. I should have killed him. It was a good thing her mother wasn't here. It would have made matters worse. I kicked my foot lightly against the small middle table in the room. Annoying. Light footsteps echoed down the stairway. Raymond stepped down, seeming nonch

