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hurt him, if you do anything drastic, your life is over. Jail time. All of it.”
    “I don’t have to,” he says, his voice very hard. He stands up and heads out of the room.
    I jump from the bed to follow. “What are you going to do?” I ask.
    “What I should have done before now,” he says. He sounds so cold and resolute that fear spikes through me.
    He picks up his phone. He taps out a message, then hits send with more force than needed.
    “Who was that?” I scramble for my clothes, feeling an urgent need to be dressed and ready.
    Parker sits back on the sofa, naked, angry, and without any trace of regret. “Jax.”
    The silk-shirt man from the warehouse. The one who came for me. “What did you tell him?”
    He leans forward and lets his phone skid across the coffee table. When it stops near the edge, I pick it up. Parker has only typed two words.

    Finish this.

Chapter 13: Parker

    I know I should be the hero here. I should track down Striker and kill him with my bare hands.
    Or I should work the system. Have him arrested for his threats. Let him do jail time.
    But neither of those things appear to be an option.
    Maddie dashes around, throwing on her clothes. I feel detached from her for the moment. I’ve had to invoke Jax and his crew to clean up my mess. I don’t like it. I destroyed Striker in Vegas in a street fight. And four of his fighter friends. But they just keep coming, like a zombie horde.
    And now they’ve threatened my daughter.
    “Where are you going?” I ask Maddie.
    “To my mom’s. I have to be with Lily.”
    I stand up. “I’ll come with you.”
    She holds up her hand. “No. You just sent that message. You stay away from us.”
    “You could be in danger.”
    “Then call Colt. Have him send someone. You stay away.”
    Shit. I know she’s right.
    “When this is over, I’m coming for you,” I say.
    She pulls on her jeans. “Is this ever really going to be over?”
    “One way or another. We can’t live like this.” I walk over to the kitchen counter, where the ring box has sat since I got back. I pick it up.
    Maddie is dressed and rushing for the door. But when she sees what I’m holding, she stops dead.
    I hold it out to her. “You need to take this now,” I say. “It’s time.”
    She shakes her head. “Not right now. We can talk about it when we’re clear of all this mess with Striker.”
    I drop it back to the counter and strike the tiles with my fist. I’m angry about it. It’s not what I want. But Maddie’s probably right.
    “Will you call Colt?” she asks.
    “I’ll do it now.”
    “Good.” She comes over to me and covers my fist with her hand. “I’ll let you know when I’m home.”
    “Let me take you.”
    “No. You’ve started something. I don’t want to be around you until we know it’s safe.” She lets go of my hand. “These are my streets. Where I grew up. It’s nothing. I’ll text you immediately when I get there.”
    I stare at the tiles on the counter. “All right.”
    Before I can say anything else, she has already slipped out the door.
    I smash my palms against the ledge. I want to destroy something. And I want this man dead. But it’s not right to want that. I don’t know how to immobilize him. How to get him out of the picture. Jax seems resourceful. Maybe he will know a way.
    My phone buzzes. I walk over to it, not sure if I want to even read the message.
    It’s from Jax.

    Consider it done.

    Nothing else. No questions asked. No need for justification. Hell, maybe he already knows. Maybe he knew everything all along. I don’t know who those people are or what they do. But Colt trusts them. I’ll have to.
    I send a quick note to Colt explaining that Lily was threatened and that I asked Jax to intervene. That Maddie didn’t want me and could he send someone over to her house. I forward her address, feeling a pinch of concern that maybe someone is watching and will know where she is now. I add one more message.

    Hurry.

    I feel