Chapter 40

Never afraid of you, but afraid for you.

“No, Liz. I’m sorry, but you’re not putting yourself in harm’s way! I’ll be the one handling this,” my words came out as a low, menacing growl, like fury, rage, hate, you name it, began to boil inside me, all these emotions cooking up together, making it hard to leash my demon, he wanted out, he wanted to revenge her, he wanted to bring justice to her suffering. It was unthinkable someone touching her in such a crude way.

“NO!...