NovelOnlineChapter 1373
Axel was quiet for a moment, then took what she handed him.
Blossom immediately added, "Hey, just so you know, I've had that withsince | was a kid. It means a lot to
me! Don't you dare lose it! You better give it back when you're done, got it?"
Axel didn't respond. He just slammed the car door shut, started the engine, and drove off.
Cold. Ruthless.
It wasn't until the car was far down the road that he finally glanced in the rearview mirror. Blossom was still
standing there, crying her eyes out like a little kid.
He frowned, tore his gaze away, and looked down at the old silver locket in his palm before tucking it into his
pocket.
As he was driving away from the ski lodge, he happened to spot those girls who'd been picking on Blossom
earlier.
They'd already ditched their ski gear and were just about to leave. Each wore swild thrift-store jacket, their
hair dyed every color of the rainbow, laughing and joking like they didn't have a care in the world. Couldn't have
been more than twenty, Axel guessed-kids who'd never had a real taste of how hard life could hit.
A few scruffy boys were hanging around with them, swaggering and loud.
Axel's eyes narrowed. He watched as they piled into their SUV and drove off.
A few minutes later, Axel caught up to them and forced their car over on the side of the road.
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The guys jumped out, swinging metal pipes and shouting, "What's your problem, man? Looking for trouble or just
blind?"
Axel stepped out, stone-faced and silent. He didn't bother with words. He just showed them what a real lesson
looked like.
When he was done, the boys were left groaning in the dirt, faces bruised and bloody, sobbing like toddlers.
Axel picked up one of the discarded pipes and tossed it to the girls. "If | did it, you'd be dead. You do it
yourselves-break your own right leg. That's enough."
He said it with that annoyingly handsface and a voice so smooth you almost didn't notice how terrifying the
words were.
And then, just to be clear, he added, "The right leg."
He remembered Blossom had twisted her right ankle.
Back at the ski lodge, Blossom was sitting in the snow, bawling her heart out, her face a mess of tears and snot.
Elysia, who had no idea where Axel had gone, tried to comfort her. "Hey, Axel's tough. He'll be fine, trust me.
Don't work yourself up."
Blossom sobbed even harder, "If he comes back hurt, I'll take care of him. If he dies out there, I'll go with him. |
swear, | can't—"
Elysia frowned and shot a look at Tarquin. "Where did Axel go, anyway?"
Tarquin could only answer, "He'll cback alive. He promised."
Axel didn't talk much, but when he gave his word, it meant something. If he said he'd cback, he would.
That was why Tarquin had made him promise before he left.
Elysia could read the worry on Tarquin's face, and she knew better than to ask more She hugged Blossom tighter.
"Did you hear
Tarquin? Axel's coming back. Don't think the worst." s
But Blossom seemed gripped by sawful premonition. She just sobbed, shaking all over, unable to speak.
Lowell, watching her, couldn't hold it together anymore and started crying too, fat tears rolling down his cheeks.
He couldn't take the gloomy mood,
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He'd just finished when his phone rang. It was Benjamin.
"Tarquin, you'd better tell Elysia to brace herself. | think she's gonna have to make
a trip to the hospital tonight."
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