Salvation (Angels Halo MC Next Gen 1)

I didn’t like how this Theo guy seemed to be so close to her. Feeling the rage monster in me start to rear his head, I thumbed up, seeing how far back the texts went. It went as far back as two weeks before not letting me see anything else, and I started reading again.

From what I read, they met up in New York and, from the looks of it, spent a lot of time together. There was a lot of joking about how Theo’s mom wouldn’t take no for an answer and kept buying Lexa things, and Lexa begging him to save her from his mother and aunt. There were plans for dinners and even a movie date. He was the one to drive her to the airport the day she came home, and he’d said he missed her already that same night.

My hand clenched around the phone, and I heard it creak at the mistreatment. My knuckles protested the tightening of muscles, the gashes that had started to seal and scab over opening again, causing blood to drip down my fingers.

Gritting my teeth, I blocked Theo’s number and then erased his text history, along with his contact information. I didn’t know who this guy was to Lexa, but I wasn’t taking any chances with him wanting what was mine.

Chapter 14

Lexa

A tap on my door pulled me from the most peaceful sleep I’d had in what felt like forever. Frowning, I reached for my phone to see what time it was just as the door opened and Aunt Flick stuck her head around.

“You okay?” she asked in a quiet voice as I sat up, pushing my sleep-tousled hair out of my face with one hand and holding the blanket tucked under my arms to hide my nakedness.

Seeing it was only just after seven, I nodded. “I’m good.”

The lights were still off, but as she walked farther into the room, she flipped the switch. “Lexa!” she gasped, shutting the door and running across the room to touch my cheek. “What the hell happened?”

I winced at her gentle touch grazing my tender cheek, right beside my scar. “You mean the entire world doesn’t already know?” I tried to joke, only to get a stern look from her. Sighing heavily, I told her about being arrested. “Murphy was pretty rough with me last night. My entire body was aching when I got home, but it’s worse now. I feel like I got hit by a bus.”

She was already examining my arms and wrists, her eyes on fire. Looking up at me, she finally realized I wasn’t wearing any clothes. “Lexa…”

Blushing, I pulled the covers closer. “It was really hot last night,” I muttered.

She rolled her eyes. “Relax, I’m not going to say anything to your parents. Neither one of them can really say anything, if you ask me. Not with how Bash was always sneaking in to Raven’s room to spend the night. Just be careful, honey. If either he or Jet find him sneaking in here, he’s a dead man.”

Standing, she shook her head when her blue eyes fell on my cheek. “Your mom is going to burn the police station down to get to Murphy when she sees you. I almost feel sorry for the bastard. Almost.”

I already knew that, which was why I wasn’t looking forward to seeing her.

Hand on the doorknob, Aunt Flick suddenly turned back to face me. “Right, the reason I came in here in the first place. Theo Volkov called me a few minutes ago. He said all his texts to you keep not delivering. Thought something was wrong with you. I see you’re alive and mostly well, but you should check on why your phone is blocking your friend.”

Promising her I would, I waited for her to close the door before pulling up my texts.

Only to find Theo’s text feed wasn’t there. Frowning, I pulled up my contacts, but Theo wasn’t there either.

“Damn it, Ben!” I whisper-shouted to myself.

Luckily, I remember Theo’s number and added the contact information back. But when I tried to text him, I quickly realized I needed to unblock his number. Angry that Ben had been looking through my phone and deleted my best friend from it, I sent a text to Theo assuring him I was fine before pulling up Ben’s contact.

As I’d expected, his number was already unblocked, and I hit connect, waiting impatiently for him to answer.

“Good morning, beautiful,” his deep voice purred in my ear. “Did you sleep well?”

“Stay the hell out of my phone!” I raged in as quiet a voice as I could while still getting the point across. “You had no business erasing Theo’s information from my contacts.”

“Who is this guy anyway?” he asked, his voice immediately losing the purr.

“He’s none of your damn business. We aren’t together, and even if we were, you had no right even looking at my phone, let alone blocking and deleting people from it.”

“I’ll concede to the phone thing. That was a mistake on my part. My only excuse is that I was jealous…am jealous of this Theo idiot. I’ll try not to let it get the better of me again. But you’re wrong about us not being together. You came all over my face last night, baby.”

Heat filled my face, a mixture of embarrassment and remembered need that was suddenly making my body ache for a reason other than Murphy’s rough treatment. As I glanced at the window, a piece of me hoped I would see him on the other side, ready to come in and take care of the throb deep between my thighs once again.

Red fingerprints on the window frame caught my attention, distracting me completely from the naughty thoughts of Ben’s mouth on my pussy. Was that…blood?

“Ben,” I whispered as I jumped out of bed and rushed over to the window, examining the stains. “Were you bleeding last night?”