Free Talon's Heart by Jordan Silver Page B

time. I felt Kevin come up to my side followed by the sound of car doors opening and closing, fuck the whole team was here it looked like.
     "You must be Avery, what happened, you can't face me on your own, you needed your whole crew to face me?" I heard grumblings from the boys but no one stepped forward, they knew the deal, this was my kill.
"Well? I thought you were a hotshot football player, why do you need back up or are you another pansy ass wannabe?" He tried what I guess he would call a smirk at me but it was like watching a kid playing dress up.
     I folded my arms and looked down my nose at him, that's the oldest trick in the book, trying to get me to throw the first punch by being insulting. My boys stood around me not saying a word, they didn't need to one look at my defensive line was enough to put fear in the heart of better men than this piece a shit.
    
"Like I said, there's nothing here for you so keep it moving." I stepped that much closer to him to let him know I meant business. Either he had an ego the size of Everest or his bravado really made him feel like he was something. Surrounded by what amounted to a mountain of muscle he refused to back down. I might’ve found that shit amusing if I didn’t know what a coward he was. Only a coward would fuck one cousin while engaged to the other and then try to blame her for it.
     

"Actually I understand that my fiancée is here..." Okay if he kept calling her that I just might lose my shit. "You don't have a fiancée asshole remember?" I couldn't say anything else since I didn't want Skylar's business all over campus. Not that she had anything to be ashamed of, but I knew she still felt humiliated by the whole experience and didn't need to add to that. My phone rang, the display said 'babydoll' calling.
"What's up babe, I can't talk right now, you good?" I kept my eyes on him as I spoke.
     "Uh, Talon, I can see you from the window."
    "Get away from there."
    "What, why, what's wrong with you?"
    I fought not to look up to the second floor window where I knew she must be standing. I didn't even want him seeing her. Don't ask me why, but I didn't want there to be any kind of interaction between them, not even a look exchanged.
     "Talon just come on upstairs and forget this nonsense, you're beginning to scare me now; and why's your whole team down there, are you nuts? I'm calling your mother."
    "You tried that already babe, now just calm down and go watch TV."
    "Go watch...I'm coming down there."
    "Uhm, babe, I'm thinking that's not such a good idea. We've been through this already, he even speaks to you I'm dropping him, plain and simple."
    "Geez Talon, what are you, two minutes out the cave?"
    "Whatever, are we done? cause I gotta get this piece a shit off my lawn."
    "Don't do anything stupid."
     "I promise, love you bye." I never took my eyes off of him the whole time I was on the phone so I didn't miss the look of angry frustration that morphed into rage. Good motherfucker, now you know I'm not playing. I waited for his next move but totally wasn't expecting what he did next.
     "Skylar get down here now." Are you fucking shitting me, was this asshole for real? He was looking up towards my place searching the windows for her while screaming for her to come down. 
"Dude, you need to quit that shit, I really don't appreciate you calling my woman like that. Now I'm asking you nicely for the last time, walk away."
     "Your girl? she could never be your girl, we are engaged...”
    “She’s mine now, you had your chance and lost now back the fuck off.”
    “She'll always be mine and there’s nothing you can do about it. Or did she forget to tell you our families have an agreement? We were destined for each other from birth."
The smirk grew wider and I tasted blood in my throat. I heard the rushing of water in my ears, my limbs grew heavy and my sight dimmed a little, things got...kinda dark.
    I wasn’t aware of anything after that, just an