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“Beau, your chest’s bleeding.”

“Carr threw a broken bottle at me.”

She froze. “It was him? He’s here?”

I nodded.

“He went out this way,” Ro called out.

I saw the billionaire standing at an external door beside the roller doors.

“Beau?” Reath, one of his men, and my brothers rushed through the doorway.

“Carr’s here,” I said.

With Bell tucked close to my side, I walked over to Ro.

Reath and his security guard went first. They opened the door and glanced outside. A security light cast a weak light around the external loading dock.

“What the fuck?” Ro muttered.

Reath muttered a curse.

Bell pushed forward and sucked in a sharp breath.

A dead cat lay sprawled on the ground. With its eyes gouged out.

Fuck.

And beside it, was a red boxing glove that had been torn to shreds.

Bell’s face drained of color. “No,” she whispered.

32

BELL

“Girly, you need to slow down, or you’ll burn out.”

I looked up at Gio. My fingers tightened on the cleaning cloth in my hand. I’d been cleaning every nook and cranny of Hard Burn. I felt Beau’s gaze on me, and looked past Gio. He was in one of the rings training a client, but I’d felt him watching me all morning.

I blew out a breath. “I’m good, Gio, I promise.”

The older man looked worried, but nodded. “I’m going to order us all subs for lunch.” He pointed a finger at me. “And you’ll eat it all.” He stomped off.

I sat down on one of the benches and sighed. I was tired. After the party at the distillery, and the run-in with Carr, I hadn’t been able to sleep.

Beau had held me tight, but all I’d seen in my mind was that shredded glove.

It was a threat.

Against Beau.

If he got hurt…

I swallowed. I couldn’t let that happen. Beauden Fury meant too much to me.

I froze. I was falling in love with him. My heart sped up. Of course I was. I’d never met a guy like him before. One so real, so protective. He’d overcome so much to become the man he was. I’d never wanted a man the way I wanted Beau.