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Tigerlily Everret

"I'm fucked up and there's no fixing me."

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a character in “Hometown Haunts”, as played by Periphery

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Gasoline || Halsey
"Are you insane like me? Been in pain like me?
Bought a hundred dollar bottle of champagne like me?
Just to pour that motherfucker down the drain like me?
Would you use your water bill to dry the stain like me?

Are you high enough without the Mary Jane like me?
Do you tear yourself apart to entertain like me?
Do the people whisper 'bout you on the train like me?
Saying that you shouldn't waste your pretty face like me?

And all the people say,

'You can't wake up, this is not a dream,
You're part of a machine, you are not a human being,
With your face all made up, living on a screen,
Low on self esteem, so you run on gasoline.'"


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The Only Way I Know How To Feel || Boys Like Girls
"Take me for granted
Make me feel used
Leave me in pieces
Misery is company
'Cause I know that it's real
I've learned to love the pain
'Cause that's the only way that I know how to feel"

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|| Full Name ||
"My mother was obsessed with flowers, I guess."
Tigerlily Rose Everret


|| Nickname(s) ||
"Call me what you want, baby."
Tigerlily goes by Tigerlily, Ty, Tiger, Lily, or Lil. Her stripper name is also Rose, so she hates being called this outside of the club.


|| Age ||
"I'm only young in years."
Twenty-two years old


|| Sexuality ||
"I'm open to anything."
Bisexual
(Mostly Hetero)


|| Current Residency ||
"I don't love it, but I live with it."
Los Angeles, California


|| Occupation ||
"I 'm not proud, but I'm not ashamed either."
For a short time, about a year and a half, after leaving Gary, IN, Tiger was paid to star in several porn videos and photoshoots. One of her costars ended up falling for her, however and, once they were married, they both left the porn industry. Her husband bought a struggling strip club so now, instead of porn, she does some occasional modeling and dances in her husbands club to help pay the bills.


|| Face claim/Role ||
Alysha Nett || Girl One

|| Relationship Status ||
"He's a piece of shit."
Married
Clayton Everret


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I Blame Myself || Sky Ferreira
"How could you know what it feels like
To fight the hounds of hell?
You think you know me so well
How could you know what it feels like
To be outside yourself?
You think you know me so well"

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|| Addictions ||
"Yes, I've got some bad habits."
☠ Hard drugs ☠
☠ Partying ☠
☠ Alcohol ☠
☠ Danger ☠
☠ Reckless behavior ☠
☠ Rough sex ☠
☠ Tattoos ☠


|| Likes ||
"I like whiskey and fucking."
▲ Skulls ▲ Tattoos ▲ Pain ▲
▲ Animals ▲ Dancing ▲ Rough sex ▲
▲ Jack Daniels ▲ Flirting ▲ Being dominated ▲
▲ Painting ▲ The beach ▲ Motorcycles ▲
▲ Black coffee ▲ Cigarettes ▲ Weed ▲
▲ Late nights ▲ Thunderstorms ▲ Fast cars ▲
▲ Traveling ▲ Big dogs ▲ Taking risks ▲


|| Disikes ||
"Don't worry, if I don't like you, you'll know."
▼ Being told no ▼ Her husband ▼ Mornings ▼
▼ Tea ▼ Wine ▼ Being told what to do ▼
▼ Working ▼ Bitches ▼ Cold nights ▼
▼ Snow ▼ Her brother ▼ Sweets ▼
▼ Being alone ▼ Kids ▼ Losing ▼
▼ Rules ▼ Spicy food ▼ Bigots ▼
▼ Liars ▼ Pickles ▼ Disrespect ▼


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Hit Me Like A Man || The Pretty Reckless
"I am strong, love is evil
It's a version of perversion that is only for the lucky people
Take your time and do with me what you will
I won't mind, you know I'm ill, you know I'm ill

So hit me like a man and love me like a woman
Buried and sad, look me in the eyes, I want it
One will give you hell, one will give you heaven
Hit me like a man, love me like a woman
Love me like a woman."

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|| Basics ||
"I'm not insecure in the slightest."
  • Eyes Tiger has dark grey-blue eyes
  • Hair Shoulder length blonde hair.
    Naturally dirty blonde, dyed bright
    platinum blonde.
  • Height She's rather short at, 5'2"
  • Weight Her height makes her rather
    petite, weighing only about 112 lbs.
    Though small, she is quite nicely
    curved.

|| Piercings ||
"I have one or two."
Tiger has both of her nipples pierced, as well as her septum, both lobes, and three in her left cartilage.


|| Tattoos ||
"Other then rough sex, it's the best kind of pain."
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Tiger is absolutely covered in tattoos from head to toe. She's addicted to them and is constantly getting more. She has both arms almost entirely sleeved as well as two significantly large thigh pieces, a piece resting at her panty line, some foot tattoos, one under her breasts, and a large one that covers her entire back.
Some notable ones include the large Audrey Hepburn tattoo on her left thigh as well as an intricate tree on her right thigh. She also has her husband's name, Clayton, tattooed at the base of her neck as well as a spider on her under arm. This spider was a huge mistake, and something she got for Cody Spyder, as a symbol to him.


|| Scars ||
"I'm blessed, truly."
Despite her rather tumultuous life, Tiger has very few scars, and the ones she does have are mostly hidden within her many tattoos. She has a small one on her left temple from a fight she got into with her Clayton. After a heated argument, he was attempting to rape her, but she was fighting back pretty hard. In the commotion,
he slammed her head extremely hard against a bedpost, knocking her out cold and giving her a concussion.
Her largest scar is actually two scars, one on the outside of her right thigh, the other on the inside. She was lying on her side in bed one night, sleeping, when her brother came home. Furious with her for something she'd done, he was armed with a knife and brought it down so hard on her leg, that he stabbed clean through it.
Earning this scar nearly killed her.
Another close call with death earned her a scar just under her right collar bone. Her brother was a terrorizing sociopath, and so were many of his friends. One evening, a hunter friend of his thought it would be fun to attempt to "hunt" her. He set her loose in the woods and chased her down with a gun. At some point, she tripped over a root, and whirled around just as the shot was fired. In the end, the bullet that hit her just narrowly missed her heart. Her brother and his friend callously dumped her at the door of the E.R after that and sped off.


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Nicotine || Panic! At the Disco
"It's better to burn than to fade away
It's better to leave than to be replaced
I'm losing to you, baby, I'm no match

I'm going numb, I've been hijacked
It's a fucking drag
I taste you on my lips and I can't get rid of you
So I say damn your kiss and the awful things you do

Yeah, you're worse than nicotine, nicotine [2x]

Just one more hit and then we're through
'Cause you could never love me back
Cut every tie I have to you
'Cause your love's a fucking drag
But I need it so bad"


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|| Personality ||
"I'm a fucking hurricane baby, stay out of my way."
Rebellious → Tiger is a wild child through and through. She may enjoy being dominated sexually, but she absolutely does not simply let people steamroll over her. If you push her, she'll push back until she gets her way because she's relentless and stubborn as an ox. She hates being told no or what to do and has a huge problem with authority, the more you try to make her do what you want, the less inclined she is to behave. In fact, she sort of gets a kick out of doing what she's not supposed to. She likes to push buttons and bend rules until you're tearing your hair out with frustration while she just watches and laughs.

Impulsive → Tigerlily lives her life with reckless abandon. Growing up, she never really knew which day was going to be her last, so she tends to live every single day like it's the day she'll die. She does things on a whim, that seem to make absolutely no sense to anyone around her, and she rarely thinks things through before acting. If she wants to do something, you can bet your ass she'll do it. She has almost no fear whatsoever and doesn't seem to care about consequences, so she makes rash, impulsive choices without really considering what might come of them. This often gets her into trouble, but even so, there doesn't seem to be any situation she can't somehow slip herself out of.

Addictive → Danger, rough sex, drugs, tattoos there is absolutely nothing in this world that Tiger cannot turn into an addiction. If something makes her feel good, she becomes instantly and hopelessly attached to the point of sickness. She can often be cold, callous, and unfeeling, but it's this numbness that has her ever searching for true feeling. Anything and everyone that makes her feel even a glimmer of emotion becomes an obsession for her, and, once attached, it's nearly impossible for her to break that need. Someday, her addictions will truly be the death of her.

Cold → Many who meet her say that Lily has no heart. Growing up with a terror of a brother like hers, she has learned how to bury her emotions so deep inside her it's truly as if she has none whatsoever. She can say and do astonishing things without so much as blinking, and seems to be like a brick wall, emotionally. This is why she has such an addictive personality. She's been burying her emotions for so long, it's as though she's perpetually numb now, so she's ever searching for something or someone who can make her feel again, and breathe life back into her callous soul.

Manipulative → Tiger is truly a master of manipulation. There is almost nothing she does better then bend the minds of others for her own selfish reasons. She seems to be able to know exactly what a person wants to hear after no more than five minutes of conversation. She can get almost anyone to do anything she wants them to, and the art of it is that, most of the time, you don't even realize you've been manipulated until after the fact. It comes as easily as breathing to her,and sometimes, even she doesn't realize that she's doing it. She's been in trouble with the law more times then she can count, but the number of times she's actually been arrested or charged with her numerous crimes is surprisingly small, simply because she has a natural talent for talking her way out of the trouble she's always getting herself into.


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Hello My Old Heart || The Oh Hellos
"Hello my old heart
It's been so long
Since I've given you away
And every day I add another stone
To the walls I built around you
To keep you safe"

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|| Family ||
"My brother is a complete psycho."
Remington Harvey || Father || Age: Unknown || Unknown
Feather Harvey || Mother || Age: 32 || Deceased
Bluebell Harvey || Twin sister || Age: 16 || Deceased
Draco Harvey || Older brother || Age: 27 || Alive
Clayton Everret || Husband || Age: 32 || Alive

|| History ||
"I've been through shit you wouldn't believe."
For Tiger, life started out pretty benign. Sure, she lived in a shithole town, her family was right on the verge of poor, and she only knew her father through an old photograph, but for the most part, her early childhood was fairly uncomplicated. Her brother, during these days, was an unbearable shit, always killing neighborhood cats and cruelly taunting herself and her twin sister, but for the most part, her mother was able to control his wild antics and things were never worse then the occasional shove or smack.

As she got older, however, her brother only seemed to get worse. It became very apparent that he wasn't simply troubled, he was a complete fucking sociopath.
He didn't seem to have any regard for life, and was very outwardly charming, but upon closer inspection, you could see an emptiness in his eyes. He was entirely devoid of any normal human emotion, even though he was artfully skilled at faking it.

When she and her twin were seven, her brother no longer seemed satisfied with torturing and killing small animals, and his attention shifted suddenly to his sisters. He would beat them physically, burn them with lighters, take them out into the woods and tie them to trees, and, even sexually abuse and terrorize the two of them. To make matters worse, he had three close friends that also seemed to share his psychopathic tendencies and often joined in on his sick games.

Things escalated once again when she and her sister were thirteen. Her mother, their only safety net from their brother's terrors, died suddenly in her sleep of a brain aneurysm. Draco, her brother, was, unfortunately, eighteen at the time and was able to charm Indiana family court into allowing him custody of both his sisters leaving to two of them utterly at his mercy.

Her only escape from the pure hell that was her home were the friends she made in school. She and her sister spent as much time as possible with the other nine troublemakers, going to parties, getting into trouble, and basically doing everything in their power to keep themselves busy and out of reach of their brother.

At sixteen, shit really hit the fan for Tiger when she lost her other half. Draco got carried away with one of his "games" and, right before her eyes, murdered her twin sister and then forced her to help him bury the body and cover up the crime. It was after this incident that she couldn't take it anymore.

She moved out of her own home and in with a close friend of hers, Jordan. The two of them were essentially a couple without the official label and she sought solace with him after the death of her sister. Living together, they grew even closer, and, one night in bed, he asked her to marry him and she gladly agreed. They were engaged for less then a year before she, once again, lost the only person that kept her heart beating.

Her closest friend, Delaney, left town, leaving Cody in complete heartbreak, and it was to Tiger he turned to for comfort. Despite her love for Jordan, Lily's impulsive behavior got the better of her, and she began sleeping with Cody, and wasn't exactly good at hiding it either, causing even more problems with Jordan then the two of them already had.

In the end, he'd had enough. Previously, he'd promised her a thousand times that he'd take her with him to college when he went away, but when it finally came time for him to leave, he packed his things in the middle of the night and left her alone and heartbroken. Without Jordan and Delaney, it seemed Tiger's only remaining option was to move back in with her brother. However, she couldn't bear the thought.

Instead, she left town at eighteen years old without even so much as a penny to her name. She ended up in L.A, shooting porn to make quick cash until, eventually,one of her costars fell head over heels for her and, though she didn't love him, she agreed to marry him for the sake of not being alone. Their relationship was complete shit, and they left the porn industry only for him to buy a strip club and force her to dance in it. She hates him with every bone in her body, but refuses to admit it, even to herself.




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Tigerlily Everret's Story

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Character Portrait: Jordan Noble Character Portrait: Tigerlily Everret Character Portrait: Delaney Pittman Character Portrait: Cody Spyder
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"Don't say that, you can stay as long as you want." Tiger breathed and she had to look away to hide the fact that tears threatened to fall from her eyes. She hated that as much as she wanted to believe her former best friend, a voice deep down told her that Tiger was only saying what she thought Lane wanted to hear. Delaney suffered a lot with being her own worst enemy. "It might look like sunshine and rainbows, but there's a storm coming for me and Jordan whether you're here or not, and honestly, it'll be nice to have a friend here when it finally hits." She shrugged and she knew full well that Lil was telling the truth. It didn’t matter how perfect things seemed on the outside. They were all fucked up in their own ways and behind closed doors, their demons got the better of them. "I'll have your back if you have mine." She smirked and Lane glance back to her friend with an understanding nod. She’d always had Lil’s back and she always would. "Come on, we're going to go shopping." Tiger breathed pulling her with her through the house.

Lane caught the look in Cody’s eyes. It was a mix of fear, irritation, and distrust. She couldn’t blame him for feeling all of those things at once. Delaney was the kind of girl that could disappear without a trace. She was the girl that you could only find if she wanted to be found. If she was in Cody’s position, she wouldn’t have let herself go out alone, because if she was Cody any day could be the day she disappeared. However, despite the conflict to let her leave that played clearly in his eyes he didn’t stop her. She was glad. Things between her and Cody had become so tense that it was suffocating her, pushing her deeper down into her self-loathing state.

Havana was breath taking. Tigelily showed her around and although Lane seemed unimpressed by the scenery, she was taken back by the beauty and the colorful streets. She couldn’t even imagine what this place was like at night if it was as incredibly lively as it was during the day. Shopping with Lily had been exactly what she needed. Lane couldn’t remember the last time she’d went out with a friend. The last five years had been controlled and spent with three guys James, Alex, and more recently Cody. She couldn’t remember the last time she’d be alone without a man accompanying her and watching her every move. Her and Ty had caught up over lunch, they’d laughed while they’d tried on clothes, and they’d reminisced over dinner. With Ty it had been easy to let the reality of her problems go and just be herself again for once.

At one point they’d been in a store and she’d been in the dressing room when Alex had slipped inside with her. He’d covered her mouth, shoved her roughly against the wall, and threatened her to stay quiet. Although she didn’t need much threatening. She’d been the one to tell him exactly where her and Tiger were when he’d text her telling her that he was in Havana. She’d only regretted it the second they’d had a rough quickie in the dressing room and she thought about Cody. Tears had silently rolled down her cheeks because she knew she was fucked. She’d made a huge mistake. She’d just been so upset, so fucking low. She couldn’t stop thinking about Cody with Louie and she’d called Alex. She’d wanted to hurt Cody, but she hadn’t thought it through.
She was going to have to leave with Alex, there would be no getting out of this. Alex had the upper hand. She’d told Cody back in Vegas that James had sent guys after Alex, turns out when James didn’t pay them because Cody killed him, they’d stopped looking for Alex. As far as Cody knew Alex was as dead as James. She couldn’t get over how stupid she was, she’d gone to far this time. All she’d ever wanted was to be with Cody, when she’d gotten that she’d fucked it up time and time again. Now, she’d dug herself her own grave getting involved with Alex again.

Alex had told her that he was going to trail her, not to try anything stupid. That’d when the time was right she’d know and they’d be as good as gone. She’d agreed, slipping right out of the confident skin James had given back to her and back into the role of Alex’s battered wife. He’d threatened to kill Cody if she tried backing out and she believed him, even though she’d seen Cody kill James in cold blood, somehow Alex was still more terrifying to her.

She’d collected herself like a well-trained actress as she’d slipped out of the dressing room and expertly convinced a shaken up Tigerlily to leave the store. It hadn’t taken much convincing for Lil to get Lane to agree to going out clubbing with them. If anything, Lane knew that was the perfect out. There was so many people, strong drinks, it would be the perfect escape and Cody wouldn’t get hurt. She could disappear after Cody was one too many drinks in, he’d probably go home with another girl. A beautiful, south American girl and he’d forget the shit she put him through. The thought was physically agonizing and she couldn’t shake it even as she pretended to be excite to go out while Lil did her hair and Lane did their make-up.
When the girls were finished, Delaney looked like a mature version of her former teenage self. She wore a [url- https://images.urbanoutfitters.com/is/i ... =constrain]light pink velvet dress[/url], her silver blond hair hung long in loose beachy waves, and the smoky make-up around her eyes made her light blue eyes appear the rare sapphire color that they hadn’t been in years. It was rare to see them that color, but in the right light with the right make-up her eyes were piercing. Her eyes found Cody’s and the smirk on his lips sent an electric shiver through her body.

She couldn’t remember the last time he’d looked at her the way he was then or maybe she was just now realizing that was how he’d always looked at her, because she knew she was leaving him. She had to apricate every little moment. She closed the space between them and she hated how apprehensive he was to touch her, when all she wanted to do was beg him to touch her and kiss her while they still had time. She knew she couldn’t, if she acted any other way then how she’d been acting, he’d figure out something was up. Lane kept her eyes on Cody, even though Jordan and Tiger had stepped into their own disgustingly happy bubble. Cody wrapped and arm around her and she let out a sigh as he kissed her forehead, waiting to remember the way his touch burned her skin. It would be the only thing she’d have to cling to while she went back to being owned by Alex.

"You look great." He breathed. She loved the way his grip tightened on her, like he thought she was still him as he kissed her cheek. But, she didn’t’ belong to him anymore. "Let's just try to have fun tonight babe." Cody whispered as they slipped out of the apartment to catch a cab and she nodded.

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By the time they’d finally gotten to the club, Delaney had subtly let Cody know that her mood had lightened. It was in the way she touched him, the way she actually let herself be involved in conversations. She needed what time she had left with Cody to be good. There was a line around the block to get into the club, but Lane and Tiger had managed to get the four of them in with little effort pissing off a lot of the people in line.

Lane wasted no time as music flooded over the speakers, drowning out the outside world. She shot Lil a wink, before her shoulders started to move seductively and fluidly to the beat of the popular Spanish song. She moved backwards towards the crowd, using her index finger to summon Cody to follow her. She smirked as Jordan shoved Cody forward playfully. Her body swayed almost hypnotically to the music, like nothing that had happened between her and Cody existed. When Cody got close enough she gripped a handful of his shirt and pulled him close, despite her knowing a few other men were eyeing her, as if trying to debate whether they could approach her.

She turned her back to Cody, as she started to grind on him. She knew how to dance well, due to her many nights in Vegas clubs. After a moment of grinding on him she turned to face him, wrapping her arms around his neck. She lend, up on her toes, kissing him hard, there was an obvious regret in her kiss. As if she was giving away that this would be there last night together. She pulled away holding his eyes, wondering if he’s caught on, hopping he hadn’t.

“I love you Cody Spyder.” His name fell from her lips with an out of character softness, but she simply covered it with a wicked grin as she started grinding on him once more.




















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Jordan wasn’t the least bit excited for Ty to leave his sight. If she got something in her head, something stupid that was all it would take to derail their recent happiness. Still he knew that if he said anything it would only set them of track and he wasn’t willing to risk that. It was mostly the idea that Tiger was leaving alone with Delaney and he didn’t trust that for one fucking second. He loved Lane like a sister, he couldn’t stress that. He’d jump in front of a bullet for her without hesitation. However, he didn’t trust that she’d jump in front of a bullet for him. Hell, he didn’t trust Laney as far as he could throw her. He just knew her too well. She got into trouble, she was the trouble. He bit his tongue though and had the worst urge to go after them. He didn’t though. He stayed behind, knowing if he wanted things to stay good in the household, he had to give Ty her space. It would be good for them, he hoped.

Him and Cody had spent the rest of the day together. He hadn’t realized how much he’d needed mindless guy time with his old friend. He was surrounded by guy on the daily. Whether it was his teammates or Romeo and his gang of faithful goons. Spending time with Cody was different. They weren’t trying to impress each other, they didn’t need to act like they were anyone else. They could just have a good time and pretend their relationships and their lives weren’t falling down around them. They’d had a few more drinks until they were feeling good and buzzed. They chatted a bit before Cody pulled out the coke.

He’d been apprehensive to get fucked up on heavy drugs. Sure, it had only been a week or so since he’d indulged in one of his favorite addictions. Still he was doing good he was staying some what sober. Eventually he gave in despite his better judgment. The coke was incredible, Cody had the good stuff an instantly he’d forgotten about his worries. He was grateful it had curb his wild thoughts that when Tiger got back shit was going to hit the fan and they were bound to fight. It curbed his constant stress. Him and Cody played on his PS4, before they’d gone out and ended up at a bar. They were popular among the girls at the bar. They’d harmlessly flirted with them, before finally they’d headed back to the house before they’d gotten themselves into too much trouble.

He’d text Ty to come home and to his surprise she hadn’t fought him. Once they’d gotten home, he hadn’t missed the way both the girl looked somewhat shaken, he didn’t’ have time to question them. They disappeared into the bathroom before either him or Cody could really say much to them. The two of them kept each other company as the girls got ready. Him and Cody hadn’t dressed up too much, he wore a nice shit and pair of jeans. He’d just been finishing up his beer when the girls came out of the bathroom, both of them looking far too good for their own good. He almost wanted to argue taking them out. Separate they were beautiful, standing next to each other there were bombshells.

He had a hard time pulling his eyes away from Tiger’s curves in the redress that fit her so fucking perfectly. She made a b line for him and he smirked wickedly as he put his joint out in the ashtray on the coffee table in front of him. He went easily when Ty pulled him to his feet. He wrapped an arm around her small waist and pulled her against his body as she lend up kissing him. They spared no one to their PDA.

"Let's go, papi." she breathed and he couldn’t help but match her smirk with his own as he kissed her once more on the lips, loving the taste of her lips. He loved the way she not just wanted to be around him, but needed to be. He didn’t pay any attention to Cody and Lane, in fact he’d almost forgotten they existed at all until he heard the door open and he followed his friends with a sigh, his arm around Lil’s waist as they slipped out of the apartment. If he was being honest with himself, he really just wanted to undress Lil and skip the club all together.

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By the time they’d arrived at the club everyone’s tense mood or any lingering feelings had subsided and it was as if for the moment they might actually all be able to function normally. They’d gotten to the club later than usual, which meant there was an unfortunate line to get into the club, before him and Cody could figure out whether they should try another club, Ty and Lane went marching up to the bouncer and in a matter of a few flirty moments they were being granted entrance into the club, to everyone in the lines irritation.

Jordan smirked as he lead his date into the lively club. The roof of the club was open, the night sky hung above. There was no a single distraction of the dancers on the floor that danced as if nothing else in the world mattered. Jordan knew that feeling, it was what him and Ty had become so addicted to. He smirked as Delaney started to roll her shoulders, calling Cody out onto the dancefloor. He gave his friend a small shove of confidence.

He lend Tiger out to the floor then and pulled her close, so her body was tight against his and already he couldn’t hide the fact that she had him wanting more then just grinding on the floor. He pressed his lips to hers hard as their bodies started to grind almost out of habit to the music.

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Lily couldn't wait to get to the club. She was craving it almost physically as they all got into Jordan's car. Her whole body was buzzing the way it always did when they went out, and everything from Jordan's arm around her waist, to the way his eyes kept stealing peeks at her in her red dress was driving her insane. She just wanted her body against his on the dance floor so bad, it was making the short drive feel like an eternity. Her hand rested on his knee the whole time and honestly, if Laney and Cody weren't in the car, she'd probably be giving him head on the way there. It had become so impossible to keep her hands off him lately. They were honestly pretty shameless. There was no place where they wouldn't try to secretly get each other off if they wanted to.

The club was pretty packed already, the were a line stretching almost all the way down the block and Jordan hadn't thought they could get in. If there was one thing she knew how to do, it was use her good looks to get what she wanted. It had only taken a minute or two of her and Laney flirting with the bouncer and they were in. It was sad, really, how easily he'd caved, but with him and Laney after him, it was inevitable. The club was one of her and Jordan's favorites. The roof was open to the sky, they played vibrant Spanish music, and the drinks were really good.

Laney was certainly in a much better mood then earlier, and Lily was glad that her and Cody were getting along. She didn't want them to break up, because she knew Lane loved Cody and vice versa, she just wanted them to be happy. They seemed perfectly happy as they made their way out onto the dance floor the moment they entered the club and Lil hoped for both their sakes, it would last.

Jordan didn't wait much longer and Tiger was glad. She needed to feel his body against hers. He dragged her out onto the floor and pulled her close, and instantly, her body started to grind with his to the music. His lips pressed hard against hers and she let out a deep moan and kissed him back as she danced with her. Their bodies moved so effortlessly together, she knew everyone around them was jealous. The only reason she was glad she used to be a stripper was because it had taught her how to dance. She knew how to use her body to turn on every man in the room, especially Jordan.

Her forearms rested on his shoulders as she kissed him hungrily and dirty danced against him, loving the way his hand felt gripping her ass, her hips, her thighs. It was like a drug, being out there on the floor with him. The only thing that was better was actually fucking him. She whirled around in his arms so his chest was against her back and she pushed her hips back against his, working him in all the right ways with her body. By the time they were done dancing, he'd be so turned on, he wouldn't waste time making her beg, or teasing her, or even fully undressing her. He'd be too desperate for foreplay, he'd just rip her panties off and fuck her and honestly, she would already be more hen ready for him.

They danced for a long time. The music was lively, and the warm Cuban air had her skin a little shiny with sweat, but she never missed a beat and was so completely wrapped up in Jordan, they may as well be the only two people on the room. Eventually, it became too torturous to continue dancing, hands all over each other, but not be able to fuck. Jordan took her by the arm and dragged her into the bathroom, not even bothering to check the stalls or lock the door as he bent her over the sink. Just like she'd expected, he was impatient and only took the time to push her dress up to her hips and her panties down to her thighs before he was fucking her mercilessly.

It wasn't long because it couldn't be, but it was still fucking incredible and left her panting and shaky. When they were done, she smirked and pulled her panties back up and skirt back down, knowing they'd get a drink to cool down, then start all over. They'd probably come fuck in that bathroom several times before the night was over because they honestly couldn't control themselves.

They slipped out of the bathroom together then and went over to the bar, enjoying a few drinks together. They teased each other and drank, getting ready to head back out on the dance floor and get things all hot and intense again. At some point, Jordan pulled her back to her feet and she was more then willing to go with him, but out of the corner of her eye, she spotted Laney smoking in a small lounge area off to the side specifically for smoking. "I'm going to have a smoke, I'll catch up with you in a few." She told Jordan over the music. She kissed him, reluctant to leave him and almost tempted to let him just drag her back to the dance floor, but she wanted to see how Delaney was feeling and have a smoke with her friend before she went back at it with Jordan.

She ducked away from him before he could stop her and started making her way through the crowd, towards Laney. She plopped down on the couch next to her with a grin, pulling out a cigarette and lighting it. "How's it going?" She asked as she inhaled deeply. "In love with Havana yet?" She smirked and gave Laney a teasing nudge with her elbow.



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Things seemed to be looking up already for him and Laney. He wasn't sure why, maybe time with their friends and the city had just eased some of their tension, but Lane was certainly in a better state of mind. She was engaging in the conversation and even touching him occasionally, which she hadn't done in a good week and he was glad. It almost made him with they could turn around and head back to the house and just spend the rest of the night alone, in bed. He wanted to show her, for the first time in a week, just how much she really meant to him and how sorry he was for fucking up so badly.

Thanks to the girls, the popular club wasn't hard to get into at all, and he had to admit, he could see why there was a line down the block for the place. It was beautiful, strung with lights, the ceiling open to the sky, making it feel almost as though they were outside. He wanted nothing more then to get out and dance with Laney, and he didn't even have to ask. Before he could even start pulling her forward, she moved out in front of him and walked backwards towards the dancers, her shoulders and hips rolling to the music suggestively. Her arm went out and a finger beckoned him forward and he smirked as he watched her.

Before he could close the distance between them, Jordan gave him a quick shove and he just laughed as Lane then gripped his shirt and pull d their bodies together. He hadn't felt so lighthearted in a good few weeks and it was incredible. Laney's eyes were sparkling with life again and her body against his was making him crazy. He knew other men had their eyes on her, jealous of the way her hips moved against him and he just gripped them tightly as she spun around to grind her ass against him. It felt good to know he had something everyone around him wanted and he honestly wasn't worried she might return someone else's attention. Every bit of her attention was on him at the moment and he couldn't get enough of it.

She turned to face him again then and one hand slid around her waist, the other gripping her ass to pull her closer as she wrapped her arms around his neck. She leaned up on her toes to kiss him hard and he kissed back eagerly, the taste of her lips was honestly better then drugs and it had been so long since he'd felt them and kissed her the way he was now. There was something off, and a little regretful about the kiss that he didn't understand and he just kissed her harder, hoping she wasn't having any doubts, and if she was, to make them go away. “I love you Cody Spyder.” She said a little softly and he couldn't help but smile. He hadn't heard those words in too long and had honestly been starting to wonder if she did still love him or not.

Cody held her even tighter as they danced. He lowered his head and pressed his lips against her neck, moving them up to her jaw, his hands roaming her body like it was his to touch. "I love you too baby girl." He whispered in her ear, one hand gripping her ass so tight he knew it would bruise. "You'll always be mine." He practically promised her, letting her know, no matter how hard things got between them, he'd never give up on them.

They danced for a long time and, for the first time in what felt like forever, had a great time. It was like they were the only two people that existed, despite being in the middle of a crowded club. She ignored every man that looked her up and down, and his eyes never left her. They were all each other wanted and it was fucking amazing. He hoped like hell it would last, that they wouldn't wake up in the morning bitter again. He wanted to feel the way he was that night for the rest of his life.

They made out in the back of the club for a long time and he touched her when no one was looking before the two of them ducked out the back door for a bit more privacy. He fucked he quickly in the alley. He couldn't remember the last time they'd felt so good and been so reckless. Afterwards, he'd pulled her back inside and over to the lounge were a few people were smoking.

Cody wasted no time plopping onto a couch and tugging her down roughly into his lap, wrapping his arms around her with a smirk. They made out shamelessly for a while longer before he kissed her and told he he was going to get drinks. He didn't want to leave her side, but he knew if he didn't stop kissing and touching her for a minute, they'd never make it back out on the dance floor, he'd drag her back outside for a second round. He had to cool off a little. So he reluctantly moved her off his lap and stood, bending to give her one last kiss before he headed off towards the bar to get them some drinks, smirking as he spotted Lil and Jordan coming out of the bathroom, faces flushed.

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Cody pulled her close and she loved way that the way he’d pulled her close told every man in the room that she belonged to him and for a moment she believed it. His lips pressed against her neck, setting a fire ablaze across her skin. It was something only his lips could do and she wondered briefly how she could torture herself and go so long without his touch. Her and Cody we’re fucked up ninety-nine percent of the time. That one percent of the time though, when they were flying high, the worst parts of their relationship was worth it. There was no doubt in her mind that Cody was and always would be, as cheesy as is sounded, her soulmate. His hands roamed her body and she couldn’t help but smirk when his lips teased her ears.

"I love you too baby girl." She felt the electricity of his touch and the butterflies in her stomach at his words and she wanted so badly to tell him what she’d done. She wanted him to save her from the horrible mistake she’d made. He gripped her ass tight enough that she knew it would bruise and she laughed lightly pulling herself tighter against his body. "You'll always be mine." His words were a promise and they were honest, but she knew even if she wanted to be his and he thought she was his, she ruined everything.

They’d dance until the warm Havana hair caused her skin to glisten with sweat, they continued to dance even after that. She was more sober then she’d been in close to ten years. At the same time, she was simply drunk on the feeling of being with Cody. Really being with him. She wasn’t sure she’d ever honestly let Cody in. She was careful about letting herself falter. However, there was something about the music that vibrated off the walls, the way his hands moved freely over her body, and the city of Havana that had her wishing she’d have let him in a long time ago. If her and Cody could be this way all of the time, she’d never want for anything else.

At some point they’d left the dance floor and found a corner of the club to Shamelessly make-out. All that mattered was him. She could care less about any other man. She didn’t have the overwhelming jealousy in the pit of her stomach, because Cody’s eyes never left her. They just wanted to be with each other in that moment and they were. He’d tugged her to the back alley were the music was still audible and he’d pushed her up against the wall. She was weak to his touch and they fucked fervently. This was different from any other time they’d fucked. It wasn’t out of anger, it wasn’t to make up, and it wasn’t mindless. It was pure unbridled passion. It was like they’d unlocked this whole other side of their selves, together that they didn’t know existed, just because they’d bent a little.

They’d slipped back inside and found an empty couch in the lounge area. He’d pulled her into his lap and she’d went willingly straddling him. His hands on her thighs, his lips against hers made her forget all about Alex and having to leave Cody. They’d made out for a long moment, before she’d pulled away and rested her forehead against his. There were a million things she wanted and needed to say to him, but she couldn’t. She just closed her eyes, letting herself for once live in the moment with him. He moved her out of his lap, offering to go get them drinks and she knew that it was time. He lend in kissing her lips once more and everything inside her was begging for him not to leave her side, not to give her an out so Alex could take her away. She didn’t stop him though as he slipped away. She just watched him with walk away as tears pricked her eyes.

The second Cody was out of her eye sight and had disappeared into the crowd, her phone vibrated in her bra and she pulled it out. It was a message from Alex telling her it was time to go. She swallowed hard, lighting herself a cigarette. She took a long drag, buying time. Maybe Cody would change his mind and get back before she had the chance to slip away. She blew out a breath of smoke, her eyes finding Alex in the crowed, standing off to the side. She watched him point out Jordan who was making his way to the bar, where she found Cody once more. Alex sent a set of beautiful twins in the guys direction and her jaw clenched. The thought of Cody taking the bait and allowing Alex to take her away, killed her.

"How's it going?" She hadn’t even realized Tiger had sat next to her. She sighed out a breath of smoke as her pulled her eyes away from Alex to look at her friend. "In love with Havana yet?" she smirked with a light nudge and Laney laughed lightly nodding. She let her gaze fall on Cody one last time.

“It’s beautiful.” She breathed honestly. “I wish we could stay here forever.” She admitted. She opened her mouth to say something else, but before she had a chance she was cut off.

“Can I talk to you for a second?” Alex interrupted. His dark green eyes burning into Laney. Lane turned to Tiger as if to reassure her with her eyes that she’d be okay. She knew that Tiger had seen Alex at the funeral, but she’d seen him once and she wasn’t sure if she remembered him. Lane nodded.

She lend in to kiss Lil’s cheek. “Don’t follow me.” She whispered as if to warn her friend, not wanting Alex to hurt her. She stood up then and followed Alex to the back door. She didn’t glance back over her shoulder, because she knew if she saw Tiger or Cody again she wouldn’t be able to go through with leaving and if she didn’t leave, she knew Alex had a gun on him and he’d wait it out. He’d kill Cody.

In the alley way her and Cody had occupied a short time ago, a black SUV was parked. Her blood ran cold when she saw Draco lend against the SUV and another menacing man who reminded her way to much of Alex standing next to Draco. Fuck. She thought as she froze Alex shoved her forward towards the car. She walked until she was uncomfortably close to Draco. His eyes roamed over her shamelessly as he licked his lips, making her want to crawl out of her skin. She could remember the night he’d brutally raped her like it was yesterday. It was impossible to suppress when he was looking at her the way he was.
Alex pushed her hair to one side and she jumped when she felt his warm breath on her skin. “What?” he questioned keeping his voice low. “You didn’t think this would catch up with both of you?” Alex breathed darkly. “Get in the car.” He ordered and she couldn’t stop the tears that cut done her cheeks. Not only had she fucked herself, she’d fucked her best friend over. She climbed into the back of the car, just as the back door opened revealing Tiger. Delaney was going to call out to her, try and warn her, but before she had Alex slid into the back seat next to her. He slapped his hand over her mouth painfully tightly and she was petrified, she couldn’t fight him as he pressed a blade against her neck causing a shiver to run over her body. “You don’t breathe unless I tell you to? Understood?” he hissed, letting her know that he owned her and he was going to severally punish her for running form him and trying to have him assassinated. “Do you understand!” He yelled, he loosed the hand over her mouth just enough for her to whisper a weak yes.




















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Jordan could live the rest of his life with Lily in Havana. They could spend their days in bed and their nights dancing. They could be honestly happy, sure things wouldn’t always be good, but this was the best they’d ever been. The feeling he got with her was worth giving up his career. It was worth getting some side job and being able to stay here for the rest of his life tangled up in her. He knew however, that this wasn’t realistic. He had people holding him accountable. He had an entirely different life back in the states that eventually he’d have to go back to whether he liked it or not. For now, although the thought was tempting he just needed to focus on the now. On getting his relationship with Tiger, his temper, and his addictions under control and manageable.

They dominated the dance floor and even people who’d grown up in the Havana clubs, seemed jealous of them. It was their chemistry. It was the way his hands moved over Lil’s body. It was the look in her eyes that she only had for him. These were the things that seemed to drive everyone insane. Jordan didn’t see other girls when him and Tiger where in this state of mind. All he wanted was all of her. She knew what she was doing, she knew how to drive him wild and she could do exactly that, wish something as simple a look or the way she pushed her ass into his groin. Tiger had this fire in her soul that was visible through her eyes when they danced. It was a look in her eyes that he wanted to bottle up and keep forever.

Eventually his male urges had gotten the better of him and he pulled her from the dance floor and into the bathroom. He’d run the only guy that was in their out and he’d wasted no time bending her over the sink, ripping off her panties, and fucking her right there. It didn’t matter that anyone could walk in at any minuet or that they didn’t have the decency to at least occupy a stall. All that mattered was the way they could make each other feel, how loud he could get her to scream his name. It was incredible. He loved every single second of it. When they finished, the two of them grabbed a couple of drinks at the bar.

They were glowing and if you knew nothing of their past, you would assume that they’d just one day fallen madly in love and were inseparable. They made being in love appear easy. Finally, he managed to pull her back to the dance floor, knowing they’d end up back in the bathroom. They hadn’t been on the dance floor very long, before Tiger pulled away from him. He raised a brow slightly frustrated, before he followed Tiger’s eyes to where Lane was smoking alone on the couch and suddenly he was worried that Cody and Lane had, had a falling out. Lane didn’t exactly look in the best of spirits. He sighed, selfishly not wanting to have to deal with a depressed Cody.

"I'm going to have a smoke, I'll catch up with you in a few." He didn’t have a chance to pull her back to him or protest, before she slipped off through the crowed.

He groaned as he pushed his way through the crowd to the bar. Cody wasn’t hard to find lend against the bar looking in better spirits then Lane which was the slightest bit confusing. Jordan walked up to his friend ordering his own drink before he turned his attention to his friend.

“Everything good?” He asked a little cautious. He wasn’t sure what was going on between them, but he hoped it wasn’t too bad. Cody looked happy, genuinely. Delaney on the other had looked more like she’d had her heart broken. “Are you guys good?” he breathed loud enough over the music that Cody could hear him.

The bartender set Cody’s drinks in from of him, before he got his own drink. Before Cody had a chance to answer though they were interrupted. A set of breath takingly beautiful twins stepped in-between the two of them. They were stunning, local girls. Jordan raised a brow glancing to Cody, wondering if he was seeing the same thing. The girl closest to Cody helped herself to Cody’s extra drink, the one Jordan assumed he’d gotten for Laney.

“Well are you going to order me a drink?” The twin closest to him asked, her accent was think, but sexy. He hadn’t been tempted with the thought of sleeping with another women in quite sometime and still even now he was apprehensive, did he really want to fuck everything up over a pretty girl.

“Yeah. I’ll buy you a drink.” Jordan said holding the girls deep brown eyes. “But, I’m actually with someone’s.” He breath honestly as he gestured for the bartender to come over.

“I don’t see anyone.” She added and Jordan raised a brow, the smirk on her face made it clear that she didn’t care if he was with someone. “I asked if you’d buy me a drink, not take me back to your room.” She said casually although he knew without a doubt that was her end game. He glanced to Cody almost if to see what his friends reaction was, to base his own decision off of it.

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Laney's laugh was light but there was a little worry in her eyes and Lily was confused. She had seen Cody and Lane all over each other all night and had thought they were having a good time but something seemed off about her friend. “It’s beautiful.” She breathed honestly and Tiger smiled, following her friends eyes to Cody and Jordan at the bar before looking back at her. “I wish we could stay here forever.” She breathed in a way that made her sound like she was leaving in a few minutes, confusing her further. She wanted to ask Lane what that meant because Ty knew it was more then just a wishful thought by the way she'd said it.

However, she was interrupted. "Can I talk to you for a second?” Tiger looked up and her jaw clenched instantly, recognizing Lane's husband from Shannon's funeral. From catching up with Lane, and talking about their lives since the funeral, she knew what a shit he was and her instinct was to protect her friend. Her eyes flashed to Jordan for a second before up to Alex, feeling helpless and not knowing what to do. Alex was Laney's Clay and she knew if he got her away, he was likely to kill her or, at the very least, punish her horribly for leaving him.

Tiger was going to grab Laney's shoulder and keep her seated, when her friend simply leaned in and gave her a kiss on the cheek. Her jaw clenched. Laney had clearly known Alex was coming for her, and now Lily was annoyed that she hadn't at least warned her. She could have found a way to do something about it, Jordan could have hired someone to take care of him or something. "Don’t follow me.” She whispered warning words and a chill was sent through her.

Laney wasn't exactly going willingly, she could see it clear as day. She didn't want to leave with Alex, she was just going because she thought it was the safest route. If Alex was like Clay, he had a weapon on him for sure. Tiger couldn't do anything. She had to sit there, helpless, as her friend got up and walked away with her husband. As soon as they were out of sight, Ty jumped to her feet. She wanted to run right out the door after Laney, but she knew that probably wasn't a good idea without Jordan or Cody.

Only when she turned and started to move towards the bar, she stopped dead in her tracks, watching with fury in her eyes as both the boys spoke to gorgeous Cuban twins. Lily watched for a minute, hoping he would just ask her to leave, but then he raised his arm to the bartender to bring her a drink and she stepped closer, and placed a hand on the front of his shirt.

The sight made her stomach turn, and she couldn't approach him now. Instead she decided to go after Laney herself. She made her way towards the door she'd gone out of with Alex and the second she stepped outside, she regretted it. Before she'd even fully realized what was happening, she was punched right across the face. Lily looked up from her knees, holding her bleeding nose, her jaw clenching tightly. Fuck. Alex was in the car pinning down Laney, Draco was leaning against the car with a casual smirk on his face, and Clay was standing over her with her blood on his knuckles.

She started to tremble as Clay reached down an grabbed her hair, yanking her head back hard. "Did you think I wouldn't find you?" He scoffed cruelly, gesturing towards the car. "You can thank your best friend for that. She told Alex exactly where you were." He laughed and she winced, hating that Laney had essentially made her worst nightmare come true. Clays grip was painfully tight on her hair. He showed her his wedding ring on his other hand. "Remind me baby, who do you belong to?" He whispered darkly, giving her a hard slap across the face before yanking her head back again with her hair and pulling her up higher on her knees.

She glanced between Draco and Clay. "You. I belong to you." She whispered, hating the words as she said them, but her eyes weren't on Clay, they were on Draco. Clay may be the one hitting her, but Lily wasn't half as afraid of Clay as she was of Draco. Draco was the true terror. Alex and Clay were just angry guys hunting down their wives. If it were up to them, Lane and her would probably already be dead. They were alive because Draco had something more fucked up in mind and Draco was the real mastermind here. Alex and Clay were abusive shitheads with ugly tempers, but Draco was a true psychopath. Whatever was in store for them, it was going to be Draco's design and she was terrified.

The idea of being back in Draco's hand made her so sick she actually pulled out of Clay's grip and leaned forward on one hand to throw up the liquor in her system. She was shaking so hard now, you'd think she was in Antarctica, not warm Cuba. Draco was the reason she was so fucked up. He'd killed part of her the day he'd killed Blue and that part of her had always been his. He was the only person in the world who she trembled and puked at the mere sight of.

Before Lily could do a thing, Draco came forward as Clay stepped back. Draco leaned down and took her hair, only much gentler then Clay had. He pulled her head up and wiped her lips, like he was just her brother taking care of her. "You're not good enough for him Lil, you know that." He breathed, referring to Jordan, speaking to her worst insecurities instantly as he pulled her to her feet. He pushed her towards the car then and she didn't fight him. She just ducked her head and slipped inside, her heart pounding in her chest.



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"Everything good?” Cody heard and glanced over to see Jordan slipping up next to him at the bar. Cody smirked at his friend as he waited on the bartender, eager to get the drinks and get back to Lane. They'd been having such a good night, he didn't want anything to fuck it up, even a minute spent apart. "Are you guys good?” he breathed and Cody raised a brow at that and glanced in Lane's direction. He'd left her only a second ago and she'd been perfectly happy. Now it looked like someone had kicked a puppy right in front of her.

Something had been off all night. She'd been happy, and they'd been having a good time, but he couldn't quite place it. There was just something not right about her, he knew how to sense things in Laney because more often then not, it was how he had to communicate with her. She was just so guarded, even with him, he usually had to read her vibe to know what was going on in her mind.

Tiger was sitting with Laney, talking and the bartender handed Cody his drinks. Cody was going to give his friend a nod and heard back over to Laney when he was stopped. A set of girls that had to be twins slipped between him and Jordan and the one closer to him took Laney's drink right out of his hand. His jaw clenched, knowing he had to keep himself in control. He'd some coke after fucking Laney, and he knew that was dangerous. This girl's dress was tight and plunging and she had wildly curly dark hair framing a stunning face.

His eyes went back to Lane. His jaw clenched as he watched a man talk to her. He could tell who it was, because his back was to her, but she stood and he put his arm around her and it pissed him off. Apparently, they couldn't even keep their shit together for one night. "Where are you from papi?" The Cuban girl breathed then, pulling his attention once more and he glanced at Jordan and let a sigh escape as she slipped a hand under the hem of his shirt and stood closer to him. She smelled like expensive perfume, and it was becoming increasingly hard to convince himself to ignore her.

Without thinking of the consequences, Cody downed his drink and took the girl by the arm, pulling her towards the crowded dance floor. It was a bad idea, he knew that. He needed to just go after Laney and stop her from whatever infidelity she was about to commit, but he was too pissed. If she was going to do whatever she wanted, so would he, as horrible as it was. He was too fucked up to come to any other solution.

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Had Delaney know that Alex was going to employee Draco and Tiger’s husband Clay, she’d have never put her friend in danger. Delaney was a horrible person in a lot of ways. The one thing she would never porously do was put Tigerlily in danger. She’d only meant to pull herself away from Cody. She’d meant to go back to a life she deserved, which was her life with Alex. Cody deserved so much better than her. Maybe that was why she’d never tried to honestly peruse him or try and make things work. Deep down she knew all of the shit he’d been through and she’d only continue to bring him down. She hadn’t meant to get Tigerlily involved. She felt horrible, wishing a week ago when she’d cut her wrists she’d have died.

Delaney felt the tears well up in her eyes. She felt absolutely helpless. There was no getting her once best friend out of this and it was all her fault. Delaney had never hated herself more. Alex slapped her hard across the face, before grabbing a fistful of her hair and slapping her head against the window so hard he’d nearly shattered it. Her vision blurred and her body threatened to shut down. She groaned in pain as the door to the SUV slammed and they were peeling out of the alley.
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The night seemed to be never ending. The only good thing about it was that Alex couldn’t do anything but hit her around. Which she’d take any day over him fucking her, which she knew would ensue the second they were alone. They’d gotten on a speed boat at a port in Havana, it had taken them a good hour and a half before they were greeted at a private port in Cancun. It was clear the guys had planned this kidnapping in depth. By sometime the next day after riding in the back of a truck that looked like it was on the verge of falling apart. They’d ended up in Sinaloa, Mexico. It was one of the most dangerous cities in Mexico, home to one of the most powerful criminal organizations in Mexico. It was all too clear why the guys had brought her an Tiger here.

They couldn’t go anywhere alone without risking being kidnapped by the drug cartel. By the first week it was clear that Draco, Alex, and Clay had friends in high places. They somehow had their in with the Drug Cartel which kept them safe and employed. As for Tiger and herself, they were far from safe. It didn’t matter that they were both still married to Clay and Alex, they were highly sought after by crude men in Mexico. Clay, Draco, and Alex were charging highly for a night with their wives. It was absolute torture. Some nights Alex sold her to multiple men of wealth. Most of which belonged to the drug cartel. They were rough, cruel, and treated her more like an object then a human being.

Alex didn’t seem to care as long as he was swimming in money. It no longer became about jealousy for Alex, but money. It only got worse when the three guys got dangerously high and would all three take turns terrorizing her and Tiger. Alex was typically the one doing all the deal, he spoke fluent Spanish and unfortunate thanks to his mother. It was hell on earth, literally. The few times that Delaney had fought back. Alex, Draco, and Clay had beat the shit out of her and locked her in a cold dark closet for days at a time.

Days had turned into weeks and weeks to months. She wasn’t sure how she was even still alive at this point. She wanted to say that Cody was the only thing keeping her alive, but the truth was she’d lost hope in Cody coming for her. He’d probably moved on exactly like she’d wanted him too. This had become her life. Delaney wasn’t sure she could be anymore broken then she had been when she’d married Alex, but she couldn’t be more wrong. She didn’t even know who she was anymore. Her body didn’t belong to her.

It had been six months since the night she’d willingly left the club with Alex. She wore a thick leather dog collar around her neck. She was emaciated like a dog who hadn’t eaten in far to long. Her facial features were sunken in, much like a skeletal version of herself. She wore nothing more than a lacy see through maroon bra and short jean shorts that showed off her ass. Her hair was a little longer now, her roots grown out, he blue eyes dull. Her pale skin was tattooed with darker and lighter bruises, some older some newer.

The music pounded off the walls of the expensive mansion of the drug lord’s house that they were occupying. Most of the girls seemed all too happy to be there, wanting their chance to hook up with a wealthy drug dealer. Lane was so fucked up on whatever Draco had forced down her throat that everything was blurring around her in different speeds. One moment everyone was moving in slow motion the next everything was sped up. She lend heavily against a wall a couple across from her making out. She was trying to focus on something, anything really but she didn’t even have enough control over her body to focus on the smallest things.

Someone pushed their body against hers and she was silently thankful it was Alex and not someone else. Alex alone was a considerable break from fucking horrible drug dealers and political figures. Hell, it was a break from Draco and Clay fucking with her. Alex pressed his lips to hers hard and she didn’t fight anymore, she kissed him back because that was what he wanted. Delaney had lost most of her fight. She knew what would happen if she fought back. It was different when it had simply been her and Alex, she could handle Alex’s rage. She couldn’t handle three full grown men’s rage, no matter how crazy or strong she thought she was. His lips moved along her jawline and down her neck as he slipped his hand down her short and past her thong, he started rubbing her between the legs.

She rested her head against the wall in a drugged up manor, she didn’t feel anything she was utterly numb to his touch. To everyone’s touch, including Tigerlily. Often times they were forced to do things with each other for the guy’s entertainment. When Lane didn’t give Alex the reaction he wanted, his hand came down hard across her face. Her eyes slowly found his.
“I’m sorry.” She breathed as if it was a trained response and he scoffed. He grabbed her upper arm roughly as he escorted her towards the door.

“We’re leaving.” He growled. She yanked her arm from his grip although it didn’t do much she was far too weak. His irritation grew.

“I’m sorry.” She repeated closing the distance between them know that if they left, he beat the hell out of her. She pressed her lips against his an attempt to get him to stay there.




















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Cody had lead the brunette beauty into the middle of the dance floor and immediately he had the sinking feeling that maybe the problems in his relationship with Delaney wasn’t as one sided as he’d thought. He was getting ready to blow off the twin the was trying to continuously get his attention. She grabbed his arm and started dragging him in the direction of the dance floor and he didn’t know how to say no without seeming horribly rude. He’d tried to walk away from her a few times, but she’d just continued to pull him back to her. Due to the amount of alcohol he’d consumed he found it harder and harder to turn the women down. At some point him and Cody had done a few more lines of coke and had a couple of shots and that was all it had taken for him to royally fuck up.

The night before was a blur, he’d woken up in bed to his horror not to Tigerlily, but to one of the twins who was sleeping next to him. The terrifying realization of where Tiger was hit him so quickly he shot out of bed and called out to her. He knew things were probably over between them. Recalling the night before was impossible. The first thought that came to his mind was that he had to have been drugged. He hadn’t once gotten black out drunk enough to forget an entire night, in years. Sure, he got fucked up a lot, but he had a high enough tolerance to remember most things.

Him and Cody had kicked the girls out, before the two of them had gotten into a pretty violent yelling match. They were back and forth blaming each other for the night before events. When they realized that there fighting would do nothing, they half-way made up. Enough to try and figure things out. They’d spent the rest of the afternoon making phones calls, filing police reports, and everything else in their power. It wasn’t until that evening with no contact from the girls that it started to sink in, something horrible had happened. Jordan knew with all of his heart that as mad as Tiger would have been with him, had she seen him with another girl she wouldn’t go this long without contacting him. Tiger would want to fight about it, she’d want to make him feel like a dick because he was one. He’d deserve every second of it. She hadn’t contacted him though, not so much as a text.

The next few months were absolutely gut wrenching. Him and Cody stayed in Havana as long as they possibly could. They spent their days searching for the girls and they spent their nights getting drunk and high and occasionally fucking girls to fight the guilt that was slowly consuming both of them. Jordan would never forgive himself if something happened to the girls. All he could think about was all of the bad. What if she was laying dead in a ditch? What if she’d been picked up for sex trafficking? There were a million possibilities all of them bad. Jordan had to find her.

When him and Cody had gone back to the states, it had been hell for them. They were greeted at the Los Angles airport by the LAPD and indicted on charges of murder. They were suspected for the disappearance of both Tigerlily Everret and Delaney Pittman. Apparently, the girls had become an international case. The media of course had a field day. It was the perfect crime according to the media. Cody had prior criminal charges and given Jordan’s track record with violence, there was no talking there way out of what everyone already assumed. Jordan knew what this meant for his football career. Whether they proved him innocent or not, his career was as good as over.

It was only by the combined grace of Cody’s money and his own that they managed to devise an extensive defense team. They’d managed to keep them out of prison, however the police were still closely watching them. Cody and Jordan couldn’t go anywhere without the media on their asses asking them how they’d killed their girlfriends? Why’d they’d done it? If the girls had refused to divorce their husbands? It was a daily reminder of the mistake he’d made by getting distracted by some bitch and possibly being the reason he couldn’t find Tiger. They couldn’t even turn on the tv without the news covering their story.

Him and Cody had become something of prisoners inside his San Francisco residents. Romeo was their only outlet to the outside world and he was grateful for his friend. They were still doing everything in their power to locate the girls with the help of Romeo and his guys. It was an agonizing hell that they were living in. While he was spiraling out of control quickly. Jordan had gone from one of the most valuable players in the NFL to accused murderer. Now that his career was over there was nothing holding him back from consuming large amount of drugs and alcohol.

Which was exactly what him and Cody were currently doing. It had been six months since Tiger and Lane’s disappearance and if Jordan was being honest, he was losing hope. He in, inhaling several lines of coke from the coffee table, before he came up his jaw clenched as his heart pounded in his chest.

“Fuck.” He breathed. “Where the fuck are they.” He groaned irritated. Him and Cody had become dangerously obsessed with finding the girls, which wasn’t good for their currently situation or being blamed for their disappearance. The media painted them as deranged monsters and Jordan was starting to believe it. He lend back against the couch as Romeo slipped into the room.

“I uh…” He started running his hands through his hair. “I just got a call from one of my guys.” Romeo explained. “He’s down in Mexico, picking up some drugs.” Rome explained. “He thinks he saw your girls.” He breathed and this desperate urgency washed over Jordan.

“Where?” He breathed demanding an answer from Rome.

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The next months were probably the worst of Tigerlily's entire life. She was at the mercy of Draco and his two brutes and it was fucking awful. They ended in one of Mexico's most dangerous cities, practically owned by the drug cartel. With Clay's past as club owner and a pimp, Alex's ability to speak fluent spanish, and Draco's uncanny charm, it wasn't long before the three of them were running a club that was essentially a base of operations for the Mexican cartel.

Drugs were always filtering through the place, and, unlike Clay's last club, so was money. With Draco mostly running the business end of things, Clay was actually managing a functioning club and it had definitely gone to his head. He was on a power trip like no other, as were Draco and Alex, which meant she and Laney were on the receiving end of their inflated egos.

It was almost unbearable, just the three of them, but to top it off, they were also being forced to work in the club for the guys. They served drinks in what was essentially just lingerie and if someone took an interest in one of them, they went and set it up with Alex, since he spoke the best Spanish. Clay ran the club for the most part, Draco did most of the thinking for the three of them, and Alex was in charge of making deals with rich drug lords and politicians, selling them off to whoever would pay good money.

Lily had stopped existing a long time ago. Her fire had gone out maybe a month or two in and had yet to be relit. Essentially, she was a puppet now. She did and said as she was told for everyone's amusement, and that was it. She'd been used and abused so many times over the past six months, she'd lost count. Hell, there were times where she'd lost count of how many guys she'd slept with in one day. On any given day, she could get sold off to six or seven of Draco's associates, and have to deal with the three guys. God forbid she disappoint one of her clients or say something to irritate one of the guys, then she had brutal punishing to worry about too.

She'd become nothing but a pretty object. As long as she was good, Draco, Alex, and Clay pumped her with drugs, which meant she was numb to the reality of her life. If she stepped out of place, however, drugs were usually the first thing to go. It was the worst and most effective way to torture her, because without the drugs, she had to endure every single day of her horrible life sober, and that wasn't an option.

Of course, it wasn't always just taking away drugs. Draco's twisted mind could think of a thousand ways to torture her and Laney. It was like reliving her shit childhood back in Gary, with Draco and his psychopathic friends constantly playing "games" with her and her twin sister. She was chained like a dog to a post in the dark basement naked for a good week at one point, and the only person she saw was Draco. It had been a living nightmare.

Which was why she'd mostly given up. She did and said as she was told, and in return, she got drugs to keep her numb. Occasionally, Draco got bored with her complete obedience and took the drugs away and tortured her just for fun still, but it wasn't nearly as bad as it had been in the beginning when she'd still had some fight and hope of seeing Jordan again.

Lily was currently at some party being thrown in a drug lords house. The place was incredible, and the guests were rich, but it was about the farthest thing from classy. There were massive drug shipments being finalized in one room and in the next, there was a drug dealer fucking an expensive prostitute. The music was so loud, you could hardly hear yourself think, and Lily was so high, she probably honestly couldn't have been able to tell you her own name.

She was wearing a black dress that was completely sheer and a set of black panties under it. Her bra had been missing for hours, somewhere between her third and fourth fuck. She was sitting on the couch, sunk pretty low in the cushions, her head flopped back against the cushion behind her. Her head was spinning and the music was vibrating through her entire body. Some drug lord had just shot her up and the high had her so good and gone, she couldn't tell you where she even was.

Someone's hand came down on her shoulders from behind the couch then and she winced instantly. His cold fingers clutched her collarbone and squeezed, making her let out a soft yelp. Along her left collar bone, Draco had taken his knife and carved a nice big SLUT right where everyone could always see it and the wound was still a little tender. "Enjoying the party sis?" She heard Draco breath as he leaned down to speak in her ear and her eyes opened but it wasn't much use. The only sensensations that mattered at the moment were the chilling touch of his hands and the sinister tone to his voice.

Lily didn't answer him right away and he squeezed her wounded collar harder, making her wince audibly this time. "Yess." She hissed, slurring the word a little, she was so high. He moved around in front of the couch then and grabbed the loop in the collar around her neck. She and Laney each had one and she hated it. He dragged her to her feet so she was centimeters from him.

"Alex has a special client for you." He told her and she had to fight to keep any expression from her face. When he said that, it was never good. That almost always meant she had to please more than one man at once, or someone that was especially cruel and rough, someone who had certain expectations. Still, even dreading what was about to happen, Lil didn't fight him as he took her by the wrist and lead her through the house.



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Dancing with the girl was a mistake, that much was instantly obvious to him. When he glanced in the directed Laney had been not long ago, wondering if she was flirting with some other guy, she wasn't there. She was gone, and it only pissed him off more, thinking that she'd taken off with someone else. She was his girl. He wanted nothing more then to go after her, but if she had run off with someone else, he knew that was what she wanted.

So instead, he made a massive mistake and stayed. Him and Jordan both ended up taking the twins home and the next morning he'd woken up with a massive headache and a thousand regrets. After kicking the girls out, him and Jordan quickly got into a pretty heated fight. He called and texted Laney a hundred times, but wasn't getting anything.

For the first time he was afraid she'd actually done what she was constantly threatening to do. It killed him to think, but she was always saying she'd leave and he'd never be able to find her, but he'd never believed her because they needed each other. Not to mention, he certainly hadn't seen it coming. They'd been having problems, sure, but that night in the club, Lane had been honestly happy with him, that much he was sure of.

Plus, Tigerlily didn't come home either. One day, they waited out, but after that, it became obvious something was up. If it had been Laney only, it might have somehow been believable that she'd just up and left and cut him off because she was cold enough for that. Tiger, however, was different. She and Jordan had been almost disgustingly happy lately. She wouldn't run off on Jordan out of nowhere and cut him off entirely, there would at least be a bitter fight first.

Over the next six months, shit really hit the fan. Back at home they were both accused of murdering the girls, and Jordan's life was essentially ruined by it. His career in football would basically be over, and Cody felt awful for his friend, knowing it had to be hard as hell losing his girl and everything he'd worked so hard his whole life for all in one swipe.

Of course, the media exposure wasn't exactly good for his career as a con artist either, now that a million people knew his face, but that was nothing compared to Jordan losing his place in the NFL at twenty three, right in the height of his career. He could always find another illegal and genius way to make money that didn't rely so heavily on playing roles and lying about his identity. Jordan would never play professionally again and football and Tigerlily had always been his life.

Due to the intense media and police coverage, and the damage of their losses, Cody and Jordan were basically confined to his place in San Fran. They'd gotten hopelessly hooked on hard drugs and cheap sex to curb the loneliness. Occasionally Romeo came by, but his news was always disappointing. He'd been looking for the girls for six months and hadn't found a shred of evidence. The only thing they knew was Clay had stopped harassing Jordan's lawyers about the divorce and had gone off the map, and when Romeo had gone back to Gary to see if anyone knew anything about the girls, Draco was missing. So they knew who might have taken them, but they had no fucking clue where they were or how to find them.

Cody was with Jordan, doing coke for the millionth time that day, trying not to think about the girls as much as possible. “Fuck. Where the fuck are they.” Jordan groaned after a particularly large line of coke and Cody just rolled his eyes. He wished he could just forget it, but he couldn't. Every single moment of every day, Laney was in his head, and the longer he went without her, the crazier he was starting to feel like he was getting.

Romeo came in then and Cody looked up, raising a brow at the man, hoping this wasn't just more disappointing news. “I uh…” He started running his hands through his hair and Cody sat up because it seemed like he might have something real this time. “I just got a call from one of my guys.” Romeo explained and his entire body tensed. Romeo really needed to hurry the fuck up and tell him where Lane was if he knew something. “He’s down in Mexico, picking up some drugs. He thinks he saw your girls.” He breathed and Cody couldn't keep his heart from skipping suddenly. He'd almost started to lose hope on ever finding them.

Jordan demanded to know where and Cody chimed in instantly. "Yeah, stop fucking around Romeo, where the fuck are they?" He almost shouted, unable to help himself. He was hyped up on coke and now he was hearing that someone may have seen Laney and Romeo still hadn't even really told him where. It was like torture, just waiting the few extra seconds.

"Sinaloa, Mexico." Romeo said then and Cody sighed already knowing that was bad news. "Yeah, and it only gets worse." Romeo continued, clearly trying to tread lightly. Him and Jordan were so hopped up on coke, if he said the wrong thing, he might get the shit kicked out of him just for being the messenger. "They're basically prostitutes, and from what I heard, they're not looking good." He said simply and bluntly, cutting right to it.

Cody looked over at Jordan. He was already on his phone, buying plane tickets to Mexico. It wasn't going to be easy and it would probably be pretty dangerous, going after the girls, but they had to follow this, even if it wasn't a solid lead. It was all they'd been able to come up with in six months. He just hoped they didn't fly out to the most dangerous city in Mexico, only to find out their source had mistaken someone else as the girls.

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Delaney couldn’t remember the last time her mind had let her think of Cody. It was just too painful, to think that this was her all her fault. She couldn’t care less about her own well-being. She was self-destructive, she knew this. However, she was carrying the heavy guilt of getting Tiger involves. That occupied most of her thoughts. The thought of Cody only added to her agony, so she often pretended that Cody had just been a figment of her fucked up mind. It was easier this way. Easier to survive, then living in a fantasy where she thought Cody would stroll in and save her or that she even still crossed Cody’s mind. It just wasn’t realistic. There was no way in hell that if Cody saw her now, he’d want her.

She avoided mirrors at all costs, because she honestly didn’t even look like herself. If anyone from her past saw her, there was no way they’d recognize her. Delaney had always been a tragedy, it was part of the reason people were drawn to her. She’d long surpassed tragedy, now she was just a worthless, drugged up, trashier version of her former self.

Alex pushed her up against the wall with little effort. She winced as her back collided with the wall. Delaney couldn’t weigh more then a hundred pounds and it took little effort to toss her around or bruise her up. He kissed her hard and she did her very best to kiss him back pretending to be into the kiss, she let a practiced moan escape her lips. His bone-chilling grin stretched across his lips and she knew something horrible was going to follow that fucking grin, it always did.

“That’s my girl.” He whispered against her lips and she held his eyes, finally able to focus on them. Anyone normal person could see just how broken she was by looking into her eyes. There was an emptiness in them that was impossible to miss. “Now, when you take care of your clients. Give them that kind of enthusiasm.” He ordered and she nodded. “Don’t let me down baby.” His words were a threat. He pinned her arm against the wall then and harshly stuck a needle into her veins.

A pain filled gasp of pain escaped her lips, followed by an excruciating burn that traveled up her arm. She glanced to the inside of her elbow, where a bright purple and blue bruise began to bloom across her skin. Alex had blown her vein, it happened more often than it should, because he didn’t give a shit as long as he was pumping her full of drugs that would make her incoherent enough that several men could have their way with her. He gripped her jaw painfully tight and she was certain if she tried to pull away she’d fracture her jaw in the process.

“Did I tell you to look away from me?” He spat, he shoved her head against the wall and she winced in pain. “Answer me.” He demanded tightening his grip on her jaw. Delaney shook her head slowly trying to fight the tears in her eyes. She hadn’t cried in months, but something about the way the pain resonated in her body, his rough touch, and knowing that another beating would follow after she was finished with whatever men he had lined up for her, had her on the verge of falling apart. She’d kept it together so damn well, but she was slowly losing it. “I said to fucking answer me!” He raised his voice slamming her body into the wall harsher.

“No.” She finally breathed biting back her tears and pain. “No.” she repeated. “Alex…” she whispered his name holding his eyes and something in his eyes flicked, like for a moment he honestly felt a little bad. She opened her mouth to speak again before Clay came up behind him. His eyes were cold and Delaney immediately averted her eyes, able to feel Clay’s eyes run over her.

“They're waiting.” Clay said simply as if reminding Alex that their clients were waiting. Alex grabbed her roughly and drug her up the stairs, Clay walked ahead of them, and Draco followed close behind with Lily in tow.

“Alex please.” Lane whispered, her tone begging as if she couldn’t take it anymore, it was like that drugs were having an opposite effect on her. They could typically shut her up and make her compliant, but for some reason an anxiety was building in her chest. “Please.” She repeated.

Alex stopped when they reached the top of the staircase and pushed her up against the banister, lifting her body off the floor with his cocaine induced strength. He bent her back over the edge and she couldn’t help but cry out in both fear and pain.
“Shut the fuck up, do you understand me!?” He yelled, a clear threat that if she didn’t he was going to kill her. She could her the mocking chuckles of Clay and Draco, amused by the way Alex was putting her in her place.

“You wanna join her?” He heard Clay offer Tiger, as if to make an example out of Lane.

Alex brought her feet back to the floor, towering over her. Delaney’s body tremored, her eyes on the floor. She made an irrational choice in the silence of the moment and tried to run. She knew she’d get caught, she knew it was likely that after Alex’s outburst just now he might kill her and maybe that was what she was trying to make him do. Being dead would be better then this. She’d made it two steps before Alex wrapped his arm around his her waist and tossed her backwards, causing her to fall on her ass.
“Looks like we’re going to have some fun tonight boys.” Alex smirked wickedly, before walking across the floor, grabbing a hand full of her hair and dragging her down the hall towards the room her clients were waiting in. He was going to make his money, then he was going to possibly kill her. Not before he got his money though. He yanked her up from the floor by her hair then and opened the door to a room were three unattractive, yet richly dressed men stood waiting. Alex shoved her in the room.

“Gentlemen.” He breathed in Spanish. “Enjoy.” He continued in the foreign language before shutting the door and leaving her there. She could hear him outside the door telling Clay and Draco where to take Tiger. The men slowly approaching her and she was thankful the drugs had started to numb her once more.




















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Just because Jordan had been a celebrity athlete, didn’t mean he was classy by any means. He’d still been raised in a high-volume crime city. He’d done his fair share of terrible things and borderline gang activity. In fact, most the time when him, Justin, Dakota, and Cody hadn’t been hanging out with their female counterparts, they’d been out getting into trouble. The girls assumed it was things like spray painting and trespassing. The girls weren’t very aware of the boy’s criminal activity growing up, in fact most people weren’t aware of it. Jordan knew a thing or two about the criminal world. He had just kept his dark deeds hushed and at bay, due to his career. Now though, now he had nothing to lose. His career was over and if his career was over, then there was no reason to hold back.

He was aware that Clay and Draco were most likely behind what had happened to the girls. He was sure they were as good as dead though until Romeo had shared this new information with them. He didn’t care what condition his Tiger was in. If she was alive, that was enough for him to risk his life to get her back and that was exactly what he was going to do. The consequences didn’t matter to him. All that mattered was the safety his girlfriend. He hadn’t even heard the rest of what Rome had said, he was already buying tickets for him and Cody to Mexico City. They could figure out where they were going and what they were doing once they got there.

There were a million things that Jordan should probably consider, but his mind was on one track and that was getting Lil out of her current situation. He wasn’t scared of her shit head husband or her psychotic brother, like he probably should be. That just proved that Jordan could be his own kind of crazy, he wasn’t sure that Cody even knew how cruelly cold-hearted her could be. His friend was about to find out though. Jordan was positive Cody could keep up with his crazy, he’d learned a lot about Cody simply because of what the media had been able to dig up on him and Cody was criminally insane at least that’s what the media had labeled him as. Neither of them were pussy, they could handle their shit.

“Jordan!” Romeo yelled, trying to get his friend attention. He’d called his name three times prior, but Jordan was in another headspace. Jordan lifted his head glancing up to Rome. “You can’t leave the country.” Romeo said knowing it probably wasn’t the best way to break it to the two guys, but it was the truth. “You guys are technically still suspects, there is no way your leaving the country.” Rome reminded both of them.

Jordan stood up then and Romeo stood his ground. Romeo was a tough guy, he ran his own small drug cartel. He’d been in and out of prison, that was where Jordan had met him. Romeo though had also seen what Jordan was capable of. It was one thing to commit crime to make money, kill a couple people when it was necessary. It was another thing entirely when you turned into the hulk due to your drug addiction, you had money to buy your way out of every situation, and you could chain up the girl you loved and torture her just because she didn’t cooperate then turn around and nearly beat a guy to death for saying something about that very same girl. Jordan was off the rails and Romeo knew it.

“What do I pay you for Rome?” Jordan spat harshly. “Get, us out of the fucking country.” Jordan ordered him. Romeo was the guy you wanted on your side, he was a certified criminal. He could easily pull his gun from its secured place behind his back and kill Jordan. He was loyal though and he genuinely like Jordan and Cody. Which was way he put up with Jordan’s shit. Not to mention, he couldn’t turn away Jordan’s pay, he paid good. “By morning. We need to be on a flight to Mexico city.” Jordan breathed clearly calling the shots. “We’re all going. Get your guys together.” He continued. “Call your guy back and tell him to keep eyes on the girls.” He breathed running a hand through his hair.

“Come on Cody.” He breathed gesturing for Cody to follow him into the kitchen. “You too Rome.” He called out as he made his way into the kitchen. He pulled a bottle of whiskey from the cabinet pouring three glasses full. His nerves were wired from the coke and the news. He downed his whole glass of whiskey, before filling his glass once more. He could hear Romeo giving several orders to a few of his guys over the phone, before he finally joined him and Cody in the kitchen. “We need a fucking plan. We don’t know what the hell we’re walking into. “he admitted honestly.

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As they reached the stairs, Lily and Draco came up behind the others and Tiger tried not to look at Laney. She hated looking at her friend, it made her feel sick. On one hand, Laney was the reason she was in the situation she was in, on the other, it was her brother that had masterminded the whole thing. It was like she was reliving her abuse with Blue all over again, only this time it was Delaney in Blue's shoes and she was honestly terrified she might end up in the woods somewhere, crying as she dug a shallow grave for her best friend's body, again.

She couldn't do anything but watch the floor as Alex threatened Laney. Her fists were clenched and her jaw was tight the whole time. If she looked up, and Alex killed Laney, she wouldn't be able to live with the image in her head. She knew from experience. Lily had been holding her twin's eyes when Draco had landed the final blow that killed her and it still fucking haunted her.

Laney tried to run and Lily could only wince slightly, knowing what that meant, Lane was going to be punished badly later, that was for sure. Hell, she might even get dragged into it if they were cruel enough, because they knew the girls hated to see each other hurt, they used it against them often. She just hoped Laney survived whatever it was. From the way she'd been looking lately, Ty wasn't sure how much more abuse her friend could take.

She knew they were both going to die eventually. That's what both Alex and Clay wanted, but Draco wanted to drag it out. She knew his end game. He wanted to hurt them as much as he could like a cat with a mouse before he finally killed them. That's what made her so afraid that Laney would be the first of them to go, and Draco would make sure she was there to watch helplessly. It would hurt her worse than anything else he'd done to her so far and probably could do to her. Then he'd kill her.

After Lane was pushed into one of the rooms, Draco shook his head disapprovingly. "You've got better manners then that whore, don't you sis?" He asked her, looking at her expectantly. Tiger nodded and said yes as he brought her to a doorway. "This guy's a little rough, but it's nothing you can't handle." He said, reaching out to squeeze her shoulder, his thumb digging into the scar on her shoulder. The pain pierced through her high, reminding her that she had the word slut branded on her and she winced and nodded. "Good girl." He told her and took out some coke, making her smirk a little. He grinned wickedly, loving that he had so much power over her, he could effect her mood in an instant. He ran a little coke over her gums before smacking her ass and sending her into the room.

Lily never even caught the man's name, but he was by far one of the worst men she'd had to fuck so far. She was sitting in the bathroom on the toilet seat, shaking uncontrollably as she tended to the damage done by him. She had blood running from her nose all the way down her chest and there was a deep black bruise around her throat that was obviously from a belt. The only reason she wasn't crying was because she had thankfully been high enough to be numb to most of the pain. She was just glad it was over.

She was trembling as she wiped the blood from her skin, and now that she was starting to come down, her pain was seeping into her body and she wasn't sure she could go back out there. She didn't want to leave that bathroom. Even her job at the party was over and they went back home, she'd only have Draco, Alex, and Clay to deal with and she was just so fucking tired of it. As dark as it was, she just wanted to get to the end. She wanted Laney and herself to die because at least it would finally fucking be over.

Just as she was starting to think about Jordan again and tears started to form in her eyes there was a pounding on the door and Lily sucked it up. She opened it to Clay and sighed, she never thought she'd say it, but of the three evils, Clay was the least terrifying to her. He was the one she could usually get drugs out of the easiest, and he seemed to be the least psychotic towards her, though that wasn't saying much.

He sighed at the sight of her and she instantly burst into tears. He just rolled his eyes and slapped her before grabbing her jaw and slipping a pill in her mouth and she was thankful because she knew it was a pain pill. "We're going home, you girls have sealed a lot of deals tonight." He told her simply and she just nodded and held his eyes, knowing there was more. "Delaney did try to run though and Alex will probably rip her a new one for that." He shrugged casually, like he didn't give a shit, when she had a feeling she knew he was trying to tell her to lay low and be as good as possible. If she could slide under the radar and not be noticed by Alex, she wouldn't get herself dragged into Laney's punishment.

"Don't worry, I'm your angel baby." She smiled her words came out light despite how she felt, and, while the smile was pretty and convincing enough to anyone that was drunk or high, anyone who was sober could see she was really empty inside. He told her she was a good girl and kissed her on the lips and she kissed back, despite hating him, she knew pretending to give a shit about him would get her drugs.

He put her collar back on that the rough man had taken off to choke her with his belt, and kissed her again before taking her wrist and pulling her with him, out of the mansion. She was glad the night was over as she got into Clay's car. being sold off at the club was bad enough without being brought to a party and publicly sold off. She just hoped Delaney didn't get her shit handed to her too bad, and hopefully Ty would be able to stay out of Alex's war path.[/b]



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Cody could see the wheels turning in Jordan's head as Romeo called his name over and over to get his attention. Being honest, Cody wasn't really paying attention to Romeo either. His own wheels were spinning and he was trying to piece together a plan even though he knew little to nothing about whatever it was they were about to head into. He couldn't help it. He knew Laney might not even be the same person anymore or want to have anything to do with him, but if she was being forced into prostitution, what he wanted didn't matter. At the least, he was going to get her out of whatever shit she was in.

“You can’t leave the country. You guys are technically still suspects, there is no way your leaving the country.” Romeo finally said after shouting at Jordan for a final time. It got both their attention and Cody was already shaking his head and trying to think of ways around that. This was too important to leave it to someone else. He had to be there. He didn't care if there were a million people between him and her and he had to kill them all, he would do it. He'd seen the bruises on Ty from her husband that night at the factory, and he knew for a fact Draco was a sociopath. It made his skin crawl to think of her in their hands.

Before he could protest, Jordan did, jumping to his feet. “What do I pay you for Rome?” Jordan spat harshly and Cody just nodded. “Get, us out of the fucking country. By morning. We need to be on a flight to Mexico city.” Jordan breathed, taking control over the situation and he knew Romeo wouldn't be too happy and it would be an added risk for sure, but he was going to do it. “We’re all going. Get your guys together. Call your guy back and tell him to keep eyes on the girls.” He breathed running a hand through his hair. Cody lit a cigarette and tried to get his racing mind to think.

Jordan called them into the kitchen then, pouring glasses of whiskey as he stated they needed a plan and Cody nodded, agreeing. He knew how to pull off complicated plans, but the problem was, he didn't know anything. They just needed to fucking be there so he could figure out what to do. Already the distance between him and Lane, now that he knew where she was, was agonizing.

"Well we can't just hop a plane, head over there, and rush into wherever they're living and take them." He nodded, agreeing with his friend. "But we also can't plan for a situation we know nothing about." He sighed. On one hand, it could be Draco, Clay, and the girls in some shit apartment and Clay was selling the girls for rent money, or the girls could have gotten sold to some rich asshole in the Mexican drug cartel. "We need to get there and find out what we can about their situation and if it's possible to make contact. Then we get a plan together to get them out as soon as possible. If we can, we kill whoever the fuck has them." Cody shrugged like it was that easy and downed his whiskey. "Fuck tomorrow morning, we need to be on a plane tonight." He said, shaking his head and slamming his fist on the table, the coke had him worked up. He knew it was going to be nearly impossible, but that hurrying was the most important thing. If the girls really were still alive, it was honestly a surprise, and they likely wouldn't last much longer.

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The men had been rough with her. They’d held her down while they’d all taken their turns and she’d had to pretend she liked it. She felt so fucking small, it killed her every time. Just when she thought there was nothing left of her, when she thought she couldn’t be broken any further she was always wrong. Her body ached as new dark bruises started to appear around her neck, on her wrists, and on her inner thighs. She had bruises on her cheek from Alex slapping her and a throbbing pain in her back from where he’d bent her unnaturally over the banister, when he’d threatened her. She sat on the floor of the bathroom, feeling nothing. Nothingness was a million times worse then emptiness and her pain combined. She’d never wanted to die more then she did in that moment.

The drugs were starting to dissipate from her system, making her feel everything tenfold. Her lip quivered as she tried to fight the urge to completely fall apart. Her eyes fell on a razor in the bath tub and this sick, twisted relief washed over her. Tears started to burn down her cheeks. The only cruelty to the situation was she couldn’t find the energy to crawl across the short distance to the bath tub to end all of her misery. This only caused the tears to fall harder.

“Delaney?” She jumped at the unfamiliar voice, for a split second she was convinced that it was Alex or Draco or Clay that had come to get her and take her back to the house to punish her for what she’d done earlier. Her eyes flicked to the doorway where a man she’d never seen stood. He had no accent, he was dressed nicely, and his voice held a caution to it as if he was approaching an abused animal. She coward out of habit as he approached her leaning down in front of her. He was careful not to touch her. “Are you Cody’s girlfriend?” He breathed, her eyes snapped up immediately to meet his at the mention of Cody. She didn’t know who this man was, there was a huge part of her that thought this might be some cruel set up put together by Alex and Draco.
Lane shook her head, denying the truth like she was trained to do. The man let out a sigh as he gently reached out grabbing her wrists, he moved her softly to examine the faded, but still apparent carved C shape on her upper arm that Cody had marked into her, like someone had told him exactly what to look for. He sighed as his eyes ran over her and she looked away feeling horribly ashamed.

“Just fuck me, already.” She whispered, like she just wanted to get it over with. The man shook his head and Delaney stiffened. “I’m sorry. Please don’t tell them.” She begged, like she knew she’d fucked up, because she was sure this man was a client. It was clear she was on the verge of a full blown mental break down.

“That’s not what I’m here for.” He assured her, but Delaney didn’t believe him. “I did pay for time with you.” He admitted. “But not to hurt you, to figure out how to get you and Lily out of here.” He spoke in a hushed tone. “I work for a friend of Jordan’s.” He tried to explain, but Laney shook her head, like she was convinced he was telling her a lie, to try and get her to say something that would get her into worse trouble, to give this man an admission and a reason for Alex to kill her, not the he really needed any good reason. The man was careful not to touch her, he’d clearly been coached on how he should deal with the situation. “My name is Max.” he said in a calm voice, trying to gain her trust. “I wanna help you Delaney, but you gotta talk to me.” He breathed, honesty staining her voice. However, it still wasn’t enough to cut through the brainwashed mind set given to her by the three men who’d been tormenting her for months.

“I don’t need help.” She whispered, lying, but her voice was so sickeningly broken, that Max winced, as if he could feel all of her pain simply by the sound of her voice.

“Do you want to talk to him.” Max asked as if hearing Cody’s voice might convince her that he was there to help her and that he wasn’t there to hurt her. Lane shook her head, but her eyes were desperate for him to call Cody. He pulled out his phone. The ringing filled the bathroom before another unfamiliar voice answered the phone. “Hey boss, I need to talk to Cody.” He said simply, there was a shuffling of the phone, before Cody’s voice was on the other end. It sounded so foreign to her, even the voice of someone she loved. The voice of someone she’d known most of her life didn’t sound real to her. “Hey Cody. I’m Max.” he introduced himself to Cody, making it clear that the man who answered before was to person he worked for, that he hadn’t directly met Cody, but he still held him in high regard. “I’m with Delaney and you’re on speaker phone.” He breathed, but there were more to his words.

Lane could read through the lines of Max’s words, he was warning Cody that she was fragile and severally brainwashed and there was a reason he was calling him, to try and convince her that he was there to help her.




















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Jordan wished for the first time since Tiger had gone missing that he was stone cold sober. The coke made him and Cody both irrational and rage filled. He couldn’t let his temper rule him when they were trying to successfully come up with a plan to get in and get their girls out. It wouldn’t be easy. Draco knew him and Cody, he’d know him the second he saw them. Had it just been Clay, they’d have so many more options. Jordan was fairly certain now more then ever though, that Draco and Tiger’s ex Clay were behind this. The evidence was undeniable. Not only had Clay stopped bothering Jordan’s lawyers, Draco was missing. They’d both mysteriously dropped off the radar. Jordan had tried to bring this to the attention of the judicial system. They didn’t want to hear it though. Having an NFL star and a criminal mastermind, who also happened to be the girl’s childhood friends was too good a story for the media to pass up. It wasn’t as interesting when it was a psychopathic brother and a crazy ex.

"Well we can't just hop a plane, head over there, and rush into wherever they're living and take them." Cody started and Jordan just listened. "But we also can't plan for a situation we know nothing about." Jordan sighed at the same time Cody did. "We need to get there and find out what we can about their situation and if it's possible to make contact. Then we get a plan together to get them out as soon as possible. If we can, we kill whoever the fuck has them." Cody shrugged and Jordan continued to rack his brain for possibilities and he filled up Cody’s glass once more. "Fuck tomorrow morning, we need to be on a plane tonight." Cody said, his fist hitting the table and Jordan knew he was right.

Jordan had seen the way Clay beat on Tiger. He’d heard the stories of what Draco had done to her. He was honestly surprised they were still alive. He knew he needed a moment to honestly let it sink in, because there was a good chance Tiger would look nothing like the last time he’d seen her. It wouldn’t change his love for her, nothing would. Not even if she wanted nothing to do with him when he got her back. He’d give her the space she needed, he’d do whatever she asked and he’d use every last dime to put her through counseling. He couldn’t imagine the abuse that he psyche had been enduring. He felt an ache in his chest at the thought. The realization cut straight through his drugs.

Jordan wasn’t an emotional guy, but knowing that he was somewhat to blame for this killed him. He’d never forgive himself if Tiger died. He already relived the night at the club over and over. There were so many things he could have done different and he still would have had her. He rubbed the moister that he started to build up in one of his eyes, fighting back to torment he was feeling. It was the ringing of Rome’s phone that pulled him from his thought and his entire body stiffened. This was the call Jordan thought. It would be Rome’s guy telling him the girls were dead. Jordan swallowed hard as Romeo answered the phone quickly downing yet another glass of whiskey.

“Alright.” Rome said simply before pulling the phone away from his ear. He hit another button, putting the phone on speaker before handing the phone to Cody. “It’s for you.” He said simply and Jordan felt his stomach twist and his heart ripping at the seams for his friend. Was Lane dead? Did that mean Tiger was next? He couldn’t stop the negative thoughts from invading his mind as Cody spoke into the phone, he couldn’t imagine if he felt the way he did, what his best friend was feeling.
“Hey Cody. I’m Max.” Jordan recognize the voice on the other end of the phone, Rome had a lot of guys, it was honestly pretty impressive. Even though he didn’t know the voice, he could hear the caution in the mans voice. There was this sudden fear that washed over Jordan, what if the girls were better off dead? What if they were too far gone? That was almost how Max’s voice made it seem. “I’m with Delaney and you’re on speaker phone.” He breathed and Jordan could detect the discretion in Max’s voice. He was telling Cody to tread lightly.

Jordan had to bite back to urge to snatch the phone from Cody and bombarded Delaney with a million questions about Tiger. However, he knew full well by the way Max spoke, the way he sounded like he was walking on thin creaked ice, forced Jordan to fight that urge. This may be there only hope at getting the girls out. This may be their only point of contact. Jordan wasn’t sure how Max had managed to get Delaney alone, but he knew that didn’t have much time. He shot Cody a hurried look, urging his friend to try his best to get anything out of Delaney that they could use. Jordan’s hopes weren’t high. In fact, his small amount of hope that he’d had, when Max had said he was they’re with Lane was fleeting.

Laney was a hard person, she always had been without the help of someone tormenting her. There was a good chance now she was impossibly guarded and they would get nothing from her.

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Lily was taken home by Clay. She asked where Laney was when they got home and he just told her that she'd had a last minute client and would be back with Draco soon. Tiger spent the rest of the evening working downstairs in the club while Alex and Clay supervised. She had a few more guys for the night, but one of them only wanted head, and the rest of them were pretty easy to suffer through.

She was on her best behavior, like Clay had suggested. She hoped maybe her good performance that day would help Alex forget about Laney's attempt to run earlier and maybe no one would get punished. Obviously, she knew that was unlikely, but she didn't want to get pulled into Lane's punishment, and she didn't want to have to watch, or hear it happening either. She'd even gone so far as to pull Alex into one of the back rooms at one point to get him off, hoping to relax him a little before Lane and Draco got back.

After fucking Alex for a while, Clay told her she could be done for the night and he gave her a shot of heroin before letting her head upstairs. Clay was always the easiest to get drugs out of, and if Draco wasn't around, he was the one giving her and Laney breaks if they were looking to worn down. Not because he really cared, mostly just to keep them fresh, but it was definitely better than nothing. If it was up to Draco or Alex that day, they hardly got a minute between guys from the moment they woke up until the moment they went to bed.

In fact, she'd had so much sex over the past six months, she'd had three pregnancies and three abortions. The first one had hurt the most, because it had happened so soon after her kidnapping, there had been a chance it could have been Jordan's. She'd fought, and screamed, and cried. She knew she wasn't exactly fit to be a mother, but, if the baby was Jordan's, it would be the last thing she'd ever have of him. Still, all her fighting ended up doing was getting the shit beaten out of her and the baby aborted anyway. After that, however, she was thankful for the next two abortions. The last thing she wanted was to get knocked up by Clay, Alex, or someone who's name she didn't even know, or worse, her own fucking brother.

Upstairs in their apartment, Lily made her way to Clay's bed and passed out cold, utterly exhausted from the long day. She hardly got twenty minutes of sleep, however, before Clay was joining her in bed and she had to wake up and roll on top of him. Pleasing men had become automatic over the past six months. She didn't even really think about it much anymore, and, unless it was Draco, which was always horrifying, she was completely numb to it. The only time she felt any pain or self-loathing over it was when she was sober, and she did her best to avoid that at all costs.

When Clay finally came, she rolled off him and sighed as she went to the bathroom to shower, needing one badly. She felt incredibly dirty, and wanted to scrub every inch of her body until her skin was raw, but the hot water only lasted a good thirty minutes before it ran ice cold and she was forced to get out. She wrapped a towel around herself and went back to Clay's bed. He was asleep and she was glad. Now that she was clean, she hoped no one else would touch her for the rest of the night and she could stay that way, but she knew that was probably wishful thinking. Laney hadn't even come home with Draco yet.

Tiger pulled on one of Clay's shirts and sat back down as she combed her fingers through her wet blond hair. When she'd been in Havana, her hair had been chin length and platinum blond. Now the blond had faded, her darker roots had grown out, and it was already past her shoulders in length. If Jordan ever did see her again, he'd probably only recognize her by her tattoos. She looked like a shell of the girl she used to be, it was so obvious even in the way she moved. She was just so battered and empty.

Her eyes landed on Clay's phone, sitting out on the nightstand and she bit her lip hard as tears started to well in her eyes. She had Jordan's number memorized. It would be so easy to pick up Clay's phone, lock herself in the bathroom, and call him. Just hearing his voice would bring her back to life again, for a minute or two. Her hand reached out and touched the phone, and her fingers were itching to pick it up. For months Draco and Clay had brainwashed her, telling her Jordan wasn't even looking for her, and she wasn't good enough for him. In the end, she pulled her hand away and sighed. She wasn't even sure what she would say to Jordan if she could speak to him again, and honestly, it wouldn't be worth it if she got caught. Instead, she just slipped back into bed with Clay and closed her eyes, hoping to get a little more sleep before Draco and Laney got home.



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Cody knew getting on a plane that night would be next to impossible, but he didn't care. The sooner they were out, the better. He couldn't risk the girls getting killed and them missing their window because they'd had to delay a night. He'd give Romeo all the money he had if it meant getting to Laney a few hours sooner, and that was easily several billion dollars.

Cody was smart, he'd been attacked viciously by the law lately, and even audited by the IRS, but they hadn't been able to find his money. He knew enough to keep most of his spoils of thievery in untraceable, foreign accounts. Even with all the lawyers and bullshit he'd had to pay for, and his career as a conman being effectively ruined by the media, he still had more than enough money to last him several lifetimes. He'd spend every last dime he had and go completely bankrupt however, if he had to to get Laney back.

Cody was about to throw a bunch of money Romeo's way to get them on a plane that night, when Romeo's phone rang. He picked it up, and from the look on his face, Cody already knew it was the man Rome had watching the girls. His stomach twisted. This was either good or bad, and given the way his life had been going lately, it was more likely that whatever the news was, it was bad. Either the man who'd found them was calling to say they were too late, the girls were dead, or that he'd made a mistake and it wasn't even them.

Romeo told him the call was for him and Cody raised a brow as he put it on speaker and handed it over. He already knew Laney was on the other end, and his heart was racing, trying to figure out what to say. She would likely be shattered beyond all reason, and as Max spoke, telling him he had Lane on the line, Cody knew he had to be careful. Laney was likely terrified to even talk to him, and she probably wouldn't want him to get involved for fear that it might end up making her situation worse.

It was silent for a moment as he tried to figure out what to say. His eyes went to Jordan, knowing his friend was tortured. He got to talk to Laney, but Jordan didn't get to talk to Tiger and it had to be killing him. He was probably standing there wondering if Ty was even still alive. "Hey baby." He finally breathed softly, his tone as gentle as it could be with how much coke was in his system. He had to get as much information out of Laney as he could in a short amount of time, and he knew it was going to be near impossible.

"I just have a few questions okay?" He said, knowing he had to go a little slow, even though they were pressed for time. He couldn't bombard her with a hundred things at once, or she'd surely shut down on him. He wanted to ask a thousand questions, but he knew he should probably narrow it down to something like three or four. He couldn't even really get super specific, because, for all he knew, she was completely brainwashed and would go tell whoever had her that she'd talked to him the second they hung up, in order to avoid backlash if they found out later.

"Is Tiger alive?" He asked first, glancing at Jordan, knowing that was the most pressing thing on his friend's mind right now. The line was silent for a long time, and he was just honestly dying to hear Laney speak, but she didn't. Max eventually told him Delaney had nodded and he let out a small sigh of relief, glad, for Jordan's sake, that Lily was still alive.

"Who's got you?" He asked next, and again, there was a long, agonizing pause before, finally, she spoke. As sick and unsettling as her voice sounded, it was like music to his ears. She simply listed names and his jaw clenched when he heard her add Alex to the list of men they already assumed had the girls. He was stupid for not checking up on that sooner. He'd thought Alex was dead, so he hadn't sent anyone to see if Lane had gone back to him or not.'

"I love you, and we're coming to get you." He told her softly, glancing between Jordan and Romeo, knowing he had to get something else out of her, but not sure if it was a good idea, pushing further. If she went and told Draco, Alex, and Clay everything they said later, he didn't want them knowing what all he knew, but at the same time, it was hard to plan for something they knew nothing about. "Max, how long do you have?" Cody asked, wanting to know how long he'd be able to have Laney.

"It was steep, but I paid for two hours." Max informed him and Cody nodded.

"Okay," he sighed. "Max, get her somewhere safe and comfortable and let her sleep for a while. If you can, get her some food. If she says anything else to you that I need to know, call me immediately." He said then, giving Max crystal clear instructions on how to treat Laney for the next two hours or so, hoping if Max was gentle and caring enough with her, she would trust him enough to give him some good information. If not, at least Laney would have a break for a little while. "Okay babe, I have to go now, if there's anything else you can tell me, I need you to tell me now." He breathed, speaking to Laney again, hoping she'd give him more information or, at the very least, tell him she loved him too, but his hopes weren't up.

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There was a silence on the other side of the phone, causing Lane’s stomach to twist painfully. Her brain had been rewired, so much so that she was sure that now Cody and Jordan were in on her kidnaping. It made since to Lane. She’d stopped trusting everyone aside from Tiger the first month in. She’d been violated in too many way to count. She’d been beaten down, raped, close to death, starved, and every other awful thing you could think of. Alex had even gone as far as taking her in behind everyone’s back and gotten Lane a hysterectomy to ensure she could never have kids. It was an irreversible surgery. Laney had no say in it, the doctors hadn’t even question her. Everything was so fucked up in Mexico, Alex could literally do what he wanted when he wanted with Delaney.

"Is Tiger alive?" These were the first words that had really registered in Lane’s brain, but she didn’t even part her lips to speak she simply nodded. "Who's got you?" Cody asked next and she hadn’t even thought, she’d just mindlessly listed off the names of Draco, Alex, Clay, and that they were borderline property of the Mexican drug cartel. "I love you, and we're coming to get you." His voice was soft, but she couldn’t believe his words. Alex had filled her head with so much horrible shit, that Cody’s words were just another lie to her.

Cody spoke directly to Max then, but her mind had started to wander. There was a small voice inside her begging her to cry out for help. The voice begged her to tell Cody everything she knew so that he could save her, then there was Alex’s voice that over powered her own voice. Alex’s voice told her she was getting exactly what she deserved. That she was lucky anyone wanted her. His voice kept her for letting herself believe that Cody was really coming for her. Lane knew what she had too do if she wanted to survive Alex’s beating, she had to be a good little whore and prove that her loyalty was with Alex, Draco, and Clay. She was almost sure if she did that, Alex would over look her attempt to run. Almost as soon as she had that though another crossed her mind and it was as if she had for a moment kicked Alex’s voice and got some kind of fight back in her. Max seemed to catch it and he raised a brow as Cody spoke.

"Okay babe, I have to go now, if there's anything else you can tell me, I need you to tell me now." He breathed and her intellect kicked into overdrive. She hadn’t used her brain in far to long and it was craving a challenge. That was why her and James had always gotten along so well, it was why despite her and Cody’s disputes, they fit together. Lane was smart and suddenly the pieces were falling into place, it was no longer about saving herself. She saw and out for Tiger and she had to get her friend out of what she’d gotten her into. She didn’t care about her own wellbeing, she never did.

“Don’t come after me.” She breathed honestly, her voice seeming less empty and more determined. “You’ll die.” She said bluntly. “All of you.” She admitted. “This isn’t your playing field it’s theirs.” She spoke more so as if she was talking to herself. “I think I can bring them and Tiger to you.” She said excluding herself, making it clear that she didn’t intend on being saved. “This is my fault and I deserve all if this, but Lily doesn’t.” She said in a hushed tone. “I’m going to tell them exactly where you are and that your trying to take us from them.” She breathed, there was a tone to her voice though that she knew only Cody would pick up on. She was going to double cross Alex, without him knowing. She’d play the very same game she’d played with James. It was like the longer she spoke out loud the more the plan developed.

A new life sparked up inside Laney then, the possibility of tormenting Draco, Alex, and Clay the way they’d done to her and Lily seemed in her grasp and that was all she was focused on. She knew Cody could be violent, she’d known that when he’d cold James in cold blood. If Cody stillloved her like he said he did, he wouldn’t pass up the chance to slowly and brutally murder her captors. She’d play into Draco, turn in Max for working for Jordan. Draco would take her to Alex and Clay, she’d play into them gain their trust, by proving to them that her loyalty was with them. They’d think she was on their side. She’d tell them Cody had told her where to run to, where he’d be waiting for her. They wouldn’t be able to resist. They’d want to kill Cody and Jordan to get them out of the way, for good. They wouldn’t know that Cody and Jordan would be ready for them.

“Do you understand?” she asked Cody, a dark undertone to her voice, practically able to see the smirk on his face. Cody and Delaney had always had their own language. Maybe not literally, but they’d always just clicked on a level that no one understood. They used to have a long list of inside jokes that no one else understood. “We need a place.” She added, the plan would set itself into motion, she knew that much, she just needed a solid meeting place. “Somewhere secluded.”

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Cody had told her a place and the plan had already set it’s self into motion exactly like she knew it would. She’d waited inside the bedroom, until Max had climbed out the window. She’d made sure to give him a good amount of time before she started to run out of the bedroom. The drugs out of her system, no longer controlling her inability to think for herself like they had been for the past six months and something about being as sober as she was, brought, all her pent-up anger for what her and Lily had been put through, to the surface. She was dangerous.

She’d pushed thorough people until she’d found Draco. She’d explained to him that Max had tried to kidnap her for the sake of Cody and Jordan and Draco was instantly impressed by her loyalty. He’d dragged her from the party and shoved her into the passenger seat of his flashy sports car. She’d had to fight the smirk that threatened to give her away. Draco had called Alex and told him to wake up Clay and Tiger, that they had things to discuss. Once they were back to the apartment Alex grabbed her roughly away from Draco.

“Cody tried to have me kidnapped.” She blurted out before Alex could hit her, she squeezed her eyes shut expecting a shock of pain across her face. She slowly opened her eyes when it didn’t’ come.

“What did you say?” Alex breathed.

“Cody and Jordan.” She said their names and Alex visibly flinched. “They sent a guy for us.” She gestured to Tiger. “I know where they are.” Delaney offered and she could see the wheels turning in Alex’s eyes. She was careful not to look at Tiger, because she’d be tempted to give her friend some kind of sign that she wasn’t as brainwashed as she herself thought.

Alex laughed grabbing Lane’s face roughly and she fought back a painful wince as he lend in and kissed her hard. He hadn’t kissed her like that since they’d lived in Washington and she knew she’d won yet another round of convincing the guys. “What a loyal little slut you are.” He whispered against her lips.




















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Jordan held his breath when Cody had asked if Lily was still alive. He wasn’t sure what he would do if the answer was no. The thought of losing her was agonizing. A silence fell over the room and he was two seconds from stealing the phone and screaming into it before Max finally spoke, informing them that Delaney had nodded, confirming that Lily was still alive and he let out a breath he hadn’t realized he’d been holding in. His heart, started to regulate in his chest once more as he lit himself a cigarette needing something to distract him for going absolutely crazy. Laney listed off the names of the people who had her. He was only slightly surprised when Lane’s husband was added to the list of names along with the drug cartel. The way she made it sound though was the guys hadn’t quite sold them off to the drug cartel, had they the girls would have been as good as dead.

He stopped listening when Lane started to talk about how she didn’t want to be rescued, that only Tiger deserved to be taken and he started replaying that night at the club in his head. How had he missed the signs? He should have known full well that nothing good ever followed Laney. He knew now that she had to have called Alex and Alex had brought Clay and Draco along. They’d figured while they could grab Lane, they might as well grab Tiger and he hated himself for ever leaving her alone. She probably wanted nothing to do with him now and that thought destroyed him. He had to pull himself out of the hole he was spiraling down. It was one thing at a time and right now he needed to just get Tiger out of her current situation. He could deal with everything else once those fuckers were dead and he had her back.

“I’m going to tell them exactly where you are and that your trying to take us from them.” He froze, when his ears heard Delaney’s words. She wasn’t on their side. Fuck. Was the only thing he could think. She was going to tell those assholes and then they were going to move again and they’d be starting over from scratch again trying to find them.

Jordan couldn’t stay in the room and listen to the rest of What Lane had to say. He was too irritated with the fact that when Tiger seemed so close, when it seemed like their might be a chance to save her, because Delaney was such a psychotic bitch he was going to lose her again. He slipped out the back door and into his backyard as he finished off his cigarette trying to keep himself from falling apart. The only thing keeping him together was the coke still swimming through his veins. He was trying to rack his brain for other ideas, for way to leave right now, before they had a chance to move the girls anywhere. One thing was for sure, if he managed to get to them and Delaney didn’t want to be saved then so be it.

Jordan walked across the lawn, cursing under his breath at the thought of Lane being the one to do her and Tiger in. It was so fucking frustrating. He grabbed a handle of tequila from his outside bar taking a long drink. He was leaning against the bar as Cody came out the back door. There was a wicked smirk on his lips and Jordan just rolled his eyes.

“Why the fuck are you smiling?” He hissed, clearly irritated. “You should know I’ve always hated Dee, she’s a psychotic fucking bitch and you can do better.” Jordan breathed clearly intoxicated and angry. “I don’t know what you see in her. I knew she was too fucked up to be rational, let her stay with her crazy ass husband. I don’t give a shit, but I’m getting Tiger back, if it kills me.” Jordan spat taking another long drink from the bottle, finishing the bottle that had only been half full. He tossed it across the lawn, it shattered against the concrete and a few of the large pieces of glass tumbled into the pool. He pushed off the bar and headed towards the house. “I’m going to Mexico.” He stated, although he was really in no condition to go anywhere.

He was heavily intoxicated, but could still function. He was good at hiding how fucked up he really was, hell he’d played football games fucked up and no one had ever known. However, it wasn’t just him being intoxicated. His temper was flaring up and the last thing he needed was another prison stay.

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Lilty was woken roughly by a shove from Clay. She rolled out of bed and would have fallen right on her face if she wasn't quick to catch herself. He was getting dressed and Lily pulled a pair of shorts on under his t-shirt, knowing that meant Draco and Laney were going to be home in a few minutes. Laney was going to have to be punished, and when one of them was punished, the other always had to watch. That way, they both learned a lesson. It was going to be brutal and Lily was dreading it.

Draco entered the apartment with Laney in tow and instantly, Alex snatched her away and Lily bit her lip as she watched from her place on the couch, in Clay's lap. “Cody tried to have me kidnapped.” Laney blurted suddenly then and the news had shocked her so bad, she nearly leapt off Clay's lap. It was honestly hard to keep her cool and just sit there. Her body tensed a little and she knew Clay could feel it. His hand on her thigh started to squeeze a little.

“What did you say?” Alex breathed and Lily bit her lip so hard, she could taste blood.

“Cody and Jordan.” Delaney said, and suddenly, everyone in the room was tense. Her heart was beating rapidly in her chest. Jordan was looking for her. At first, the news made her happy for the first time in six months. But then she realized what was happening. She wanted so badly to lunge across the room and choke her best friend so she could just shut the fuck up. If Cody and Jordan were looking for them, Laney was about to ruin it and it was devastating, especially considering she was coming down, and was hearing this mostly sober.

“They sent a guy for us.” Delaney continued then, gesturing towards her and Lily closed her eyes and swallowed the lump in her throat, trying to keep herself calm so Clay wouldn't know what was going on in her head. “I know where they are.” Delaney offered and tears started to form behind her closed eyelids. Fuck. If they'd had a shot at getting away, Lane had just ruined it by selling the guys out to Alex. Now she was going to have to watch them kill Jordan. That would be fun for Draco.

Alex was overjoyed, all the guys seemed to be suddenly, but Tiger felt like someone had just ripped her heart out of her chest. Without thinking, Lily opened her eyes and looked at Draco. The look in his eyes made her sick, and her tears started to drop silently from her cheeks before she could stop them. Suddenly, Clay's grip on her thigh became so tight and painful, she cried out.

"Why are you crying over him?" He spat in her ear bitterly and her eyes were still on Draco's. She felt so sick, she turned her head without realizing that she was turning away from Clay, who was talking to her. Now she'd cried over Jordan in front of him, and turned away from him when he'd spoken to her. She was going to get her ass kicked, but she couldn't help herself. She was sober. "You have ten seconds to pull it together before I drag you back into the bedroom and remind you who the fuck you belong to, and it won't be fun for you." Clay spat bitterly, and Lily nodded.

She knew Draco, Alex, and Clay would want to sit up and talk about their plan for Jordan and Cody, and Clay didn't feel like wasting time punishing her, that was the only reason he was giving her a second to collect herself. She turned her face towards Clay, so the others couldn't see her, quickly drying her tears on the t-shirt she was wearing of his and taking a deep breath, swallowing her emotions as best she could. If Clay would just give her drugs, it would be easier, but she doubted he would after she'd cried like that, proving herself less loyal than Lane.

Tigerlily sat on Clay's lap while the rest of them talked a little longer. Lane told them what she knew, and then she and Ty were asked to leave the room so the three of them could talk. They didn't want them to know their plan, that much was obvious and for once, Lily wasn't happy to have a break because it meant she'd be alone with Laney after the way she'd just brutally betrayed her, Cody, and Jordan all in one stroke.

She went into one of the bedrooms with Laney and as soon as the door was closed, Lily whirled on her friend. She slapped her hard and fast across the face, knowing the hit would hurt, even if she wasn't the strongest person in the world, there was a lot of pain and rage behind it. "You fucking bitch." She spat bitterly as she sank down on the bed and dropped her face into her hands, unable to stop the tears now. She was crying as quietly as she could, so the men in the other room wouldn't hear. Had she not been sober, the news might not have even phased Lily. It might have broken through her numbness momentarily, but she wouldn't feel so defeated by it. She wouldn't feel anything about it.

"You don't even understand..." Lily cried, half mumbling the words to herself, feeling like Laney didn't even know what she'd just done because she didn't know the big picture. She didn't know Draco's end game the way Ty did, she didn't know about Blue's death. She'd just sold Jordan and Cody out because she thought it might keep them alive and out of trouble. In reality, in the end, they were going to die anyway. Draco was forcing her to live her actual nightmares.

"Draco killed Blue. I buried her for him." Ty finally admitted miserably, her chest tightening. That was the first time she'd ever spoken those words to anyone. Everyone knew her twin had disappeared when she was sixteen, but no one knew that Draco had killed her. Even if they suspected, no one knew that Lily had watched it happen, and then had been dragged out into the woods in the middle of the night to help bury the body. She couldn't even visit the "grave", because Draco had made sure she didn't know exactly where it was. "He's making me relive it, you're going to die." She breathed heavily, lowering her hands and looking directly at Laney. "He'll make me dig a nice big hole, then he'll kill me and put both our bodies in it, along with Jordan and Cody's now. Hell, probably even Alex and Clay too, since they're witnesses." She sighed deeply, letting Laney know she hadn't bought them their lives or their safety in any way. She'd only added to Draco's body count at the end of everything.



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“Don’t come after me. You’ll die. All of you.” Delaney breathed then, a little determination coming her her voice and he wanted to sigh, but he knew Laney. He knew, by her tone of voice, there was more to it then that. She had a plan coming, and he almost couldn't believe it. It was impressive, to say the least, that even despite what he could only imagine she'd been through, she could still fight enough to come up with a plan.

“This isn’t your playing field it’s theirs. I think I can bring them and Tiger to you.” She said, and he hated that she left herself out, but he couldn't help but smirk. She may be broken, but she was still the girl he loved, that much was obvious. “This is my fault and I deserve all if this, but Lily doesn’t.” She said in a hushed tone and he wanted to argue with her on that, but he knew now wasn't the time. After he got her back, he'd worry about making her feel better. Even though the situation was technically her fault, that wasn't what mattered to him at the moment. Getting her out mattered because, no matter what she thought, she didn't deserve what was happening to her.

“I’m going to tell them exactly where you are and that your trying to take us from them.” She breathed, in a tone he knew well and he couldn't help but smirk. Romeo looked confused and Jordan stormed out of the room, but Cody was standing there with a smirk on his lips because he knew what she was thinking and how to proceed already. He loved her so damn much, and he wished more then anything, he could kiss her through the phone, tell her how much he loved her and that she was going to be safe soon, but now wasn't the time. He needed to focus on the plan and set his emotions aside, like he'd always done for his work. Laney was going to help him con the three assholes that had her into showing up right at their feet.

“Do you understand?” she asked and Cody just responded with a simple yes. She asked for a place to meet then and he gave her one. Cody told her he loved her one more time before he was forced to hang up. First, he explained the situation to Romeo, and told him to get his guys ready. The more they had, the better. Then he went outside, knowing he had to calm Jordan down, but it wouldn't likely be easy, seeing as he was pissed and coked up.

“Why the fuck are you smiling?” Jordan spat, pissed as he went out to the backyard where his friend was and Cody just shrugged. “You should know I’ve always hated Dee, she’s a psychotic fucking bitch and you can do better. I don’t know what you see in her. I knew she was too fucked up to be rational, let her stay with her crazy ass husband. I don’t give a shit, but I’m getting Tiger back, if it kills me.” Jordan spat in an angry rant before tossing and shattering a tequila bottle. “I’m going to Mexico.” He stated, simply, even though he clearly couldn't even drive down the block without killing himself at the moment.

"Shut up Jordan, Delaney's not against us, she's helping us, and she's doing it to save Tiger, your fucking girl." He spat, knowing Jordan wouldn't hear his words unless he was a little harsh. He was pretty fucked up, and angry. He followed Jordan into the house, but before he could leave out the front door, Cody dragged him back into the living room and tossed him down on the couch. "She's luring them to us." Cody explained, holding his friend's eyes. "They think we're going to be expecting our girls so we'll be standing there, unarmed, and vulnerable, so they're going to show up to kill us." He said with a shrug like it wasn't a big deal, because they would be prepared. "But we'll be ready. We'll both have guns, Romeo, and all his guys. We'll get the girls back, be able to take those assholes alive, and not even have to leave the country or break a sweat." Cody said with a smirk like it was all that simple, and, if everything ran smoothly, hopefully it would be.

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Delaney stupidly stole a short glance at Tiger, able to see the tears running down her cheeks and she fought her sober urge to tell her friend it was going to be alright. The guys were pleasantly impressed by Laney. It showed Lane just how stupid they were. The fact that she’d been on the verge of breaking down a few hours ago, because she couldn’t her life anymore, to now standing in front of them, sober none the less and selling out Cody. Who she knew Draco was well aware she’d always liked. Gary was a small town and everyone knew Cody and Delaney were just as close as Tiger and Jordan had been. Cody and Lane had just never slapped a title on it. She knew Draco though, better then she should. She knew exactly the kind of guy he was that night at the party. She could see the evil in his eyes, there was no other word to describe it and she knew Alex. She knew Alex well, all his insecurities and the way he reacted to situations. Clay was simply a carbon copy of Alex and when Lane figured that out, she had just needed that push to play them.

The guys only had one thing on their minds, it was the thought of finally breaking the girls past the point of return by killing Cody and Jordan. There biggest mistake was severally underestimating Lane, the same way everyone always did. Alex and Draco probed her with a parade of questions. She hadn’t hesitated when she’d told them everything with a coldness, that only gained the guys trust that much more. She’d told them that Cody had told her to meet him at the old warehouse in Gary. Mistake number one, Alex and Clay didn’t know the warehouse or the area that surrounded it. Cody and Jordan knew it like they knew her and Tiger. It was practically their second home growing up. There second mistake was the fact that they’d decided Lane would be the mediator. That she’d be able to have more contact with Cody, to make get more information from him if they needed it.

Finally, the guys told the girls to leave the room and Delaney had already gotten what she wanted. Her and Tiger were as good as free, if she could keep her shit together. Her main concern was to get Tiger out, so that she didn’t have to feel guilty. She’d never forgive herself, because she knew how fucked up Lily was, they’d been enduring the same hell for months. Lane would feel a million times better though, if she could just get her friend out alive.

The slipped into one of the bedroom and as soon as the door shut behind them and Laney turned back to face Tiger, a stinging pain shot through her face. She clenched her jaw biting back a wave of pain. "You fucking bitch." Lil spat and even though Delaney knew she was just upset it still hurt. "You don't even understand..." she cried. Laney swallowed hard already knowing she was referring to Draco and Lane knew a little too well. "Draco killed Blue. I buried her for him. He's making me relive it, you're going to die." She admitted. Lane sighed, a lot of people had suspected it, but they were too scared to confront Draco. "He'll make me dig a nice big hole, then he'll kill me and put both our bodies in it, along with Jordan and Cody's now. Hell, probably even Alex and Clay too, since they're witnesses." She finished.

Delaney met her friend red, watery eyes. Hearing her confession killed Lane. She hated that Tiger had been carrying that weight for so many years. She’d always tried her best to protect Lily, because she knew her home life was shit. Lane somehow felt a separate guilt for not being there when Draco had killed Blue, although Laney knew she wouldn’t have been able to do much. She let out a sigh, ready to confess her own secret, the one that had shut her down to begin with.

“I’m sorry you carried that for so long Ty.” Delaney said and it was probably the most honest she’d ever been. “I know I couldn’t have done much, but I wish I could have.” Lane admitted. She pushed off the door, knowing her and Lil were safe to talk the guys wouldn’t bother with them for the rest of the night. They were too busy trying to make a plan that in the end would fail. Lane made her way across the room, she sunk down to the floor in front of Tiger, crossing her legs under her. She looked down at her hands, hating what she was about to say. “I have a confession.” She breathed, her voice quiet. “When you asked me if I knew who raped me that night at the party.” There was hesitation to her voice and Lane couldn’t help the tears that pooled in her eyes. “I lied. It was Draco and one of his friends.” She shrugged, like it hadn’t ruined her whole fucking life. Like it wasn’t the reason her dad hated her.

She started nervously picking at the skin on the side of her thumb unable to look her best friend in the eyes. “I got pregnant, my dad was pissed.” She let out a sad, laugh recalling the memory. “He thought it was Cody’s. Imagine that.” The tears fell down her cheeks and she let out a shuttered breath. “That was why I stopped hanging out with you guys. My dad decided regular abuse and house arrest was the best way to deal with me.” She’d never even told Cody the whole story. She’d hid it and just let people believe she was just the Burrow’s terribly rebellious daughter.

She sat up on her knees placing her hands on her friend’s knees. “I’m not as crazy as everyone thinks.” she said grabbing Lily’s chin and lifting her eyes to look at her. “You of all people should know that.” She smiled at her friend. “Crazy and fucked up are two different things, I mean I’m a little of both.” She teased. “Where do you think my loyalty lies?” she asked Lil. She was well aware that most people thought they knew her, when they couldn’t be more wrong even Cody and Tiger didn’t know as much about her as they thought and that was clearly showing. “I just set a trap for those assholes, they aren’t even going to know what hit them.” Delaney smirked. “I love you, I’m going to get you out of here babe.” She breathed with determination, as if they hadn’t grown apart. It was like they were still as thick as thieves.




















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Jordan didn’t really care what Cody had to say. He knew it would be in some stupid defense of Delaney. His teenage daydream, who played him like a fiddle. Jordan wasn’t going to let Tiger die because of Cody’s inability to know when Lane was fucking him over. Jordan had seen it time and time again. He’d watched it for years. Cody was just so fucking blind to it. Not that he could blame him, if Tiger was anything like Lane, Jordan would probably be just as blind to it. Tiger was nothing like Delaney though and he wasn’t going to let the person he loved die, because his high school friend was a reckless, psychopathic, bitch. Jordan made his way towards the door, fumbling to grab his keys from their hook. He hadn’t even been successful at getting the keys before Cody was dragging him back into the living room.

Cody shoved him down on the couch. Jordan rolled his eyes clearly irritated. Jordan really had no interest in Cody’s revelation or his explanation for his delusional girlfriend’s behavior. A million terrible insults danced on the tip of Jordan’s tongue. He parted his lips to start spitting them at Cody as he lend forward to grab one of the unfinished beers on the coffee table, before he could get a word in edge wise though Cody started in.

"She's luring them to us." Jordan scoffed at the confidence in Cody’s voice. He finished off the beer tossing the bottle recklessly over his shoulder. "They think we're going to be expecting our girls so we'll be standing there, unarmed, and vulnerable, so they're going to show up to kill us." Jordan listened, but he wasn’t really hearing. "But we'll be ready. We'll both have guns, Romeo, and all his guys. We'll get the girls back, be able to take those assholes alive, and not even have to leave the country or break a sweat." Another smirk came to Cody’s lips as he finished explaining.

Jordan didn’t have as much faith in Lane as Cody did. It wasn’t exactly like his old friend had that best track record. Hell, Rome had gone to prison multiple times and he trusted him more then someone he’d grown up with. Jordan was having a hard time leaving the fate of Tiger’s life in Delaney’s hands. Even if what Cody was saying was true, it still seemed like a long shot. He had more faith in the fact that Ty would survive in the hands of Clay and Draco a little longer while they got to Mexico. He had zero faith in Lane’s ability to lure Clay, Alex, and Draco to them. There was no way those guys were that stupid. Jordan stood up and held Cody’s eyes.

“I’m calling bullshit.” Jordan blurred harshly. “I get that you want to believe she’s on our side, because you care about her, but the reality of it is she’s mentally unstable Cody and you fucking know it.” He spat. “it’s like some weird obsession you have man, she’s just like your mom.” Jordan said, not realizing how cruel the words really were because he was fucked up. “You think if you can do right by her, your doing right by your mom?” He breathed the question and he was well aware that Cody was probably unaware he knew anything about what happened to his mother. However, at one-time Jordan’s mom and Cody’s mother had been best friends and Jordan’s mom knew exactly what happened to Cody’s mom. “That’s not how it works, you can’t fucking help someone who doesn’t want to be helped.” Jordan’s voice rose with frustration. “Your just as fucked up in the head if you believe a word she that crazy ass bitch says.” He scoffed.

“I’ve lost everything.” Jordan’s voice finally broke, that was the real issue here. Tiger was the one thing he had left and he couldn’t, wouldn’t’ lose her. “I’m sorry man, but I don’t trust her. She’s fucking with you like she always does and I can’t lose Lily because of it.” He admitted. “She’s all I have left and I won’t let you, be the reason I lose her for a second time.” He said raising his voice his temper getting the better of him. “Fuck that.” She practically growled as he started towards the stairs, with the full intent to pack a bag and head to Mexico, despite the fact he wasn’t supposed to leave the country.

There was no doubt in his mind he’d more than pissed off Cody with his words, but Jordan didn’t care. He couldn’t stand the thought of not doing something about Tiger’s situation right then and there. Waiting on a plan seemed like a lot of waiting and simply hoping things would turn out okay. Jordan didn’t run off of hope.

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Lily's hands were shaking in her lap as she held Laney's eyes for a moment. “I’m sorry you carried that for so long Ty. I know I couldn’t have done much, but I wish I could have.” Laney said then and Lily turned her head away as her friend walked towards her and sat on the floor in front of her, cross-legged. She didn't want to hear Delaney out, not after what she'd just done.

“I have a confession.” She breathed, her voice quiet and Lil kept her face turned away and closed her eyes, wanting Lane to stop. It was easier to hate her if she just stopped. “When you asked me if I knew who raped me that night at the party. I lied. It was Draco and one of his friends.” Laney admitted then and Lily brought a hand to her mouth and fought back another wave of tears.

She felt like she needed to apologize, for having such a piece of shit brother. She hated that Draco had done that to her, his abuse had always been her sick, gut wrenching secret to carry around, and she wouldn't wish it on anyone. She just wished she hadn't been so fucking selfish that night, making out with some guy to get at his drugs while her brother and his friend were raping her best friend. If just Clay and Alex had come after them, they'd be dead by now and the misery would have ended a long time ago.

“I got pregnant, my dad was pissed. He thought it was Cody’s. Imagine that.” She went on, basically admitting that Draco had ruined her life and it made Lily feel sick to hear the tears in Lane's voice. She knew it wasn't her fault, but she still felt responsible somehow. She should have told the full truth about his abuse, and Blue's death to anyone that would listen instead of pretending it wasn't happening and only telling bits and pieces. She should have at least attempted to have him arrested and put away while she still could. “That was why I stopped hanging out with you guys. My dad decided regular abuse and house arrest was the best way to deal with me.” Lily bit her lip and closed her eyes.

Laney sat up on her knees then and placed her hands on her knees and Ty forced herself to turn her head back and look at her now. She wanted to hug her friend, and kill her at the same time. “I’m not as crazy as everyone thinks.” Laney breathed and Lily held her friend's eyes. “You of all people should know that. Crazy and fucked up are two different things, I mean I’m a little of both.” She teased and Ty's jaw clenched, needing Laney to say something that made up for the fact that she'd just sold Jordan out. No matter how bad she felt for her about Draco raping her when they were teens, she couldn't forgive what she'd just done because of that.

“Where do you think my loyalty lies?” She asked then and Lily took a deep breath as she held her friend's eyes. Laney had never failed her or fucked her over. Everyone always thought the worst when Lane was around because she tended to fuck people over a lot, but she'd never hurt her. When it really mattered, Laney had always been there for her. “I just set a trap for those assholes, they aren’t even going to know what hit them.” Delaney smirked and Tiger let out a sigh of relief. The brief second of happiness she'd had earlier when she'd heard Jordan had been looking at her was slowly creeping it's way back in as she realized this might actually be over soon and she wasn't going to die. She would be with Jordan again, and he'd take care of the mess her abusers had turned her into, like he always did. “I love you, I’m going to get you out of here babe.” She breathed.

Lily smiled a little through her tears and took her friend's face in both her hands. She leaned in and gave her a hard kiss on the lips. It wasn't strange, to kiss Laney, in fact, it may as well have been a handshake compared to some of the shit they'd been forced to do together over the past six months. She sank down onto the floor with her and wrapped her arms around her tight resting her chin on Laney's shoulder. God, she was so frail, it was clear Alex or Draco had been starving her again. "I love you too." Lily breathed into her friend's hair as she pulled her tighter against her. "I don't want him to win." She whispered against Laney, clearly referring to Draco. She hadn't survived him for so many fucking years to end up dying by his hand.



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Cody could tell that his friend wasn't convinced, though that was clearly mostly anger and distrust, along with a good amount of coke and tequila speaking. If Jordan were sober, he might not be so stubborn. “I’m calling bullshit. I get that you want to believe she’s on our side, because you care about her, but the reality of it is she’s mentally unstable Cody and you fucking know it.” Jordan spat cruelly and Cody's jaw just clenched. He knew Laney was a little nuts and hard to understand, and being held captive as a prostitute at the moment, she certainly wasn't the definition of mental stability, but the thing was, he liked trying to figure her out. He liked that she was one way one moment, and another way the next.

“It’s like some weird obsession you have man, she’s just like your mom.” Jordan continued then and his entire body tensed, needing Jordan to stop before he did something he regretted, he was moving into dangerous territory, pulling his mother into it. “You think if you can do right by her, your doing right by your mom?” He breathed like an accusation and Cody had never wanted to hurt Jordan so badly in his life. He wanted to scream a thousand cruel things at him. “That’s not how it works, you can’t fucking help someone who doesn’t want to be helped. Your just as fucked up in the head if you believe a word that crazy ass bitch says.” He scoffed and Cody was really struggling to control his temper.

“I’ve lost everything.” Jordan said then, his voice breaking like he was broken and Cody just sighed and ran his fingers through his hair. “I’m sorry man, but I don’t trust her. She’s fucking with you like she always does and I can’t lose Lily because of it.” He admitted and Cody shook his head. Laney may not always be reliable, but this was different because Lily's life was on the line. Lane would do whatever she could to save Lil, he was sure of that. “She’s all I have left and I won’t let you, be the reason I lose her for a second time. Fuck that.” He shouted as he got up and made his way for the stairs.

Cody was considerably less intoxicated, so he was quicker and managed to get between Jordan and the stairs, giving him a hard shove before punching him squarely across the face. "Don't fucking talk to me about my mother. Ever." He spat bitterly, shaking out his hand, knowing his knuckles would be bruised later. It had been a while since he'd decked someone like that. "Look, you just have to trust her Jordan, it's the safest way." He said sighed, running a hand through his hair.

"She's doing this for Lily, not me, and not even herself." He shrugged and shook his head. "If you fly off to Mexico, you're going to die there, and Ty is only going to get more fucked up, and eventually, end up dead." He spat bluntly, speaking the honest truth. "They're going to come after us, you can bet on that." He scoffed, looking at Jordan, holding his eyes. "You know how fucked up Draco is." He breathed then, tone a little more serious. Ty had always covered up the worst of what she'd suffered at Draco's hands, but it was no secret really, how horrible he was.

He'd visited Lily in the hospital once because someone had dropped her at the door of the E.R with a bullet in her chest and she'd nearly died. When he'd asked her what the fuck had happened, she'd chuckled like it wasn't a big deal and said "Hunting accident." Lily wasn't exactly the hunting type. Then Draco had walked into the room and he'd seen the look of fear in her eyes clear as day. There had been other occasions like that too, not to mention Laney's rape and Ty's twins sudden disappearance in high school.

"You know that fucker wants Lily to suffer." He sighed, knowing it was the truth. His game was inflicting as much pain as possible for as long as possible, and he probably hadn't had a human victim in a long time. Now he had two. "You think he'd miss the chance to kill you in front of her?" He asked, holding Jordan's eyes. "Besides, whether you agree or not doesn't matter. By now Laney's told them. Either they got scared and moved the girls, or they're on their way here. We'll find out tomorrow night if they meet us at the factory or not." He said simply, letting Jordan know there really wasn't much he could do, but honestly, he trusted Laney. If she thought she could get those assholes to take the bait, then she could do it.

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Tigerlily and Delaney had both suffered at the hands of Draco, obviously Tiger had it worse by far. Still, they both needed their justice and if anyone was going to grant them that justice it would be Jordan and Cody. Delaney wasn’t sure that Cody would ever forgive her when he found out she’d willingly called Ale behind her back and caused this whole thing If he didn’t already know. Clearly Cody love her enough to try for her, Lane knew she didn’t deserve it. She deserved to burn in hell, for what she’d unintendedly dragged Lily into. She’d never forgive herself, even if Jordan got Lily the best help and she came out of this completely fine, it didn’t matter. Lane would still be living with the face that Lil had to endure any of this. It didn’t matter that Tiger had slept with Cody after she’d left or that the two of them hadn’t spoken in years before Shannon’s funeral. Tiger would always be one of her best friends.

Lily smiled and Lane knew that she was on her side again. She took her face between her hands and kissed her. To others it might seem like they were too, close when in reality that kiss was nothing compared to what they’d been forced to do together and to each other over the past several months. Lane kissed her friend back lightly. Lil pulled away as she sank down on the floor across from Lane. Her friend lend forward wrapping her arms around Lane and she knew she felt like a skeleton, she had to fight the urge to shrug Lily away, because she didn’t want her friend to feel just how thin she’d gotten. Lil’s chin rested on her shoulder and Delaney bit back the urge to pull away from her friend’s affection, she wrapped her arms around Lily pulling her close, despite her own insecurities.

"I love you too." She breathed and Lane let out a soft sigh, she hadn’t heard those words in far too long. She’d become so submersed in her hellish life, she’d forgotten what love was. "I don't want him to win." Tigerlily said. Delaney knew in that moment that no matter what, Draco needed to be dealt with, for her best friend’s sake and if no one else did it, Lane would find a way to kill that son of a bitch if it killed her.

Delaney hugged her tighter needing, she needed Lily to know that she wasn’t worthless, that she was a slut or a whore like the guys had brainwashed them to believe. She wanted to take all of Lily’s pain and heartache away. All she could do for the moment though was hug her and she was grateful that Cody’s voice had been able to pull that last of her fight out of her. It didn’t matter how much she wanted to deny, Cody had always managed to save her from herself. The fact that her and Lily were hugging each other with the hope of freedom was proof of that.

“Then he won’t.” Lane said, because it was that simple. She wasn’t going to let Draco win and she knew without a shadow of a doubt, Cody and Jordan would make him suffer, the same way he’d made her and Lily suffer. “You have to stay strong and cold to your feelings. We need them to believe we’re on their side.” Lane whispered to her friend, their was a desperation in Lane’s voice that was rare, but it wasn’t because she was scared or because she was worried about herself, it was because she was desperate to safe Tiger.

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The next few days had been a million times better then the last six months. Alex, Clay, and Draco were treating the girls with as much decency as they could muster, because the girls were obeying their every wish. She’d talk to Cody only once more and she’d had to dance around words in a way that kept the guys thinking she was on their side, but also gave Cody information on what to prepare for. It was a fine line when she had the guys listening in on her conversation, but she’d managed and Cody had understood. She was thankful that they’d been so disgustingly inseparable as teenagers.

When they’d gotten back into the states, it was dangerous territory. Her and Tiger were national news, missing girls. This worked in their favor, it meant Draco, Alex, and Clay had to be on there best behavior. However, Lane could tell it also made the guys nervous, it made them want to turn back around and go right back across the border. With help from Lily thought, the two managed to convince that guys that they’d never really belong to them if Cody and Jordan were out their looking for them. Tigerlily was quick at picking up on Delaney’s body language and ques. They worked dangerously well together at manipulating the guys and fucking with there heads.

When they’d finally gotten back to Gary, Lane’s anxieties kicked in. She didn’t want Cody to see her the way she looked. She was horribly ashamed of the way she looked, what Alex and Draco had done to her. She couldn’t avoid it and she knew this. Her chest tightened and she squeezed Tiger’s hand when they finally pulled up to the warehouse at midnight. Tiger opened the door and stepped out, Delaney followed after her followed by the guys. They paused at one of the open doorways that lead into the warehouse, where she knew Cody and Jordan would be waiting for her. Alex gestured for Tiger to head inside, and Alex waited until she’d disappeared inside to shove the cold metal of his gun against the corner of her jaw.

“Don’t do anything stupid, I don’t want to put a bullet in that pretty head of yours.” He hissed before releasing her with a rough shove. He gestured with his head for her to follow in after Tiger.

Delaney slipped into the building and she smirked when she saw Cody. Tiger was always wrapped in Jordan’s arms and Lane knew that she didn’t have to worry now, Lil was safe she’d made it to Jordan. Lane started towards Cody, but she felt a horrible feeling wash over her and she saw the terror in Cody, Lily, and Jordan’s eyes. She hadn’t even made it half way to Cody before she heard the shattering bang of the gun in her ears and the searing pain in her side, that dropped her. She cried out in pain as Alex came up behind her grabbing a fistful of her hair, he shoved the gun against her temple and Delaney desperately tried to hold her new wound, knowing she was far too weak to survive if she lost too much blood. She hadn't anticipated getting shot.

She’d hoped her and Lily would have both been able to get to Cody and Jordan before the firing of guns started, but that hadn’t happed. “What the fuck did I tell you!” Alex yelled shoving the gun harder against her temple “You thought you could pull one over on us!” He growled. Lane was in far to much pain to realize that one of Cody and Jordan’s men had moved in on them to early after she’d slipped into the building tipping the guys off that this was a set-up.




















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Jordan wasn’t thinking straight that much was clear. He probably should have gotten as high or drank as much as he had. He couldn’t help it though the pressure of everything, the thought of loosing all he had left. It was just too much for him to deal with. He’d be grateful in the morning that Cody had his shit together and wasn’t as much of a fuck up under pressure as Jordan was. Cody had the experience of high stake heists, Jordan did not. Jordan had just unleashed an arsenal of insults on his long-time friend and he knew he deserved whatever was coming to him, that didn’t mean he had to like it though. Before he had a chance to slip up the stairs Cody cut him off, his fist hit him between the eyes and had Jordan been sober it would have knocked him the fuck out. He stumbled backwards, letting out a groan of pain.

“Fuck.” He spat as he lend heavily against the wall, to gain his wits about him. He wasn’t going to try and fight Cody, because he knew what Cody had done even in his intoxicated state was well deserved.

"Don't fucking talk to me about my mother. Ever." he spat and Jordan wiped the blood he could feel trickling out of his nose. "Look, you just have to trust her Jordan, it's the safest way. She's doing this for Lily, not me, and not even herself." Cody breathed like Jordan didn’t have a choice and his jaw clenched, he wasn’t entirely sure Lane could be that selfless. "If you fly off to Mexico, you're going to die there, and Ty is only going to get more fucked up, and eventually, end up dead. They're going to come after us, you can bet on that. You know how fucked up Draco is." He explained.

Just the mention of Draco’s name after Jordan knew he’d had her this whole time drove his rage. There had been so many fucking occurrences that he should have done something about. Tiger acted like it was no big deal, when clearly it had been. He’d just been so young back then, far to young to see just how terrible Draco actually was. What Cody was saying held truth, if he went after Tiger in one of the most dangerous cities in Mexico, there was a good chance he might not even make it to Tiger and she’d die at Draco’s hands for sure.

"You know that fucker wants Lily to suffer. You think he'd miss the chance to kill you in front of her?" He asked and Jordan raised a brow, thinking about it. Cody was right. "Besides, whether you agree or not doesn't matter. By now Laney's told them. Either they got scared and moved the girls, or they're on their way here. We'll find out tomorrow night if they meet us at the factory or not." Jordan let silence fall between them for a long moment.

“Alright, fine.” He breathed knowing that Cody was right and that their choices were limited. A part of him trusted Cody and he had to have some faith in the fact that if Cody trusted Lane even after everything she’d been through up until this point, then Jordan had to put some trust in her. Although he really didn’t want to.
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Over the next few days Jordan, Cody, Romeo had worked tirelessly at forming a full proof plan. They had worked over nearly every outcome, they had plans A through Z and each one of those plans had branched out into different outcomes. They’d formed their own impressive mini army of Rome’s men, who were made up of different types of criminal activity. They’d even managed to enlist a handful of ex mafia members. They’d not only enlisted them for their help to take down Draco, Alex, and Clay, but they’d used them for their thought processes. Extracting knowledge of how businesses like the drug cartel worked out. In the short amount of time they had, they’d become informed enough that Jordan wasn’t opposed to starting his own criminal empire, since all of his previous fans and the entirety of America thought he was a murder anyways.

When the night finally came to get Tiger and Delaney out of the hands of their captors, Jordan wasn’t even worried. They had everything set in place. Him and Cody had their guns hidden and that entire area of the warehouse inside and out was crawling with some of the roughest guys Jordan had ever met. They heard the car pull up outside and it took everything inside Jordan not to run out and meet the bastard with bullets, however he stayed where he was.

Tigerlily was the first one to around the corner. He let out a shuttered breath, he didn’t see how tired or thin she looked he only saw that it was her and that she was alive and he couldn’t help but smirk at her as she walked towards him. They were as good as home free. He was careful not to move from his position. When she got close enough to him though he reached out pulling her close. He lend in kissing her hard. He knew he didn’t have a lot of time, so the kiss wasn’t long as he moved her behind him protectively.

Lane came through the door next and the smirk on her face reminded him of when they were young. It was the very same smirk that used to tell them that she’d just gotten away with something. Delaney didn’t even get half way to them before Alex came in, firing his gun and dropping lane to her knees. That was the one thing they hadn’t planned for. Jordan prayed, Cody could keep his shit together enough to finish the plan, because if he couldn’t’ they’d all be fucked. Jordan knew if it had been Tiger, there was no way in hell he could keep his shit together.

Before Cody could move or react, Romeo’s gun was at the back of Alex’s head and Jordan let out a sigh of relief. If Romeo was here, they’d taken down Clay and Draco outside. Now it was just a matter of safely getting Lane away from Alex before she bled out. There was always loop holes, even in plans. Jordan knew this the second Draco came running into the warehouse, blood covered him and he looked fired up in the worst way. He looked absolutely manic. Jordan was quick to retrieve his gun, Draco wasted no time firing three shots, before one of Romeo’s guys shot Draco down. They’d shot him enough to disarm him, but not to kill him.

Jordan hadn’t realized that, he’d reacted to Draco by placing himself completely in front of Tiger, two of the three shots had hit him. One in the chest, opposite of his heart and the other had hit him in the neck. The adrenaline had curbed the pain, until he’d watched three of their guys drag Draco outside and a few other guys managed to peel Delaney from Alex. The war had been won, Jordan knew that much and that was when the pain dropped him to the floor.

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Laney hugged her tighter and promised her Draco wouldn't win, and, even though it was a steep promise to make, Lily let a sigh of relief escape her lips. Tiger was strong, she had to be to survive her shit show of a life, but this time, she just couldn't do it alone. Draco had chipped away at her strength until there was virtually nothing left, and she was going to need Laney, Jordan, and Cody, if she was going to get out alive this time.

The next several days weren't too hard. She and Laney worked the guys. Whenever Draco mentioned killing or hurting Jordan, Lily made sure to react subtly, but noticeably, knowing the more Draco knew she didn't want something to happen, the more determined he would be to make it happen. If Draco knew just how much it would crush her to see Jordan die, then he was going to make it happen just because it would amuse him to watch her fall apart.

Laney spoke with Cody several times over the next few days, and Tiger couldn't help but be a little jealous, wishing she'd had the chance to talk to Jordan too, but knowing that she had to be patient. Besides, Laney was much better at talking in "code" then she was. If it was her and Jordan talking, their emotions would get the better of them at some point, and they would fuck up, she was sure of it. Separated, they were pretty numb, cold people, but together, they tended to bring out the intensity in each other's emotions.

Every single day she thought of Jordan, she couldn't get him out of her head. She was both dreading, and awaiting the day she got to see him again. She wanted nothing more in the world then his arms around her, making her feel safe again, and she couldn't wait to be away from Clay, Alex, and Draco, and maybe get some justice as well. At the same time, however, she was nervous as all hell. She knew she was fifty times more fucked up now then she'd ever been and she wasn't sure her relationship with Jordan would ever be the same because she wasn't the same. Life would probably never be as simple and happy as it had been in Cuba again, and it scared her shitless.

Would he even want her once he learned how badly Draco had fucked her up the past six months? Part of her felt like going back to him wouldn't be fair to him. She would only be a burden on him, and she didn't want to do that to him. Not to mention, she looked like pure shit. Of course, she knew Jordan wouldn't go through all this to get her back, only to tell her he didn't want her anymore because she looked like crap, but she was still nervous at the thought of him seeing her that way. She'd always tried to hide and cover up Draco's abuse because she'd been ashamed of it, but there was no hiding what she'd gone through over the past six months. He would see it the second he saw her from the branding on her chest, to the bruises all over her skin, to the frailty of her body, and it was humiliating, to say the least.

Her nerves were completely fried when they were finally back in the States, and standing outside of the factory. She was told to go first, and she felt like she was frozen in place for a long time, before she finally took a step forward. Her eyes went to Draco's for a minute, before she took a deep breath and made her way into the darkness of the open doorway. She hoped like hell everything went as planned.

Tigerlily spotted Jordan the second she entered the room, and she bit her lip hard. She had to fight the urge to sprint to him, and force herself to walk over to him as calmly as she could, her hands shaking more and more as she approached him. A second later, she was in his arms, and it took everything Lily had not to burst into tears and cling to him like a child. She couldn't help herself. Like always, Jordan's arms made her feel safe. He'd always been her rescuer. He'd taken her into his home when they were teens to help her get away from Draco, and he'd taken her in when she'd showed up battered and crying from Clay. Only Jordan could make her feel totally safe.

He kissed her and her heart leapt in her chest, like it was just starting to beat again after six months of nothing. For the first time in way too long, she finally felt alive again, and she didn't want to die. She never wanted the kiss to end, because she knew that meant going back to the uncertainty of the moment. Sure, she was in his arms, but they weren't exactly out of the woods yet.

Which, of course meant the kiss had to be brief. Jordan pushed her behind him after pulling away and Lily bit her lip, hating that he was between her and the threat. Not to mention, she couldn't do anything but watch helplessly as Laney came into the room then, and, before she'd even registered what had happened, a shot was fired, and Laney was on her knees.

Lily choked back a scream and her entire body started to shake. She wanted to take Jordan's gun and shoot Alex herself, while at the same time, curl up in a corner somewhere and hide until everything was over. Romeo came into the room then and pressed his gun against Alex's head, forcing him to drop his weapon. Lily knew that didn't exactly mean Delaney wasn't going to die from the shot in her side, but at the very least, she was safe again for the moment.

She should have figured Draco wouldn't go down easily, and a second later, her brother ran into the room screaming and covered in blood, his gun firing in Jordan's direction wildly. Romeo's guys didn't let him get far, shooting him down and dragging him off within a minute or less, but they hadn't been fast enough to stop Draco from hitting Jordan with two of his three shots. As soon as Draco and Alex were dragged off, Jordan dropped to his knees in pain.

Lily fell instantly beside him, reaching out to press a hand firmly against the shot on his neck, knowing it would hurt, but also knowing, if the bleeding didn't slow down, he'd probably die. Tears were falling from her cheeks and she wanted to say something, but she wasn't sure what to say. Instead, her eyes went to Romeo, clear desperation in them, and he didn't hesitate. Before she could even blink, Jordan and Delaney were in a car being rushed to Cody's childhood home, her and Cody taking a second car, behind them.

It was beyond nerve wrecking, pacing back and forth in Cody's living room. She didn't know anything, and she was sober for longer then she'd been sober in months. She felt like she was going to crawl out of her skin, waiting. Not to mention, things were only made riskier by the fact that they couldn't exactly show up at the hospital with bullet holes in them. The media would frenzy over that bullshit. A friend of Romeo's who'd seen one too many gang shootouts in his lifetime was basically performing operations on two people in Cody's kitchen.

Thankfully, Cody was waiting with her, and he seemed to have a pretty decent drug problem too. The two of them did line after line together while they waited, taking turns pacing before Romeo finally came downstairs from the bedrooms. His shirt was covered in blood and she tried not to let it scare her. "They both lost a good amount of blood. Laney's in slightly better shape than Jordan, but they're both going to live. They just need to rest for a while." He informed them, flopping down on the couch next to Cody with an exhausted sigh.

Lily didn't waste another second, she practically took the stairs two at a time until she was outside of Cody's mother's old room, where she knew Jordan was. His blood was still on her hands and shirt, she'd been too worried to clean it. She took a deep breath before she knocked gently, and then entered the room. They'd brought him upstairs to rest after they were done working on him and he was laying in bed, propped up slightly against the headboard. He looked pretty weak and a little pale, but he was awake and alive. She made her way over to him and crawled into the bed with him. She was careful, not wanting to hurt him as she sat took his arm and wrapped it around her, curling into his side and letting out a deep, shaky breath. She couldn't express how good the moment felt. She hadn't thought she'd ever see him again. "I missed you every day." She whispered honestly as she closed her eyes tight and tears started to fall silently down her cheeks.



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For the next few days, Cody had laser focus. His mission was to get Laney and Ty back, and it was all he saw. Him and Jordan worked tirelessly together to come up with at least ten or fifteen solid plans, so they were well prepared in the event something went south. They had expert coaching from some serious criminals that Romeo was in contact with, and they brought in as many bodies as they possibly could. They didn't just want to tip the odds in their favor, they wanted to break the scale. There was no way Draco was winning this.

He got to talk to Laney a few more times, and, as torturous as it was, it was also a little exciting. He liked hearing the small bit of strength in her voice, and loved the way she helped him right under Draco, Alex, and Clay's noses. She was smart as a fucking whip and she hadn't lost a bit of it, that much was clear. Cody took notes during their conversations, writing down the true meaning of her words, and anything he caught in her tone or words that seemed odd or veiled.

He couldn't wait to see her. It was fucking killing him. Every single day seemed to drag on and on and on, because he knew soon, he'd get to see Laney's face again, hold her again. He knew she and Jordan were doing this for Tiger, but he was doing this for her. She was his sole concern, even if she wasn't really concerned with her own well being.

When the day finally came, he wasn't nervous in the slightest. He'd pulled off a thousand jobs. Sure, they were different in tactics, but not in motive. Fuck over your target and take something from them before they even realized what hit them. If Cody knew anything, it was how to be a thief. He was going to take Delaney back from those assholes and that was the end of it. There was no other alternative for him because if he failed, he was going to die.

When Tiger entered the room and went to Jordan, Cody was glad, but at the same time starting to get a little impatient. If Laney didn't walk through the door in the next fifteen seconds, he was likely to run out and get himself killed, he was so eager to see her. Thankfully, he didn't have to do anything stupid because she came in then and he smiled the second he saw her. She didn't exactly look healthy, that was pretty obvious, but he didn't see that. It was just good to finally see her again.

She smirked and was making her way towards him when a shot was fired. At first, he'd thought it had been someone outside shooting, but he realized instantly he was wrong when Laney dropped to her knees. It felt like his heart fell right out of his chest and he looked up, seeing Alex behind her. Cody was already reaching for his gun as Alex went forward and grabbed Delaney.
Cody raised it, rage rising up inside him so fast, it was frightening. He couldn't shoot. If he did, he might shoot Laney, but he was so blinded by hatred and anger, that, for a scary moment, his finger twitched on the trigger.

For the first time in a long time, he was truly terrified. Romeo came into the room then and Cody let out a relieved sigh, slipping his gun away once more as Jordan's friend easily took care of the situation. Draco managed to make a wild charge at Jordan and fire several shots, before the whole thing was wrapped up quickly by Rome's guys. Alex, Draco, and Clay were all being dragged out to a van where they were about to get a beating of a lifetime before being driven off somewhere hidden and secure until Jordan and Cody could deal with them. Probably Draco's own basement, where he used to chain up and torture Lily and her sister, for a little poetic justice.

As soon as Draco and Alex were disarmed and out of the room, Cody went to Laney. She was handed to him by one of Romeo's guys. She was hardly standing, one hand pressed tightly to the wound in her side, the other wrapped around his neck to hold herself up, her body leaning so heavily against him, he had to shift slightly to support both of their weight. "I'm here and you're going to be okay baby, I promise. Keep as much pressure on that as you can." Cody breathed encouragingly, kissing her cheek before scooping her up in his arms and carrying her entirely to one of the cars, sliding her into the backseat.

He wanted to go with her, but Jordan was put in next to her and Cody's jaw clenched when he saw that his friend had been shot in both the neck and chest. It was going to take a lot to keep him alive, and hopefully Laney's wound had been mostly flesh and no serious damage was done. They all rushed back to his childhood home, seeing as he had no remaining family. They'd intended to go to Lily's after because it was the furthest out of town and a short fifteen minute walk through some woods to the factory, which was perfect for secrecy. However, by rode, his house was the closest and Jordan and Laney needed immediate care. They couldn't spare the extra minutes it would take getting to Lil's.

At his house, friends of Romeo's worked on Laney and Jordan in his kitchen while he paced around with Lily in the living room. It was hard to say the least. If he lost Laney, he wasn't sure what he would do. It would be worse then when he had lost his mother, and that had easily been the hardest thing he'd ever suffered in his life. He wasn't sure he'd survive very long in a world where Delaney just didn't exist.

After what felt like fucking forever, Romeo came back into the room covered in blood and Cody was second away from screaming at him to tell them what was going on when he did just that. Rome told them that they were both stable and going to live, but not in great shape. Cody was right behind Lily as the two of them left Romeo on the couch in the living room and dashed upstairs quickly.

He went into his old bedroom. Laney was in his bed and he smiled at her. It had been a long time since the two of them had been in that room together. He could remember a thousand nights as teenagers of her sneaking in through his window and them trying not to make too much noise and wake his mother. He went over to the bed and sat on it's side, turning himself so that he was facing her. "I thought I was going to lose you for a while there." He breathed, sounding completely exhausted as he ran his fingers through his hair and lit himself a cigarette, taking a deep inhale. He looked at her, holding her eyes.

"I'd have died right along with you." He told her in all seriousness, letting her know that she was his life. He leaned forward and placed a hand gently on the back of her neck, pulling her towards him slightly so he could taste her lips. The kiss was soft, not wanting to be too intense with her too fast. For all he knew, she'd really only been interested in saving Lily and didn't even want him anymore.

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The pain was breathtakingly excruciating. Not even Draco, Alex, and Clay’s beating compared to the pain that ripped through her body. She held her side desperate to stop the blood, but she was already terribly weak. The blood seeped between her fingers, covering her clothes and hand in half a second. The shock of the shot had the rest of her body numb and her thoughts reeling. She hadn’t even felt Alex grip onto her hair. When he yanked her head up she saw Cody and the reality of dying washed over her in full force. She’d tried to take her own life several times in the past and she could count two occasions where she’d been far too close to successful. This however, was different. It was like she was understanding for the first time that the concept of death.
She couldn’t control the tears that fell from her eyes, making her feel more like a helpless child then a capable adult. She felt herself slipping, her breathing getting slower, and she could feel her heart start to falter in her chest. She started to think about how terrible of a person she’d been. She was going to die, without being able to tell Cody how sorry she was. She had run out of chances to tell him just how much he meant to her. Things started to blur around. She felt someone pick her up then, but she couldn’t will her eyes to open now no matter how much she tried. At one point she’d felt Cody’s touch and she was sure she was imagining it.

She faded in an out of consciences then. On minuet everything was silent and the next she could hear someone giving orders and talking over her. Then black. Then there was more piercing pain. She groaned, adjusting her body when she finally came too and she knew she had to look as bad as she felt. She lend, up against the headboard, glancing around. A small smirk came to her lips when she realized that she was in Cody’s room. The pain was a dull throbbing now, due to whatever they’d given her and she was grateful for it. The door opened, her heavy eyes moved to see Cody slipping into the room and she couldn’t help but smirk despite how weak she felt. They’d fucking done the impossible. They had, with little interaction and a short amount of time, fucked over three of the worst human beings Lane had ever met.He sat down on the side of the bed and she winced lightly, the movement caused inevitable pain. She pushed it down though, because if there was anything she wanted right then it was Cody.

"I thought I was going to lose you for a while there." He breathed, able to hear just how tired he was and she hated that it was her fault. She couldn’t pull her eyes away from him though as he took a deep drag off his cigarette. She felt her insides twist, there was something about the way Cody looked at her in that moment. She felt both incredible and guilty at the same time. He held her eyes and she had to force herself not to look away. "I'd have died right along with you." She let her eyes fall to her hands then.

It didn’t last long though when he placed a hand on the back of her neck. He lend in and pressed his lip against hers. He pulled her gently towards him and couldn’t help the moan that escaped her lips. The eminence pain in her body didn’t seem to matter when he was kissing her. She placed her hand on the side of his face, the leftover blood on her hands smudging onto his face, but she didn’t want him to pull away. She kissed him back hard, despite the growing pain in her body. She finally let out a soft painful groan having to pull away. She sighed as she lend her back against the headboard, letting her head fall back against it, she closed her eyes taking in a deep breath.

“I’m sorry.” she finally breathed after a long minuet of silence. Laney couldn’t remember the last time she’d apologized. “Thank you for…” she trailed off, letting out a shuttered breath. Delaney had never been any good at showing her emotions. It was a lot of the reason she acted out the way she did, but so much shit had happened, she need Cody to know exactly how she felt and why she’d done what she’d done she owed him that much. “Not giving up on me, like everyone else.” She whispered, trying her best to stop the tears, but they feel ever through closed eyes. She wasn’t sure she’d ever been completely transparent, like she was now in front of anyone. “I know I’m the farthest from easy.” She admitted, keeping her eyes closed. “But, in case you’ve ever doubted it even for a second, I’m completely in love with you.”

She opened her eyes then meeting hers, despite everything in her wanting to look away. She knew she looked like a fucking mess, she was just adding red, tear filled eyes to her broken and abused body. She couldn’t find it in herself to care though.

“You always deserved so much better then me.” She breathed, making it clear that’s what she’d convinced herself. “When I caught you with Louie…” She trailed off once more, clenching her jaw as she adjusted herself. “I called Alex, I figured I put you through enough hell. You looked so good at the funeral and I was just wearing you down. I could see it.” Lane admitted. “Had I known…I never meant…Fuck.” She dropped her head hating herself, now that she was hearing what she’d done out loud, she just cried harder, unable to control herself. The last six months had completely fucked with her already unstable mental state.




















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The pain consumed Jordan. He’d been in bar fights, he’d been injured on the field in the middle of football games, his dad used to beat the shit out of him just because he could, still this pain was something else entirely. It wasn’t just the pain, it was the thoughts that started to engulf you. If Jordan died, he’d die at least knowing that he’d saved Tiger from her brother and Clay. He’d die knowing that Cody would hopefully step up to the plate and at least make sure to help her out. Jordan honestly wasn’t afraid of death, the thought that scared him was not being there to protect Tiger. Not being around to make sure she’d get the help she needed. He was almost positive that was the only thing really keeping him alive.

He swore that if he lived, him and Lily were getting the fuck out of dodge as soon as he could. He was going to take her somewhere far off the beaten path, so they could live without the distraction of everything that had been keeping them apart for so many years. He kept going back and forth between thinking he was going to die and holding onto the thought of not wanting to leave Tiger alone.

At some point he’d lost consciousness. When he’d opened his eyes again, he was back in Havana walking down the cobble stone streets with Tiger. She looked beautiful. She always had. She wore a wide smile on her lips, like the one she used to ware when they were kids. He had this overwhelming feeling that he was dead. This was where he was going to live an eternity, in memories of Lil and that seemed fitting he guessed. He felt a pressure in his chest then and then the pain filled his body once again.
“You gotta stay with us.” He heard a voice tell him, forcing him to come back from the hands of death. “Jordan?” The voice called out again.

“Fuck.” Was all Jordan could manage, as they stitched him up. By the time they’d finished with him they’d given him heavy drugs to numb the pain. He hadn’t even asked where they’d gotten them, he’d just taken them.
He was surprised they’d managed to save his life. He wasn’t in the best shape, but he was going to live. Rome and his guys had really come through for him and Cody and he wasn’t sure how he’d repay any of them, but he’d have to. Not only had they saved his life, they’d risked their own lives to safe Tigerlily. He literally owned them his life and then some. Romeo helped set him up against the headboard, before he slipped out of the room. Jordan had wondered how Delaney was doing. He didn’t even want to think about what Cody would do if he lost her. It didn’t help that both her and Tiger weren’t in the best of shape. Hell, he wasn’t sure what Tiger would do, the two of them had been through hell and back together over the last several months. He let out a sigh hoping she was okay.

Jordan knew he had to look like shit, still what he looked like and what he felt he was sure was nothing compared to what Tiger had been through. If he had to deal with pain from getting shot, he’d do it for the rest of his life if it meant he had her back and she was alright. When the door opened he smiled up at her, he was weak, but the second he saw her it was like he’d forgotten completely about his pain. She wasted no time crawling into bed with him and he did his best to pull her close, wrapping his arm around her. He realized for the first time just how thin and fragile she looked. He could blame Delaney and her brother and the girls exs until he was blue in the face, but it wouldn’t make a difference. They had to take care of the guys and then move forward.

Her body curled into him. It felt incredible to have her back. She took his arm helping him to wrap it tighter around him. He could tell she’d been though everything imaginable and he wasn’t entirely sure what to say to her. He pressed his lips lightly to the top of her head, letting his lips linger there as she finally spoke.

"I missed you every day." Her voice was soft, so much so she was sure had they not been alone, he wouldn’t have heard her. He rested his cheek against the top of her head then, letting a comfortable silence fall over them for a moment, letting her cry. He figured she needed it, it was more then likely therapeutic to her. He could only imagine how the guys might have reprimanded her for crying when they were tormenting her.

“I never stopped loving you or looking for you.” He finally breathed through a horse throat. He kept his voice low. His eyes fell on the word her brother had carved into her collar bone and he winced, seeing that was far more painful then his physical wounds. “No matter what they told you, I still love you Tigerlily.” He breathed knowing all too well how guys like Draco, Clay, and Alex worked. “I know you’re broken and I don’t think anything I can do or anyone else can do will fix that.” He breathed honestly, pushing his pain away, because right now he needed her to know that she was still loved and she wasn’t a slut or a whore or whatever horrible thing they could think to call her. “I think we can figure out a way to help you heal though.” He breathed, wanting to give her some kind of hope, knowing she needed at least that.

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Lily cried hard against Jordan for a long time. She hadn't cried so much or so deeply in a long time. Draco had conditioned her since she was a child, not to cry because crying was weakness. Over the past six months or so, she'd cried a handful of times and had the shit kicked out of her every time for it. It honestly felt good to just let it out for a moment, and she was glad he didn't say anything. He just held her as best he could and let her cry.

He didn't speak until her tears started to slow and she was just sniffling a little against him instead of sobbing hard. “I never stopped loving you or looking for you.” He breathed weakly and she let out a shaky sigh. Draco and Clay had been telling her for months that Jordan didn't care about her anymore. They'd tortured her, telling her he'd gone back to Bev and was happy, or that he wasn't looking for her anymore and it had broken her down to the point where she'd eventually given up on the notion of Jordan ever finding her.

“No matter what they told you, I still love you Tigerlily.” He breathed and she closed her eyes. She knew his words were true or he wouldn't have rescued her, and it definitely felt good to hear, but it was still a little hard for her to believe. “I know you’re broken and I don’t think anything I can do or anyone else can do will fix that.” He breathed and Lil curled into him a little tighter.

It felt so good to be close to him. For the past six months, she'd have sold her soul if it meant she didn't have to be touched by someone else for more than a few minutes. Now that she was back with Jordan, however, she never wanted him to let her go. She wanted him to keep her close for the rest of her life. “I think we can figure out a way to help you heal though.” He breathed, and she closed her eyes tight, taking a deep breath as she fought back another wave of tears. She wasn't sure that was even possible and she was afraid he might eventually give up on her, because she was too messed up.

She chewed on her lip for a long time. "I still love you too." She whispered, like she was afraid of the words as she drew light circles on his chest with her fingertips, her eyes on the bandages on the other side of his chest and neck. She hated that he'd almost died for her. She didn't feel like she was worth the risk. "I don't think I'm the same though... I've done such horrible things." She whispered, as her fingers reached up and ran over the angry raised skin on her collar, thinking about how many men she'd had to fuck and the abortions she'd had. She hated herself for letting them turn her into such a whore, and take a child from her that could have been Jordan's. She should have fought harder. Her tone was almost warning as she spoke, wanting him to know things probably wouldn't ever be easy between them again. "If you give up..." she whispered softly, the words hurting to say. "I won't blame you." She sighed deeply, biting her lip hard.



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Cody was honestly afraid Laney might not kiss him back. Of course, he wouldn't blame her if she didn't, but at the same time, it would sting. He didn't have to worry, however, because she kissed him back hard, like she was desperate for his lips and he was more than a little relieved. It was clear, in her kiss, that she hadn't stopped loving him. She'd been through hell and back, that much was obvious, but she still loved him.

He watched her as she pulled away and leaned her back against the headboard, bringing his cigarette to his lips and inhaling deeply. “I’m sorry.” she finally breathed after a long minute of silence and Cody knit his brows, wondering what she could have to apologize for. It wasn't her fault she'd been kidnapped and forced into prostitution. “Thank you for…” letting out a shuddering breath and Cody just waited patiently, knowing this was hard for her, especially considering what she'd been through lately. “Not giving up on me, like everyone else.” She whispered, tears falling down her cheeks from closed eyes and Cody reached out and squeezed one of her hands in his. He'd never give up on her. “I know I’m the farthest from easy. But, in case you’ve ever doubted it even for a second, I’m completely in love with you.” She said then and he let out a sigh of smoke. It felt good to hear those words, and he wanted nothing more then to remind her what love felt like, but he didn't want to push her too much, knowing she was in a lot of pain, both emotional, and physical.

“You always deserved so much better then me.” She breathed, and he wished he could take that thought right out of her head. “When I caught you with Louie…” She trailed and he looked away from her for a minute, taking a drag off his cigarette, still hating himself for that stupid mistake. “I called Alex, I figured I put you through enough hell. You looked so good at the funeral and I was just wearing you down. I could see it.” Lane admitted then, letting him know she'd been the one to spill their location to Alex and the others and he let out a deep sigh and leaned over, putting his cigarette out on the nightstand.

He wanted to be upset with her, but he couldn't. She'd reached out to Alex because she'd felt like he was all she deserved after catching him with Louie and he hated that he'd made her feel that low. Cody also knew, she hadn't been expecting what she'd gotten. She hadn't expected Alex to go completely insane on her, and she certainly hadn't expected Draco and Clay to get involved and drag Lily into it too. He couldn't blame her for what she didn't know and had no control over. “Had I known…I never meant…Fuck.” She dropped her head, crying harder, clearly blaming herself.

Cody sighed deeply and reached out, taking her face in both his hands and lifting her head so she had to look him in the eyes. "It's okay Laney." He promised her, his words soft. "I love you, and I don't blame you for a second." He sighed, his thumb running across her cheek, wiping her tears away as he smiled at her gently. She may be battered to hell and broken inside, but she was still the most beautiful thing to him in the world. "You didn't ask for this, I know that." He breathed, leaning forward and kissing her gently on the forehead, needing her to know this wasn't her fault.

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It didn’t matter what anyone said, if they told Dee that it wasn’t her fault. It wouldn’t matter if Alex himself looked her in the eyes and told her it wasn’t her fault. The fact of the matter was she knew it was. She knew that she did things without thinking, things that often got people hurt. Delaney knew she was like an infection, that’s just how she’d always been and there was no stopping it. That was why she was always pushing Cody away, because she was positive she’d fuck him up and he was the last person she wanted to hurt. Hell, they’d only been together for a month or so before she’d been taken by Alex and they couldn’t keep it together. Now she was a million times worse then she’d been before, because of everything she’d been through.

Cody let out a deep sigh and she couldn’t bring herself to look at him. He took her face in his hands, lifting her gaze to meet his. She fought the urge to look away, hating that she knew he could see just how broken she’d become over the last six months. She didn’t want to have to look him in the eyes and see his worry and his pain, because she’d made stupid choices. She didn’t want
"It's okay Laney." He promised, his voice calm and gentle as he continued. "I love you, and I don't blame you for a second." he said with a sigh as he thumb moved across her cheek, whipping her tears. She let her eyes fall away from him then. "You didn't ask for this, I know that." he said. He lend in then, pressing his lips against her forehead, she closed her eyes, his lips melting into her skin. His touch was so incredible, yet she couldn’t let herself enjoy it. She didn’t feel like she deserved it and she knew that was because of Alex, Clay, and Draco. She felt used and broken.

She winced as she pulled her face from his hands and lend back against the headboard once more. It wasn’t far for Cody to have to give up his freedom and his life. The thing was Delaney knew that the process of healing and becoming anywhere close to a functional person again would be agonizing and long. There would be times when she didn’t want to be touch, when she would be defensive, or time when she’d just want to be alone. She loved Cody, but she also knew Cody and she wasn’t sure he could be patient. Finding her and saving her was one thing. Dealing with her new, deep rooted, fucked up bag of issues was another thing entirely. She let out a shuttered breath trying to get her wits about her. She wiped away a new set of tears that tried to fall from her eyes. It was clear that she was conflicted about being with Cody and figuring herself out. Her blue eyes flicked back up to meet Cody’s.

“Cody…” she whispered his name, trailing off. “I don’t know if love is enough.” She breathed honestly holding his eyes. “I don’t know who I am anymore.” She admitted and there was a weakness in her voice that proved just how much Alex had broken her down. “It’s probably for the best if you leave and I go home.” She let her eyes fall away from his again. “I’m only going to hurt you and I can’t live with that.” She sighed. “The second my shock ends, I’m going to turn into a monster.” She couldn’t stop the tears that slipped from her eyes then. It was the truth. At the moment, she was well spoken, because she was sober and still in shock. When the dust settled, the damage of the past six months would shine through.
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[font=Book Antiqua]Jordan had dove head first straight into the depths of Hell and he’d saved Tigerlily. The last thing he was going to do was give up on her. It wasn’t in Jordan’s being, to give up on anything. If he was a quitter, he’d have never gone after his football career. He’d have stopped playing after the first time he’d gotten arrested. He’d have stopped loving Tiger after he’d found her with Cody. Jordan wouldn’t have continued to look for her after he’d been arrested and accused of her disappearance. He’d sacrificed too much blood, sweat, and tears to give up on her now. He’d literally given up everything that ever meant something to him to find her. The last thing he planned on doing was throwing in the towel, because she was fucked up and damaged from what she’d been through. What kind of man would that make him? If he couldn’t stand by her side when she was at her worst, then he didn’t really love her.

He winced slightly, softly adjusting himself, no matter which way he sat it was incredibly uncomfortable. He could already tell he was going to hate the healing process. The thought irritated him, but for now he pushed it down. The only real worry on his mind was whether Tiger wanted to stay with him or not. The truth was, if she told him she needed sometime alone it would kill him. At the same time, he wouldn’t be surprised if being around any man disgusted her.

"I still love you too." She whispered and he had to admit that felt amazing to hear. It was incredible to him that she honestly still felt anything for anyone. He closed his eyes, leaning his head back against the headboard, loving the way her fingertips bushed against his skin as they drew circles. "I don't think I'm the same though... I've done such horrible things." she kept her voice quite. He opened his eyes when her fingers left his skin. He watched her as she silently traces her fingers across her cut-up collarbone. He winced for her, hating that Draco had made her feel so incredibly low. "If you give up...I won't blame you." She sighed and the words hung in the air for a long moment.

He knew Tigerlily better then he knew anyone else and he’d had a feeling that was where her fears were lying. Not only had she’d been mentally mind twisted for the past several months, the weight of abandonment hung heavy on her shoulders. The two of them didn’t exactly have the best track record, but he knew and he had always known that him and Lil were meant to be together as cheesy as it sounded. Leaving her now, when she needed him the most would be the easy way out. He kept his head lead against the head board his arm still around her tightly.

“Tiger, I’m not going to leave you.” He said honestly. “Things may never be the same,” She sighed. “But the that doesn’t change how I feel about you. Nothing has ever changed that.” He admitted as if to let her know even at their worst, when he caught her, his fiancé, with his best friend, he’d still loved her. “I lost everything fighting to for you, I won’t lose you to.” He said like it wasn’t up for debate. “If you want to walk away though…” he trailed off hating what he was going to say, but knowing it had to be said. “If you need time to figure shit out, I won’t stop you.” He breathed. “If you don’t want to go through it alone. If you want to talk about it or fuck shit up…I’ll be here either way.” He said pressing his lips against the top of her head.