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79-ETHAN

Author: J L FLETCHER
last update publish date: 2026-04-15 19:18:27

Vince and Lorenzo had taken off, muttering something about loose ends that needed tying up, which left Ethan stuck where he was, flat on his back, staring at the ceiling and then the screen and then back again, the seconds dragging in a way that made it feel like time itself was working against him.

He hated it.

Being still. Being useless.

Waiting.

He was waiting for Rowena.

The sound of a key turning in the door snapped his attention up, sharp and immediate, his body reacting before his mind c
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  • DIRTY ANGELS   85-LORENZO

    Lorenzo drove with one hand on the wheel and the other resting loose against his thigh, listening to the muffled thuds from the trunk as Remy fought against the restraints. She had been kicking for twenty minutes, and he let her. People told the truth once they were tired and scared, and Lorenzo had learned a long time ago that silence could do more damage than shouting ever would. The warehouse stood at the edge of the industrial district, tucked behind a dead factory and a chain-link fence nobody cared enough to fix. It belonged to an old contact who owed him more than money, and tonight it would serve its purpose. He parked inside, killed the engine, and sat for a moment while Remy kept thrashing behind him. “You got spirit,” he muttered, reaching for his gloves. “That’s going to make this annoying.” By the time he opened the trunk, she was sweating, furious, and gagged, her eyes wild above the strip of cloth binding her mouth. She twisted hard when she saw him, trying to kick

  • DIRTY ANGELS   84-ISLA

    Isla stirred. Her eyelids felt heavy, glued shut. She forced them open, even though she wanted to keep reality out.The room was too white, too clean. A woman in pale blue scrubs stood at the foot of the bed, arranging something on a tray.“Oh, you’re finally waking up,” the woman said. Her voice was warm, almost motherly. “Good. You’ve got a special visitor coming today.”Isla’s mouth was dry. “Where… where am I?”“You’re at The Wellness Center, sweetheart. We’re taking real good care of you.” The nurse smiled and patted the edge of the bed. “Just need to get a little more medicine into you first. Sit tight. I’ll be right back.”The door clicked shut behind her.Everything rushed back at once.Chad. Marisol. Her own father, Marvin, was revealed as the monster behind it all. The memories slammed into her chest like a physical blow. She pressed her palms to her eyes, but the images only sharpened. Elizabeth… God, was Elizabeth even safe? Or had Marvin used her, too?Silent tears slippe

  • DIRTY ANGELS   83-REMY

    Remy didn’t understand why they were all looking at her. Lorenzo’s arm locked tight around her throat, the gun no longer in her hand, and the echo of the shot still hummed faintly through the room. She could still feel the rightness of what she had done settling deep inside her, warm and certain, unshaken by the way Ethan refused to meet her eyes.She had done it for him. To help make him see.That was the part none of them seemed capable of grasping.Her chest rose unevenly as she tried to pull in air, her fingers clawing at Lorenzo’s arm more out of irritation than fear, because there was no panic in the way he held her, no rush, only that steady, deliberate pressure that reminded her he knew exactly what he was doing.“You dumb fucking cunt,” Lorenzo said near her ear, his voice low and even, which made the threat in it feel heavier. “You trying to end up at the bottom of a river?”Remy let out a breath that twisted into a laugh, her lips pulling into a smile; none of this fright

  • DIRTY ANGELS   82-MARVIN

    Marvin stalked into his office, door thudding shut behind him. Stress crawled under his skin like ants, biting deep. He never let anyone see the cracks.Chad was dead. One wrong yank and everything could unravel.Elizabeth had fucked up royally. She’d let that rockstar junkie’s kid get his hands on Isla, his perfect girl, the one thing Marvin still tried to keep untouched. Now, Isla was cracking wide open, headed the same way her useless ex had gone, gone for good if Marvin didn’t step in fast.And Marisol. Christ. She was the part he hadn’t planned for. He’d had her exactly where he wanted her, ready to own every breath she took. Then two bullets put her in a hospital bed, and he still had no fucking clue who pulled the trigger. He’d wondered for half a second if the Rotegardes were behind it, but it felt too sloppy, too street-level for them.His mind kept sliding back to the island. The sun on her skin. That perfect little mouth stretched wide around his cock, eyes watering, throat

  • DIRTY ANGELS   81-ELIZABETH

    Elizabeth drifted toward consciousness, and by the time her eyes adjusted to the pale ceiling above her, the first thing she understood was not where she was, but memories of grief.Her throat burned when she swallowed, the taste left behind was bitter and chemical, and as she lay there without moving, she became aware of a restless agitation moving through her limbs, as though her body were demanding something it had been trained to expect.The realization came slowly that they had not simply been giving her medication.They had been feeding her something.She did not open her eyes fully, nor did she shift her body, because voices beyond the door made her instinctively remain unnoticed.Waylon’s voice carried first, the same tone he always used when he wanted to sound controlled.“I’m telling you, she’s becoming a problem again,” he said, and there was a faint irritation beneath the surface that he was attempting to keep in check. “Kahn has been back twice already, and she’s not tak

  • DIRTY ANGELS   80-ETHAN

    Ethan didn’t move when she stepped fully into the room.Every instinct in him told him to sit up, to react, to do something other than lie there half-broken and exposed, but his body had already made the decision for him. His ribs throbbed with every breath, his arm felt like it didn’t belong to him, and the last thing he could afford to do was provoke someone who clearly wasn’t thinking straight.Remy closed the door behind her.Ethan swallowed it down.Stayed calm.“You need to stop calling me that,” he said evenly. “I’m not your father.”Her head tilted slightly, studying him.“Liar.”“It’s not a lie,” he said, holding her gaze. “We ran the test. Vince has the results. I’m not your father, Remy. I don’t know who is.”Her expression didn’t change.“That’s not true,” she said softly, stepping closer. “You’re just trying to push me away.”Ethan watched her carefully now.“It’s a good thing,” he said, keeping his tone steady, measured. “Because what we were doing… that doesn’t end well

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