Chapter 29

Jackson POV

The whole time Rose was telling us what happened to her, she had a vacant look on her face. She was no longer Rose, just an empty shell of her. She was reliving one of the worst moments of her life. By the time she got to the middle of her story, she had tears rolling down her face. Rose never noticed because she was so lost inside her memory.

I'm normally calm and collected, but hearing the things Maximus did to her had me shaking violently with anger. I want nothing more than to rip that disgusting, excuse of man limb from limb slowly and painfully. I want him to suffer just like he made Rose suffer.

While I wanted to kill Max, I also wanted to pull Rose out of her head and hold her in my arms until all her pain and suffering were gone. I know that it will never happen because that is something she needs to do herself but I can try. I looked over at Damien to see how he was holding up and I was surprised at what I saw.

He was sitting perfectly still, his breathing even