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.” Luna saw desperation then fury flash in Bryan’s eyes and she cringed when he leapt from the couch.His fingers dug into her arms and her head snapped back and forth as he shook her.“God damn it, Luna! Tell me where the fucking figurines are! I’ve kept myself from beating your ass this last year, but you’re pushing me over the edge.You never fucking mind me! I’m tired of your games.”Luna bit her tongue and tasted blood.She screamed at him.“I don’t have your damn video, you stupid fucker!” Tears shot from her eyes when he backhanded her across the face.The room went hazy.His voice was positively evil as he continued to shake her.“That was an easy one, Luna.The next one’s not going to be so nice.”Luna was stunned to see Cato appear over Bryan’s shoulder.His features were a mask of fury as he grabbed Bryan under the arms and threw him several feet across the room.The chair tilted over and she cried out when her shoulder slammed into the floor.Cato reached down to lift her and she screamed when Bryan slammed into his side and they toppled over.She strained her neck to the right to watch the battle behind her.Pain shot across the back of her head as she realized her braid was trapped under the edge of the chair.Cato rolled effortlessly to his back and got a foot up against Bryan’s stomach just as he received a fist to the face.His cheek split and blood poured from the wound.Cato’s eyes turned demonic as he roared, straightened his leg, and catapulted Bryan into the wall.She heard Bryan’s breath rush from his lungs as his back crashed into the sheet rock.Cato reached him before he could extract himself from the mess.One solid punch later and Bryan’s mouth was bleeding.He grabbed Cato’s hair and wrenched his head to the side.His fingers released immediately when a big fist slammed into his gut.As Bryan bent forward and gasped for air, Cato turned and wrapped his arm around his neck.Cato’s muscles looked like boulders as he braced his forearm with his other hand and began to squeeze the life out of his target.Luna knew that Cato was killing him.She could see it in his wild eyes and clenched jaw.He wouldn’t rest until Bryan stopped struggling.His ominous, gravelly words confirmed it.“You die today, fucker.”Luna cried out to him, “Cato! Stop! Don’t do it.Please, baby.Stop! Look at me.” When Bryan’s face turned a dangerous shade of purple and Cato appeared to be deaf, she tried a different tactic.“Help me, Cato! I’m hurt.Help me!” Relief flooded her body when his head snapped up and he dropped Bryan where he stood.He was at her side immediately.“Aw, baby.Here.Let me lift you up.” He wrapped his arms around her and the chair and pulled her up.He gently touched the knot rising on her jaw and the bruises that were forming into perfect impressions of Bryan’s fingers.A deep growl rumbled from his chest and he bared his teeth.He glanced back at Bryan’s unmoving body and started to rise.She wrapped her legs around his thigh.“Check his pockets for the keys.” She rattled the handcuffs and he appeared to snap out of his growing killing rage, and she released him.He flipped Bryan over and she watched her ex bat helplessly at Cato’s hands rifling through his pockets.Cato punched him in the gut.The man wasn’t getting back up from the floor any time soon.Seconds later, she was freed from the cuffs.Luna reached down and grabbed the cloth from the floor and pressed it to Cato’s cheek.“Baby, sit on the couch.” He kept his eyes on Bryan and did as she requested.She dabbed at the blood and winced at the deep cut.Bryan’s college ring had done a number on the skin.She grabbed his hand and made him hold the cloth in place.Luna stepped back and he looked up at her.She pointed at him and gave him her serious look.“Don’t move.I’ll be right back.” He nodded and she ran into the kitchen and grabbed the first aid kit.She rolled her eyes when she returned to the living room and found him cuffing a limp Bryan to the folding chair.“I told you not to move.”He turned to her and shrugged.“He did it first.It was this or I was going to start pounding on him again.”Luna shook her head.“Men.” She pointed back to the couch and he ass-planted like a good boy.She cleaned the wound and closed it with a Steri-Strip.He was going to need stitches.“We need to call Kallon.This is a bad cut.”Cato touched his cheek.“Nah.I’m okay.I’ll do it later.Come with me.We’re going back to the house.I want to find that video and put a stop to this motherfucker before I do something stupid and snap his neck.You have to get me away from him so I can calm down.He’s not going anywhere.”Luna agreed and followed him out of the house.* * * *Luna stared at the twenty-five cat figurines lined up on the bed and shrugged.“Okay.I guess we need to look them over.You start on that end.”Together, they lifted each one and studied it for the mystery video.They shook them and looked inside those with hollow openings.“Here.”Luna looked over when Cato held up the one her brother had given her just before he died.He turned it over and she saw a small patch of duct tape.Cato peeled it off the bottom and flipped it over.A flat, black square was stuck to the tape.It was the size of a large postage stamp.“What’s that?”“It’s a memory card.It may be small, but it could definitely hold a video on it.”Minutes later, they were perched in front of Cato’s computer and he was sliding the small cartridge into a slot in the side of his computer.A video popped up on the screen and she gaped at what was playing.She immediately recognized the man as a prominent, local political figure.His mug was on the TV all the time, but never like this.He constantly touted family values and the continued downfall of the community.She instantly wondered how being butt naked with two call girls and another man with a ridiculously hairy back equated to improving the quality of family life.She was pretty sure his wife would want to know as well.Cato leaned forward and squinted at the screen.He pointed to an object one of the women held in her hand and was working in and out of the society elitist’s ass.“Is that a…Oh, no.That’s just not right.”Luna laughed, clamped onto his arm, and covered her eyes.“Quick
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