Alley POVI don't know what happened in that locker room but I saw a glimpse of that monster Derek said lived inside Ace. Maybe he was right. Maybe Christian was just like his father, but I refused to see it.Ace beat the shit out of plenty people, I even witnessed him do it twice this week while also taking a swing at a teacher. Seeing him beat my brother though, that was something else. I guess I thought he still had some heart because he loved us but that was gone now. I was nothing but a toy and Derek was nothing but trash getting in his way. How he fell so far in my eyes I don't know but I knew it was his fault. He constantly made bad choices, pushed us away, and tried to prove he was a monster. Me: If your goal was to prove you are just like your father then congratulations you've won yet another game. I fold and you win all games, just leave us alone. Good bye Christian. I sent my message and then deleted his number and blocked him everywhere. Probably childish but I didn't

Ace POVI stood up wobbly but Christian kept his hands on my waist supporting me. "Thank you." I whispered to him for catching me as I was falling again. He gave me the cheesiest look filled with so much love. Why was he being so openly nice to me? Before I could ask, pain radiated in my ankle as I stepped toward the ambulance. I must have twisted it in the fight."Do I have to get in there? Can't you drive me Ace?" I really didn't want to ride in one of them. "Anything you want Alley." He replied and I shot him a suspicious look. He was being too nice."Christian what is... What the fuck!" My eyes found Randy lying dead on the ground with his face mangled. My hand flew over my mouth and as much as I wanted to look away I couldn't."That motherfucker will never touch you again. That I promise." Christian had pure hate in his eyes as he looked over to Randy. I just realized Ace was covered in blood and his knuckles were split open. He went to guide me to look away but I looked at the

Alley POVThe rest of the week I stayed with Ace and we hung out wrapped around each other. He was supposed to go into the city but he told his dad he had a big game coming up. One thing his dad caved for was winning any kind of competition. He wanted the Blackwood name to be known as the smartest, sexist, most ruthless, and even most athletic out of anyone else. We didn't talk about what happened that night or anything that we fought about the weeks before. We were just us again. I had my friends over again Thursday night but I could still see the distance between Ace and my brother. Derek and Layla seemed to be a lot closer so I was happy about that. Ethan brought Jess with him and I was starting to warm up to her. She didn't grow up here so I'm sure this fucked up little town was strange to her. I was giving her the benefit of the doubt plus Ethan seemed to be happy and he deserved that.At school no one so much as gave me a dirty look. The whole school knew that even if Christian

Alley POVI was so excited driving out of town with Christian. It was just the two of us and we had all morning and afternoon together. Of course, his father ruined his birthday surprise, that was actually for me, because now he had to leave early to meet him for drinks in the city. Since we were closer to the city Daniel was going to meet us wherever we were going and drive me to Ethan's after. I was getting used to this whole assistant/butler/driver that Daniel became. I considered him a friend too and liked that Christian had someone older to relay on. Yeah, he still technically worked for his father and I know there were many things the two of them got into that I wouldn't approve of but he seemed to have his head on straight and cared about us."Any hints?" I whined hating how the drive was taking forever. We were about two hours from home andI had no idea where we were going."Nope but we are almost there." He bit his bottom lip then his hand grabbed my thigh squeezing it tigh

Alley POVI was giggling in Ethans bed thinking about yesterday and I know I looked like a total freak but I didn't care. Ethan was in the shower and I was alone with my thoughts. Of course, all I could think of was my devil. The way he possessed me, devoured me, and made me feel like I was on cloud fucking nine.I wish he never had to leave to meet his father so we could of went back to his apartment after an early dinner. He was right, they had the best wings I ever tasted and hoped we could make that a regular place to eat. The idea of living together in a few months still scared the shit out of me but I wanted it.I wanted to be his and this to be our life. I needed to get birth control though. I don't know why he was waiting but it was going to happen soon and I was not ending up a pregnant teen like my mom. Although the way Ace makes me feel I understood in a whole new way than before. I wanted him so bad I didn't care about the consequences and the thought of him inside me mad