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down,
sir,” I heard her yelp in a shaky voice. Instantly, I looked over
at them. He had her wrist in his massive hand, her fingers turning
white from the pressure.
     
    “ You let me go now or I’ll
have the cops in here I swear-” she started but he cut her off in
mid-sentence.
     
    “ And how do you plan to do
that?” his voice was barely more than a growl. He towered over the
poor girl, his face inches from hers. I remembered his smell and my
stomach turned at the thought of being so close to him. I
remembered Cordillia and hoped for Annie’s sake she couldn’t smell
him either. She yelped as he squeezed her wrist and I could see the
pain on her face from where I stood.
     
    “ Stop it, you’re hurting
her!” Cordillia screamed and I jumped. Somehow I had forgotten she
was there. He turned to her, a sick satisfied smirk on his face as
his eyes flicked between us.
     
    “ This doesn’t concern you,
sweetheart,” his voice was deep and raspy, almost like he hadn’t
used it in years. I caught myself wondering how someone could fall
out of the habit of speech but the thought didn’t last
long.
     
    Annie yelped as he tossed her to the
ground where the plate had hit the floor and almost immediately I
could smell blood in the air. He bent down, grabbed a handful of
her hair and yanked her up onto her knees and that’s when I saw the
deep gash that ran the length of her arm.
     
    “ Does that look like what
I ordered?” he demanded “Does it!?” he yelled.
     
    “ I don’t know!” she yelled
back obviously unsure of what to do. I jumped out of the booth and
moved towards them, I wasn’t sure what I was doing but I had to do
something.
     
    “ No, Ethan!” Cordillia
called as I moved. I glanced back for a second before the man
peered over his shoulder at me.
     
    “ Listen to your sister,
Ethan,” he growled as he lifted Annie off of the floor. Before I
could think, my body reacted and I took the final few steps between
him and me. I reached out, wrapping my arm around his neck and
pulled back. With a groan he fell into me, struggling against me
before finally letting go of Annie and dropping to his knees. I
stepped back and watched as he got to his feet and my stomach
twisted itself in knots.
     
    He took a step toward me and I braced
myself, ready to fight but I found myself a little more than
surprised when instead he spoke, “Watch it! You don’t know what
you’re getting yourself into.” He growled as he grabbed the collar
of my shirt and pulled me onto the tip of my toes. I yanked his
hand away and stared him down.
     
    “ I think it’s time you
left.” I growled as he took a step toward me.
     
    “ Or what?” He smirked as
he closed the space between us. I towered over him and yet I still
found myself intimidated by the look in his eyes and the growl in
his tone. He smirked before grunting loudly and spitting at my
feet. “You got nothing.” He sneered as he stepped away.
     
    His smell wafted back toward me and
for a moment I felt like I was going to be sick. I took a deep
breath, never loosing eye contact with him in a tense silence that
seemed to go on forever.
     
    “ I’m done with you.” He
smirked as he looked behind me, flashing a wink and a smile toward
Cordillia before storming out of the tiny restaurant.
     
    I could hear Annie take a deep breath
behind me, we all did. It was over, he was gone and a sense of
relief surrounded us as we went back to our meals and tried to
forget him.
     
    Before I moved back to the booth, I
helped Annie to her feet and took my seat. After a moment’s pause,
I pulled a pack of cigarettes out of my pocket and stood to go
outside but before I made it up, Annie was standing next to me with
a small ashtray and a smile.
     
    “ I can’t thank you enough
for that, young man,” she spoke sweeter than someone who was just
attacked should. “I won’t tell on you.” She gave me a wink as she
placed the ashtray down in front of me.
     
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