Sold to the Gang Leader

Chapter 24

I open my eyes and I'm laying in my dark bedroom. I groan as I sit up and my hand goes to my forehead. "Ow."

I look to my right to see that it's empty. Where is Levi? I push the covers off me and stand up. My legs instantly wobble and I grab the edge of the bed for help. Walking towards the door, I hear grunting and Levi's voice yelling something, but I'm too far away to hear. I open the door and follow his voice all the way down to the familiar brown double doors.

My hand hesitates on the door knob, even though the grunts and groans, I hear on the other side are urging me to open the door. Last time I came in here, Levi got angry at me and we got into an argument because I caught him hurting a man.

Suddenly a throaty scream erupts from the other side and I can no longer hold back my curiosity. I push the doors wide open, struggling a little. My mouth drops open at the sight in front of me.

A tall and broad man sits in a wooden chair in the middle of the room. He's breathing hard and his face is bruised and cut badly-- blood dripping from his lip.  The man isn't tied up or bound to the furniture at all, but he doesn't try to get up. My eyes roam his face and I instantly recognize him as my attacker. I look at the guy in front of him and my eyebrows raise higher than before, in shock.

Levi stands in front of the man and hold a firm glare towards him. My breathing quickens as I see Levi has a knife in his hands. He's holding it, tight between his fingers. Lucas, Chase, Natalia, and a few other people I don't know are surrounding them. Every single person wearing an agressive look on their face.

Levi grabs the man's neck and puts the knife to his cheek. "I ought to kill you for what you've done, you peice of shit!" Levi sinks the weapon deeper into his face so it begins to draw blood. He draws it across his face, leaving a mark. The man cries out in pain. "I'll fucking KILL you!" Levi punches the man in the face, which causes him to drop to the floor.

"Levi!" I scream running to him and putting my hand on top of his. His right one, which is holding the knife. "Please stop."

"Why are you sticking up for this asshole, huh?" He asks, not looking me in my eyes. "He tried to kill you." Levi gesures to the injured man. I can feel anger flowing off of Levi.

"This isn't right. Don't stoop down to his level, please don't." My hand wraps around his chin and guides it down so we make eye contact. His eyes soften, slightly. "Please."

Levi continues to stare at me as if he's fighting himself. Soon he grunts in frustration and throws the knife down to the ground. He walks to the man and connects his elbow to the man's nose. The man immediately puts his hands to his face, screaming. Levi walks out the room in anger, slamming the door.

I scan my eyes around the room, looking at everyone who just witnessed what happened. Natalia looks at me in anger.

"What's wrong with you, Kara? That man tried to strangle you on your own bed and you want him to LIVE." She shakes her head. "If that'd been me, I would've killed him myself." She walks out the room too with Chase following after her.

Lucas walks over to me and wraps me in a hug. "It's okay, Kara. I understand. I'm glad you're safe." He pulls back, still keeping a hand on my shoulder. "I still wanna hurt him,...but I understand." He sends me a quick smile and turns to leave the room.

The remaining people in the room stay and don't move at all. I'm assuming they're told not to, by Levi. They hold guns in their hands and gave a blank stare on their face. They must be guarding something. Weapons probably. I face the guy in the chair and walk over to him on the ground. He looks up at me, snarling.

I smile at him shortly, before pulling back my foot and using all my energy to kick him in the side. He cries and rolls on the floor, away from me. I crouch down beside him. "Just because I stopped Levi from killing you, doesn't mean I don't wanna beat the shit out of you." I stand and take a deep breath, calming myself down, and walk out the door.

I should check on Levi.

I make my way down the hall and open the door to our bedroom. "Levi?", I call out to him. I look to see him, sitting on the bed, holding his face in his hands. He doesn't respond to my voice, so I walk over to him and stand in front of him, until he lifts his head. He glances at me and stands up, going past me and towards the door. Before he can get far, I grab his arm and tug him back. "Wait. Don't go."

He releases an frustrated breath and looks at me in the eyes. "Why did you stop me? He tried to kill you. He had his filthy hands on your throat. He tried to take you away from m--your family."

Tears started to appear in my eyes and I couldn't blink them away. "God, don't you think I know that? I was terrified when I saw him in the corner of our room. I was scared that I was was gonna die right there. That I was never gonna see my family again." Tears start flowing down my face. "I want to kill him too. Way more than you do. Don't think for a second that I'm not livid right now, because I am. But I promised myself that being in this gang and living here was not going to change me, whatsoever and I damn well intend to keep it. I will not go to that man's level and I won't allow you to stoop to his level, either. I am not a killer."

Silence takes over and the room goes quiet. Levi just stares at me, scanning my face.

After a few minutes of silence he take my face in his hand and leans his forhead on mine. His breathing heavy. He stays there for a couple seconds before he connects his lips with mine. I gasp but he doesn't pull away and instead presses his lips harder against mine. My mouth stay still and my eyes wide open in shock.

Levi pulls back but keeps his hands on my face. "Everytime I look at him, I see him on top of you with his hands around your throat. Kara, I was born into the gang world. My father was a gang leader and my mom worked right beside him. Violence was everywhere, growing up. It's something I learned and a hard habit to break. That man works for Jordan and came here, tonight, to kill you. I'm not gonna apologize for wanting him dead because I still do. But I will refrain from doing so, for you." He kisses my cheek. "And I promise you. We will get this son of a bitch, Jordan."