The Defiance novel

---- Chapter 20: I love you. Sev's POV Before I could even open the door of my car, my phone vibrated for a message it received. It was one of the twins I asked to keep guarding Dean's room at the hospital .

They were close to him and I know even if they were the best people I've got and I needed their expertise to track and bring down the rival group that had been targeting us for quite a while, I needed them to keep an eye to Alice's brother because as I'd done my research on the bastard trying to get Alice for reasons unclear . With an irritated sigh, I fished out my phone from the pocket of my jeans. Hospital. Hurry. Dean's hysterical. It said. My brow rose at the last statement.

Dean's hysterical ? Why would he? He was never like that. Of all the years I've known him, he had been tough. I never saw him cry. If we were talking about being ruthless, he would probably the next in line with me. I never saw in panic, breakdown, or anything along with those. It was like he had mastered himself not to be soft, well, aside from his sister. He would do anything for her. He was the younger one but he'd been protecting her more than anyone, even trying to protect her from me.

I always at that but I salute his care and love for her, I was thankful. ---- "Let's hurry. Contact John. Ask where they are. Alert Jacques and make sure he secured the vicinity of the hospital", I instructed and my men started to move as I said, climbing on the front seat of my car, Maxx roared the engine and drove off. As soon as we stopped at the front of the hospital, I could sense something wrong, Maxx also looked the same, and he nodded and knew what he should do.

I put an expressionless face when I walked in, straightening the crumpled side of my shirt. People threw their gaze at my direction but I paid no mind. When I was nearing Dean's room, I saw how the assigned guard kept a straight face but the way the swallowed hard nervously gave them away. I halted right at them, looked at them intensely , I could smell how terrified they were. "What is it?", I asked with a warning of what could happen if I didn't like their answer.

They remained silent that was actually one of the things I hated and got me pissed. I sighed and took another step towards the one nearest to me, he avoided my gaze. "I thought I am always clear with what I dislike ?", I slowly put my hand his collar and fixed it, tapping his shoulders harder than normal. It brought a pain making him wince and distortion on his face but he was fighting it off. Iheard glass crashing and a loud thud. It immediately caught my attention.

---- "We're done yet", I warned him without a glance and made my way to where the chaos came from. I was about to open the door when it was harshly pushed side, widely open. An angry beast was ready to pounce right up at me. And that was what I did. He grabbed me and threw his body causing both of us to crash on the tiled floor. "F*ck!" we both cursed. "What the hell, Dean", I groaned, my back fell badly to support the both of us. "W-Where's my sister?!", he shouted.

I suddenly forgot the pain coursing through my spine. "She went here", I said with an unsure voice. His eyes shook with fear and fought his way to stand, putting aside his wobbling knees. He managed to get off of me but collapsed again on his own, he groaned. "Where's John?! Did you call him already?", I spat at them angrily. Slowly, my chest began to pound loudly. Flash of possible scenarios hit me. "Alice!", Dean called her name. It was dreadful.

Quickly , I stood, when some of my men tried to help me up I swat their hands away like flies that annoyed me. "Isaid-" "We found John on the emergency room! We saw him ---- being delivered there as we are checking the vicinity , he's critical", Maxx faced me, he was panting, a sign that he did run on his best to get here fast. I cursed loudly, I heard Dean shouting profanities at anyone who tried to help him, and he was desperate to find his sister. I gritted my teeth. "Where's Alice?

Is she also there?", I somehow knew what would be the answer but would it be bad if 1 hoped for something good now? Maxx shook his head, remorse was evident on his eyes even though he hid it through his blank face. While anger slowly ate my whole being, with balled fists I threw a hard punch at the man who was standing by the door. The man who did not answer my question earlier. He did not fight, he just let me hit him many times. "Sev, stop it", Maxx held my fist but I glared at him.

We were in utter chaos. Dean was screaming like a madman but the nurses and doctors injected him a drug to help him calm down. He was ten dragged back to his bed. Iran my hand on my hair roughly. "Some people were asked about the accident. They... they saw a man and it seems the description matched to Ralph Clemente" I gasped. With all I had, I punched the wall repeatedly until my knuckles turned bloody. The bastard's name rang in my ear like a broken record. I knew what