Chapter 56

“What do you mean he just disappeared?! We can’t lose track of Gunner’s whereabouts back in Portla—” Jackson found himself stopping midsentence at what he was currently facing. His so-called mate was covered in their blanket, holding the door open to his safe and a journal open in her hand.

“I’ll call you back in a while.” Snarling under his breath, Jackson stomped his way towards Zayla and slapped her backhandedly, causing her to drop the journal with a loud thud near her feet.

Zayla touched the cheek that he slapped feeling it warm up and sting. Tears start to make her vision blurry and her sobs crawl their way up her throat only to be stopped when fingers blocked her airways, “What do you think you’re doing snooping around, bitch?” Jackson was shaking in anger, his face turning red with how much force he was putting just to keep Zayla in a chokehold.

Already suspended in the air with Jackson keeping her up and her feet already dangling away from the floor, Zayla