Can’t Win Me Back

"Maggie, I love you!" Xavier typed.

Maggie replied, "Xave, you're not usually this corny. What happened?"

Xavier couldn't bring himself to tell her that those words were his final ones if something happened to him. His phone buzzed again. It was Maggie sending another message that read, "I love you too, Xave."

Tears filled Xavier's eyes. His lips quivered, and his heart raced. He cursed under his breath. It was time to go all out.

With that, he grabbed the machete, swung open the car door, and swiftly took down two of Jasper's attackers.

But Xavier wasn't a fighter. He had no real combat experience. It didn't take long before a blade sliced into his arm, the deep cut searing with pain.

Jasper's eyes widened. He roared, "Xavier, get back in the car!"

Distracted, Jasper's opponent swung a machete at his face.

Xavier gasped, "Mr. Beckett!"

his reflexes quick. He

he understood why Jasper had told him

group of over a dozen well-trained assassins surrounded Jasper, but one by one, they fell in a bloody massacre.

then, the next wave

eyes, Jasper snatched a blade from one of the fallen assassins and cracked his neck. He couldn't take them all down. He

if Jasper survived, the

of a sports car engine

"Jasper, we're here!"

emotion as Jonah and Axel stepped

and determination surged through him.

were lost inside. Since challenging Justin, Jasper had been prepared to walk this

fight on his own. Jasper and Jonah became brothers-in-arms, sharing perils together, while he and Axel reconnected

would have been possible if Alyssa hadn't once been his, completely

Axel said,