Author's Note: So sorry about the delay in updating, guys. I've been hanging out with my friend who's in from Oklahoma, but I've got some free time now.
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Raven took a step towards Hunter, his hand having already automatically balled itself into a fist. His eyes were locked onto his target, and he could see clearly Hunter's shock and fear, though he tried to mask it with big talk.
"This your little guard dog?" he addressed Amy. "Is this the big tough guy who's going to stand up for you? This your knight in shining armor? You're going to have to do a lot better than that."
Before he could move, Amy planted herself in between the two men, facing Scott. She tried to hold him back, to keep him from attacking Hunter. He looked down at her with confusion plainly written on his face, it was like she could hear him audibly thinking, "Why not?"
"Please don't," she begged him, tears streaking her face. "Not right now."
As soon as he saw her face, his anger broke completely. All he felt was concern for Amy. If he fought Hunter now, with her and no one else here, she might get hurt. Also, he'd get kicked out before the show, and then she would be left with this lunatic for hours without him here to protect her. Amy seemed to be having similar thoughts.
She leaned up to whisper in his ear. "Later," she said softly. "After the show. It's too dangerous right now." She sighed, her voice watery with tears before she spoke the last sentence. "I don't want you to get hurt."
"I won't," he murmured into her ear. "It's okay."
He wrapped her up tightly in his arms and held her against his chest. His desire to destroy Hunter had not vanished, but it was no longer manifest so strongly. It was lingering down inside of him, waiting. Right now, his primary purpose was to shield the woman he was holding from any harm.
Hunter laughed derisively. "Oh, are you gonna hold him back? I guess this is my lucky night then, huh? I don't have to worry about getting my ass kicked by the big superstar Raven."
Scott looked at him from over the top of Amy's head, and the rage momentarily re-flared in his eyes. But then he felt Amy shivering against him, and his thoughts were again consumed with her care and safety. "Your time is coming," he said lowly, and his voice was the coldest ice. Hunter opened his mouth to say something sarcastic in reply, but something in Raven's eyes sent a chill up his spine, and he snapped it closed again. Nodding his head and pretending to smirk, he walked away.
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Raven took a step towards Hunter, his hand having already automatically balled itself into a fist. His eyes were locked onto his target, and he could see clearly Hunter's shock and fear, though he tried to mask it with big talk.
"This your little guard dog?" he addressed Amy. "Is this the big tough guy who's going to stand up for you? This your knight in shining armor? You're going to have to do a lot better than that."
Before he could move, Amy planted herself in between the two men, facing Scott. She tried to hold him back, to keep him from attacking Hunter. He looked down at her with confusion plainly written on his face, it was like she could hear him audibly thinking, "Why not?"
"Please don't," she begged him, tears streaking her face. "Not right now."
As soon as he saw her face, his anger broke completely. All he felt was concern for Amy. If he fought Hunter now, with her and no one else here, she might get hurt. Also, he'd get kicked out before the show, and then she would be left with this lunatic for hours without him here to protect her. Amy seemed to be having similar thoughts.
She leaned up to whisper in his ear. "Later," she said softly. "After the show. It's too dangerous right now." She sighed, her voice watery with tears before she spoke the last sentence. "I don't want you to get hurt."
"I won't," he murmured into her ear. "It's okay."
He wrapped her up tightly in his arms and held her against his chest. His desire to destroy Hunter had not vanished, but it was no longer manifest so strongly. It was lingering down inside of him, waiting. Right now, his primary purpose was to shield the woman he was holding from any harm.
Hunter laughed derisively. "Oh, are you gonna hold him back? I guess this is my lucky night then, huh? I don't have to worry about getting my ass kicked by the big superstar Raven."
Scott looked at him from over the top of Amy's head, and the rage momentarily re-flared in his eyes. But then he felt Amy shivering against him, and his thoughts were again consumed with her care and safety. "Your time is coming," he said lowly, and his voice was the coldest ice. Hunter opened his mouth to say something sarcastic in reply, but something in Raven's eyes sent a chill up his spine, and he snapped it closed again. Nodding his head and pretending to smirk, he walked away.