Hello my lovely readers! New chapter, I hope you like it :D I have a feeling you will :) Thank you to everyone who is reading and reviewing I love you all! :D Also I just started a story loosely based on Cape Wrath, Tom Hardy plays Jack Donnelly and I just loved his character so I had to write something about him. There's clips on YouTube if you want to get a sense of what he's like in it, an evil bastard but ya gotta love him so check that out if you want, I hope you enjoy it if you do decide to read and sure leave a review for that or this, I love hearing your amazing thoughts :) So enough fluff, enjoy my loves! xoxo

-Sailor

"Forrest, I didn't want them to do that, you gotta believe me"

"And why should I believe anything you say deputy" he said coughing slightly. He swallowed slightly and clutched his cup.

"Forrest"

He simply stood up from his chair and treaded over to me, his boots stomping against the wooden planks. I backed away slightly feeling his stare bore into my own. I backed away until I was met with the doorframe.

"Forrest" I said my breath slightly shaky.

"Deputy…" he sneered leaning in so our noses were bumping off each other's. "Now I ain't gonna hit you…" his fist suddenly flew past my head as he punched the wooden doorframe I was pressed against, causing my heart to stop for a moment. "Coz you a woman…and I ain't ever raised my hand to a female before…but you're gettin' pretty damn close…"

I closed my eyes, secretly wishing he would hit me and get it over with.

"Forrest…I swear, the last thing I wanted was for you to get hurt"

His eyes searched mine but I could tell he didn't believe me. He grabbed a fist full of my shirt and pulled me up to him. He reached into his cardigan pocket and pulled out what looked like a knuckle duster, entwining his fingers in it. His smoky breath filled my nostrils along with his musty odour.

"You see this; this would have been embedded in your skull a long time ago and if you do anything else to my family I swear…I will forget you're a woman, am I making myself clear?"

I swallowed hard and nodded. His eyes looked me up and down once before going back over to sit in his chair. I let out a shaky breath and steadied myself against the door, my legs feeling like jelly underneath me.

"Now get the hell off my property"

I walked down the steps and headed back to my hotel. I threw myself on my bed, reviewing what had just happened and I felt bile and sick rising from my stomach. I clambered over to the bathroom and puked into the toilet, tears streaming down my face. I crawled back onto my bed and closed my eyes.

I was awoken by some loud knocks on my door. I rubbed my eyes and headed over. I pulled the handle and felt the whole door being pushed in on top of me. Howard and Jack stormed in before Jack turned and locked the door.

"You tryin to have my brother killed deputy?!" Howard roared pushing me back on the bed.

"No I didn't! I tried to tell Forrest earlier…"

But then his hand landed right across my mouth making my whole bottom lip and chin go numb. Obviously Howard wasn't as worried about how to treat a lady as Forrest was; maybe that's why he sent him instead of doing it himself. He landed a punch right into my left eye before landing another one on the other side of my face causing a huge cut to open on my cheek.

"So you beat up Jack and then you get Forrest's throat cut? I'm next deputy! What you got planned huh?!"

"Howard…" said Jack looking slightly panic stricken.

"Jack if you're gonna complain go wait outside…the deputy and me got stuff we need to talk about" he said running his hand over his mouth.

He looked back at Jack and I took this opportunity to grab the gun I had under my pillow and stick it right between his eyes.

"You were sayin?" I sneered.

"Howard!" piped Jack.

"What? You gonna blow my head off?"

"I didn't see you out there helping Forrest when he was in trouble" I whispered raising my eyebrow. I knew that cut him right to the core.

"You heartless cocksucking…"

"Ah!" I said cocking the gun. That shut him up pretty quickly. "Tut tut Howard…that's very bold language to use in front of a woman" I jeered.

"Deputy…don't" said Jack.

"Give me one reason why I shouldn't" I said keeping my eyes on Howard.

"Forr…Forrest" he gasped.

My lip twitched slightly.

"Why the fuck would that stop me?"

He moved slightly out from behind Howard and took a step towards me.

"I know you took him to the hospital…the nurse told me. I haven't told Forrest yet though, he still thinks he walked, likes to think that so I just let him" he chuckled slightly. "I know why you did it…"

"You don't know shit Jack Bondurant!" I screamed.

"I do…I was inside and I saw you two talking outside earlier and…"

"Jack shut the fuck up!" I said my voice cracking. "Now get the fuck out the two of you before I stick this gun in your mouths and paint these walls with your brains"

Jack put his hand on Howards shoulder and pulled him out the door. I closed it immediately, locked it and threw my gun under the bed, falling down the door and burying my head in my knees.

The next day I arrived at the station after my best attempts to try and cover up my horrible bruised eye and cut cheek with my makeup.

"Deputy…what happened?" Henry gasped as soon as I stepped in.

Obviously I hadn't done a very good job.

"Nothin' we got word on where those scumbags are?"

"Yes ma'am, they're staying down in a little motel just off the main road. Want us to go and get them?"

"No…what's done is done I suppose"

"Did you hear about Forrest?" said Henry as he spat his tobacco onto the floor.

"No, what?" asked another.

I was getting slightly agitated as I flicked through some papers as their conversation continued.

He's gonna be ok" smiled Henry "That is truly one man worthy of legend"

"What a hero"

"I know, a true legend if ever I've seen one"

I banged my fist loudly on the table causing them all to look up at me.

"I have a new rule! There is to be no more talk of Forrest Bondurant or any of them for that matter, in this office again unless you are telling me you've shut down their stills!" I roared. "Am I making myself clear?!"

"Yes ma'am" they both gulped.

"Which by the fucking way guys, should you not be working on that?!"

"Yes boss" they said tipping their hats and getting out of their chairs.

I stormed into my office and closed the door. The last name I wanted to hear right now was Forrest Bondurant or his fucking legend.

I spent the rest of the day in my office doing paperwork after giving them strict instructions that they were not to bother me unless it was totally necessary.

I heard a knock on the door and John walked in holding a cup of coffee. He peered checking to make sure I wasn't about to kill him for bothering me. The word had gone around of my foul mood.

"Deputy I have some coffee for you" he smiled setting it down on my desk.

"Thanks" I said not looking up.

"Who did that to you? Was it those guys we brought down?"

"You mean the guys YOU brought down?" I snapped.

He didn't say anything, he knew not to.

"No it wasn't"

"Was it Forrest?"

I stopped what I was doing and looked straight at him.

"No Forrest doesn't hit women…now get the fuck out of my office" I said looking back down at my work.

I waited until the door was closed and I took a sip of the coffee. My whole face contorted tasting it, it was worse than sewage. I leaned back and flung the rest out the window onto the scorched ground. It wasn't anything like the special Bondurant coffee.

That night I lay in my bathtub occasionally poking the area around my eye to gage how sore it was. It was still pretty sore. I dipped my head under the water blocking out every noise. When I came up for air, I heard banging on my door. I contemplated not answering at all considering what happened yesterday, until I heard someone mumble from the other side.

"Deputy?"

I picked myself out of the water and wrapped a towel around myself. I opened the door a crack and my suspicions were confirmed, it was Forrest.

"What do you want?" I said through the little crack.

He leaned his head against the door whispering through the crack at me, one of his eyes meeting mine.

"I wanted to talk to you that's all"

"You got a weapon?"

"No…you're still a woman in my eyes" he whispered.

I opened the door fully allowing his huge form to step into my room. He looked around at the dull walls and simply let out a breath. I don't think, even if I lived to be 100 that I would ever understand what was going on in Forrest's head. How can such a violent man remind me so much of a little boy, so naïve and vulnerable?

He simply stood there looking around while I sat on my bed, still in my towel waiting for him to say something.

"Didn't you say you wanted to talk?" I said feeling my hair starting to dry I had been sitting there so long.

"Yes I did deputy"

"So talk" I said bluntly.

I mentally remembered the gun I had placed back under my pillow.

"What Howard did…that's inexcusable. Hitting a poor, defenceless woman like that…that just ain't right"

Obviously he forgot to mention the whole gun pointing and 'painting the walls with their brains' line.

"You sent him to do it"

"Who told you that now?" he mumbled, taking his hat off his head and holding it to the middle of his chest.

"Well…no one but I just assumed…"

"Didn't I tell you I would never lay a finger on a little woman like you?"

"Who told you Howard did this to me?" I said ignoring his question.

"Jack…things of that nature get'd to Jack. He's a sheltered boy"

I rolled my eyes and let out a sigh. There was no way I was going to let my guard down, even if it was just Forrest standing here. I could see from his weighed down pocket that he clearly had his knuckleduster with him.

"Fine whatever, is that all you've come to say?"

"Well no I wanted to tell you I've had words…and such with Howard bout that and nothin' like that ain't gonna happen again you have my word"

I rubbed my arm, feeling the water from my hair drip down and snake along my skin tickling it, while I kept his eye contact. I saw his eyes shift from mine to my arm before he grunted a bit.

"I…I just wanted to let you know that's all"

"Well thank you" I said getting up and offering my hand for him to shake it. His whole upper half bent a bit looking down at my hand like he had no idea what to do. The hand that was not holding the hat reached over and gripped mine gently which gave me goose bumps.

"I appreciate that Forrest" I whispered.

He grunted slightly and looked away from my stare.

"Still don't change anything…you still tried to have me killed" he mumbled.

"Forrest, if I had wanted to kill you do you not think I would have left you there to die in the snow?"

"What's that now?" he said his brow furrowing slightly.

"Who do you think drove you to the hospital?"

"I walked"

"No you didn't…don't tell me you honestly believed that?"

He didn't say anything just looked at me still gripping my hand.

"I sent my whole group back but I stayed to make sure nothing else happened. I fell asleep and woke up just as they were making a grab for you…I would have jumped them but…"

"No those guys were dangerous…they would have attacked you if they hada seen you…and I wouldn't have been able to fight them off" he whispered. He was probably right, even though I was the deputy that wouldn't have stopped them.

"So when they left I went straight over and put you in the back of my car and drove to the hospital and waited"

"I thought I walked…" he said quietly.

"No I had to lift you in" I said taking a step closer to him. "I waited there until I had gotten word you were going to be ok"

"Did you…did you come into my room?" he said as his eyes glazed over slightly as if remembering something.

"Yea…I was talking to you, until your brother's arrived"

His mouth opened as if he was going to say something but he stopped himself. Silence filled the room while I saw the cogs in Forrest's brain working, on what I didn't know.

"That's what I meant…the last thing I wanted was for you to get hurt" I whispered.

I reached up and touched his face lightly, his stubble tickling the tops of my fingers.

"Um…"

"Ssh" I whispered brushing my fingers over his lips.

"What…what you doin'?"

I took his hand that was still gripping mine in a hand shake and placed it over my towel, on my breast.

"Touch me Forrest…its ok" I whispered leaning my mouth up to his, leaving my guard shattered to bits around me on the floor.

A grunt came from deep within his chest and I saw his eyes flicker from side to side but his hand didn't move.