Against Cruelty, She Grew Strong (by Anastasia Glover) novel Chapter 685

Chapter 685 Traitors Unite To Take Down Todd

And Knox had been put in charge of security.

It had been planned from the start.

Todd never imagined being betrayed by his woman and his own man.

Furious but helpless, he didn’t dare move.

Norman raised his gun, aiming at Todd, ready to fire-when Manna stepped in front of hin

Her face was dark, “Norman, we had a deal. He’s mine.”

Todd had done too many vile things to her. A bullet was too easy.

She wanted him to suffer slowly.

Norman glanced at her, then lowered his gun, “You’d better keep a close eye on him.”

“That’s my problem.”

Norman turned and headed for the deck to lower Tammy.

His heart nearly broke.

Even knowing the blood wasn’t hers, seeing her like that still hurt like hell.

As soon as she was down, he wrapped his arms around her.

“Tammy!”

“Ow! Let go, let go!”

He pulled back in panic, “What’s wrong? Where does it hurt?”

Tammy ignored him. She popped her broken left arm back into place with two clicks.

Then she untied the stone from her legs.

And she tied up her messy hair, peeled off the blood-soaked jacket, and grabbed Norman’s jacket to wipe her face clean.

Norman looked at his ruined jacket and didn’t know whether to laugh or cry.

But it was just a trick.

She was back in one piece.

Tammy finished and turned to Norman, smirking, “Not bad.”

He smiled instinctively, “You-”

Tammy jumped down.

Her hair brushed past his face.

He was frozen in shock. He tried to grab her hand, “No!”

She landed cleanly on the deck below.

Norman’s heart finally returned to its place.

Tammy walked over.

The fight was over. Most of Todd’s men were dead. The rest surrendered-they wanted to live

She stepped past the bodies to Manna, who was cheerfully carving up Todd’s face with a knife.

“All done?”

“Obviously. What about your side?”

Norman jumped down too. Hearing them, he said, “Almost there!”

He picked up the remote and pressed play. The screen showed the same scene they’d seen earlier.

“Disgusting.”

Tammy looked past Manna at Knox, suspicion in her eyes.

She didn’t say it, but Manna understood. She leaned back into Knox’s arms. He instinctively held her waist.

That action said everything.

Tammy rolled her eyes and didn’t press.

“Let’s head back.”

The boat turned toward port.

Lucas was probably already waiting with his team.

They’d split into three groups. Norman inet Todd. Jasper took on Todd’s men. Lucas handled the ones at port.

The sea breeze on the way back tasted sweet.

Tammy leaned against the deck, the exhaustion of the past days finally lifting.

She’d lost weight. She had bruises and wounds despite Manna’s cover. She’d suffered plenty especially when Todd had tortured her that one time.

Footsteps came from behind. She knew who it was without turning.

Norman leaned against the railing beside her, just one fist away.

He didn’t speak. Just watched.

Tammy broke the silence, “Stop staring. I look awful right now.”

Unwashed and filthy. She couldn’t stand herself.

She wanted to jump into the sea for a bath.