Knox – Aja Foxx

Every sense was dialed up to eleven, I walked the perimeter like it was a forward operating base under siege and not the same place I’d spent the morning fucking Newt in. The adrenaline spike from the confrontation with Bridger and the sheriff hadn’t faded; it had tunneled deep, a cold heat in my spine that sharpened everything, made the world feel glass-clear and breakable.

Newt was shaking. Not the nervous, bird-boned shiver from before, but a seismic tremor, like his body was running earthquake drills in anticipation of the next disaster. He’d collapsed on the end of the couch, knees up, arms locked around himself so tight I thought his bones might snap under the pressure.

Harlow hovered nearby, pretending to read the newspaper but never once letting his eyes stray more than an inch from Newt’s face. I ignored both of them at first. Stalked the windows, checked the doors, clocked the location of every sibling and cousin still on site. Ransom was on the back porch, smoking and muttering to himself; Ma’s silhouette was visible through the frosted glass of the laundry room, probably arming herself with the cast iron again.

Even Quiad, who preferred to haunt the shop alone, had drifted into the hallway, posture alert, eyes narrowed. The house was a hive, and the only thing more dangerous than a McKenzie on a good day was a McKenzie expecting a fight. It was muscle memory that pulled me back to the couch, to the point where I was kneeling in front of Newt, one hand braced on the upholstery and the other hovering an inch above his hair. He didn’t look up.

His gaze was fixed on some point in the middle distance, jaw clenched, pupils blown so wide the blue was just a ghostly ring around the edge. The stress response was familiar—I’d seen it in combat zones and prison yards and once, memorably, in a middle school cafeteria right before a food fight escalated into an actual riot. I could have spoken.

I was a man hardened by my experiences in the military, carrying the weight of my past. Cold and rough around the edges, I had always known Newt Bridger, but our interactions had been limited due to our age difference. However, when I witnessed Newt hiding in fear and suffering from the aftermath of a brutal attack by his stepbrother, my protective instincts surged to the forefront, igniting a bond neither of us anticipated.

As I stepped in to help Newt, I found myself drawn into a world of vulnerability and strength that challenged everything I thought I knew about myself. ~ Newton ~ After being beaten by my stepbrother, I’d taken up Knox’s offer and went to the McKenzie farm. There, I experienced kindness and warmth that contrasted sharply with how I’d been treated by my own family.

The McKenzies welcomed me without judgment, but also gave me hope for something better than my abusive life. Tension rose when my stepbrother warned that our father would foreclose on the McKenzie farm if I didn’t comply with their demands. Torn between loyalty to my new friends and fear of losing them, I considered leaving town for good. However, Knox confronted me about running away from problems rather than facing them head-on. He challenged me to stand up for myself by pressing charges against my family. He swore he’d be beside me every step of the way, hand-in-hand because McKenzies didn’t abandoned those they loved.

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