"Not really," Hadyn said, sighing. "Elisha picked me up...." Which probably was all he had to say to explain how any of this even started. Generally, Dominick let Hadyn get a little more sass out of his system before he just backhanded him.

Still, he let Jordan look at the damage. There was a clear bruise across his neck that looked very much like hands. His left eye had a subconjunctival hemorrhage. And now that he wasn't having the life choked out of him, his vision seemed fine. But he was hoarse, and it hurt to swallow.

"Next place we move to, we're not telling him where we live." Hadyn decided. "Was pretty sure he was going to really...." Well, you know.