Hero?

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Trinity isn't the only one that watches Ana leave with just Hawk's men and no official body guard. Damon watches her go until the door closes on her then he looks for Trinity. He is mildly surprised to find Trinity already staring holes of hate at him.

If Ana would just give him a chance to explain. He's sure that she would understand if she did. He can't stand to be here any longer and decides to leave. He grabs Jenny rather roughly from where she was dancing with some kid and pulls her out of the ballroom.

"What the hell, Damon? I was just starting to have fun. I have to say when you told me we were going to a party hosted by your whore of a ward I thought the night would be a total waste." Jenny wasn't expecting the smack that cracks loudly in the empty reception area.

"Ana isn't like you. She doesn't whore herself out, so don't you ever call her that again, bitch." Damon's eyes are like fires and Jenny finds herself shrinking away from Damon. She thinks that being quiet is the better part of valor at this time and just tries to keep her feet as Damon rushes her out the door.

Damon isn't expecting to find more Hawk men blocking the way to the car parking lot. "Move." His voice is cold and sharp enough to cut with.

"Sorry sir, there have been too many threats against Hawk. We can't let anyone else into the parking lot until she leaves." The men are polite but adamant, they won't let Phoenix in until Ana is away.

"Shit!" Damon explodes. He can't fault the men for taking care of Ana. That they are doing too good of a job isn't something he can complain about.

"What are your orders?" He demands.

"To keep everyone  back, including you sir. Once they are clear to a certain point you will be allowed to go in." The man keeps his tone polite and professional, but he fears what Damon is going to do to him, to them all.

Ana's car pulls out and Damon watches helplessly as it goes down the street and out of sight. He's fucked things up too much and he knows it.

Ana won't be sleeping that night and she knows it. Hell she hasn't had a decent nights sleep since Damon betrayed her. She's kept her door locked and refuses to let him in. Not that he's tried, he's been too busy with his mistress. Ana snorts out a choked laugh. What a joke, Jenny isn't a girlfriend, not even close.

Ana writes her letter to Damon, in it she tells him to go to hell and fuck off that she's done with him and Phoenix group. She's releasing Calum back to him and to never try to contact her again. Along with that she breaks her phone and leaves the pieces there to be found in the morning by Gemma.

She doesn't think he'll follow her instructions, but what the hell, he's lied to her about other things as well. She shrugs, her men won't like it, but they will fight Phoenix if it comes to that.

She hears a door bang open downstairs and makes sure that her gun is fully loaded and secure in it's holster. She walks out the door, she's fairly sure that it's Damon that came in like that since she didn't hear any gunfire from either her's or Damon's men.

She takes the letter and leaves her room. She had already had her bags loaded into the car. She isn't going to wait for morning. Trinity has already packed his things in the car as well and will get a ride to the new house. Her men are just waiting for her now.

They form up around her as she goes down the stairs, she's just going to leave the letter in Damon's office, but finding him at the bottom of the stairs makes her change her mind.

"Ana, where the hell do you think you are going?" Damon demands blocking her path at the bottom of the stairs.

"Move, Damon. We're done," She hands him the letter that she's holding in her hands. "You can tell Calum that he needs to keep his dick in his pants and the next time I see him he won't have one anymore. I don't tolerate liars and betrayers around me. He should be damn glad that he's not one of mine, or he'd be taken to the cells for some fun."

Damon is shocked by her words that he takes the letter by reflex.

"What the hell did he do?" He manages to get out in a whisper.

"You mean besides neglect his duties to visit strip clubs and whores? I don't know you'd have to ask him. Trina knows as well, she's not as stupid as you or he thinks she is. I've given her permission to start divorce proceedings. If Calum is found on Hawk property he will be considered a spy and treated as such. You should let him know, unless you care for him as much as you do me." Ana pushes past the stunned man and leaves the house without looking back once.

She had left letters for Jackson and his family, Gemma and Jacob. That's all she could do for saying goodbye to them.

Damon takes the letter forgetting that Jenny was there listening to everything avidly. He's so lost in his thoughts that he walks right into her as he goes to his study to read the letter. Suddenly he sees her smirking face and he loses control. He slaps her so hard that she falls to the floor. It's her fault that everything is falling apart on him.

He goes to kick her when Jackson gently restrains him. Seeing the quiet dedicated man restrain him from killing the bint that caused him to lose Ana, Damon loses it. He screams out in anger and storms off to his study slamming his door behind him.

Jackson offers the downed girl a hand up and some advice, "Leave here and don't return. If you are smart you won't speak of anything you heard this night. Damon will come after you to kill you if you do. You better pray that Ana returns and hasn't left him for good or things will get real bad, real fast and he might just blame you." Jackson smiles, but it isn't a comforting smile. "You've been playing with the fire of the phoenix, now you're going to feel the burn."

"What do you mean?" Jenny says rubbing her sore cheek. Damon hadn't been holding back either time and she's afraid that it might have fractured her cheek bone.

"Ana was the only thing keeping his anger in check. You drove her away intentionally and now Damon is going to blame that on you. You will be the one he comes after first in reprisals. And once he removes his protection from you, the rest of us will come after you. Count your days little girl for they are numbered."

Jenny wants to just scoff at his words but then she takes a look at the men in the hall and she sees the hate they have for her. She decides once more that silence is the better part of valor and that a tactical retreat might be in order.

She leaves out the door just like Ana and climbs into her car and goes. She thought this was going to be the best night of her life, she was sure that Damon was going to propose, instead she is running away from him after he hit her twice. She thinks that perhaps that tall man that helped her might have the right idea. She will let Damon contact her, she won't bother him again.