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And wasn’t that beautiful? Just to laugh at the face of whatever was in front of you, not take anything seriously, and just enjoy this miserable existence people called life?
But I’d lie if I said I wasn’t looking forward to seeing who the bigger monster was.
“You’ll make me feel real good when I see that ass walking away,”
“You want my money.” If they thought I didn’t know that, they were worse than I gave them credit for. “Spending money is good for the soul,” Lucien said. “That’s why we want it.”
I could feel the vibration of his racing heart on my fingertips. Yum.
“Haven’t you heard, Finley? God’s not here. He took some time off from this place, left me in charge. This whole mess is way too much for Him, but me?”
“A hero?” I laughed. “You don’t get shit. Why do you think they called me Savage in the cage?” I leaned closer and put my elbows on his desk as he flinched. He never wanted to talk about—or even remember—the time before the Hidden Realm was created. “It’s because I’m the fucking villain. I like hurting people, Rob. I like hurting bad people in very bad ways.”
But I guess I shouldn’t have complained. I had a roof over my head and money in my pocket. Who cared about purpose, right?
But he wasn’t my type because he wasn’t made out of glass and he didn’t contain liquids that could wipe my mind clean of thoughts for hours at a time.
Feelings belonged on the inside, where we could lock them up and pretend they didn’t exist, and when pretending didn’t cut it, well…that’s where alcohol came in.
Feelings sucked balls.
Such a guy. All it took was stripping off my clothes and he came running. At least now I knew where we stood.
“Who the fuck are you?” he called after me. “Maybe I’ll let you know when I figure it out,”
“Do you always take your clothes off when you can’t find who you’re looking for, Nicole?” “It’s Nikki. And absolutely. Chasing bores me. I’d much rather make them come to me.”
“I like taking what life has so generously given to us. We have bodies for a reason. Sex feels the way it does for a reason. Why would I be stupid enough not to take advantage of that?”
“Damsel,” he whispered, leaning his head to the side. “If you really think I’m going to leave your side now, you’re more fucked up than I thought.”
“You got me hard, Damsel.” I raised a brow. “You got hard by watching me kill people?” Was he fucking nuts?
Helplessness sucked balls.
We were a mistake. We were not meant for one another. My walls were unbreakable. His even worse. We were far too broken to be able to give anything good out into the world. But life somehow brought us here and that was okay. We’d always have the memories.
“They’ll kill you.” It wasn’t the other sorcerers I was worried about—it was Jacob Thorne. No man who knew Ax would be so at ease in his presence. There had to be a reason for it. “It’s okay,” Ax said, eyes sparkling with mischief. “I’ve had a good run. I’ve met you. I’d say it was fine.”
“Things might get heated up in a minute, you know.” “Nothing I love more than your heat, Damsel. It burns me better than fire,”
“Any plan?” I asked Ax. He turned to me. “Kill them as fast as you can.” It was a damn good plan. I was going to stick to it.
His magic would run out eventually, and I’d be there to claw his heart out for hurting Ax. It would be the greatest pleasure of my miserable life.
I’d finally be free. Ax was safe. Marie and Marcus were safe, too. It was okay. I could let go—it wasn’t that difficult to do, to be honest.
And I thought I’d have time. More time. Years, decades—however long it took to convince her that she belonged with me. Look at us now. Worlds apart. Worlds we couldn’t cross.
They might have taken her from me, but they’d come to regret it. Because I was going to take them, too, one by one, until all of them were gone. Then, there would be time for pain.
But with Ax, it had been different. He never calmed me—he understood me.
Everything I’d gone through to get here, and everything that was waiting for me still, it wasn’t going to be easy. It was going to be hard. And it was going to be worth it.
