The Five

by Lily White

Knowing I needed to do something before this all went horribly wrong, I waited until the washcloth was between my legs to buck my hips and moan. Honestly, I wasn’t turned on, just scared, but I knew how to make a man think I wanted him. “Rowan,” I breathed out, my voice a plea for him to drop the washcloth and use his fingers. He slapped my ass - hard. “Not even funny, Rainey. I know when you want something. Remember? I’m not fucking stupid. Stop trying to distract me.” “Well, somebody needs to distract you. The way you’re talking, I’m scared you actually plan to go over to my house and kill David.” “I do,” he answered calmly, the washcloth rubbing down the back of my leg. “By the end of tonight, he won’t be breathing any longer. I don’t give a fuck about going to jail for it either. Not after what he did to you.” Rowan stood and turned me around to face him, crushing my body against the shower wall with his own. He glared down at me, his chest hard against mine. Watching me silently, he traced the line of my jaw with his thumb. “Nobody, and I mean nobody will hurt you like that anymore. I won’t let it happen again. I’ll kill every last fucking one of them.” “You’re talking crazy.” His eyes closed and opened again, the lashes water spiked and dark. “I don’t care.”