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But me…I knew who I was. And I made a concerted effort never to let anyone see it.
“We’re only ever good, because there are consequences,” I told her. “Take those away, and everyone shows their true self. Kind of like taking off a mask.”
“Maybe I shouldn’t let you see me just yet. Maybe I should let you hunt me, too. Sounds like you’re good at it.”
I’m gonna put fear in her, so every time I’m around she’s gonna know I can take whatever I want from her no matter what.”
“When I wake up in the middle of the night, I expect to find Rika there,” he gritted out. “Not crying as she pounds the shit out of a punching bag downstairs at three o’clock in the morning because you made her feel ashamed of herself.”
“Because he doesn’t want people to know where he is?” “Exactly.”
“Tell my mother I died well,” I said sarcastically to both of them and then shot a look to Will. “No, actually, you tell her. Michael’s not allowed around my mom anymore.”
“Damon tried to kill him,” I bit out. He’d tied a cinderblock to his ankle and threw him in the fucking ocean. “Yeah.” Michael nodded, meeting my eyes. “His best friend tried to kill him.”
“That was Banks.”
“Does she realize he’s not around to get in my way this time?”
That’s what I liked about them. When we were together, we were a planet.
face. All of us looked like some post-apocalyptic death squad, which suited the egos of a bunch of spoiled, rich boys who never really knew danger.
The school didn’t stop us or anyone from leaving for what had quickly become a Devil’s Night tradition to boost team camaraderie and morale.
Everyone wanted to be us.
“I said I’m fine,” the kid spat out, and I stopped, seeing a baseball cap fall to the ground. Long, dark hair suddenly went wild, blowing in the high winds, and I made out a slender face and full lips. It was a girl.
The night is young. Maybe you’ll find someone else to scare tonight. The girl from the confessional today. Fuck, that was her. I watched her
No make-up, guys’ clothes... She’s a feminist.”
She fucked with me today. Now I was going to fuck with her.
“Can’t do your own talking anymore?”
“You work for me until the wedding. That’s the deal. Go and tell him my terms.” I backed away, suddenly very confident. “And you’ll find out that you’re exactly what I said you were. Toy or tool. Nothing more.”
The monster who my brother said everyone had inside of them.
You’re getting me into trouble, Nik. And if you’re going to confession, let us know and one of us will give you a ride.”
And an image of Kai popped in my head. What did he think of me today?
My legs dangled over the side, and I looked up him, his long body blocking my escape. “Is that supposed to be a threat?”
“You see, I don’t like being teased,” he continued, one of his eyebrows arched. “Respect and reverence are important to me, and you have neither. You need to learn a lesson.”
“Then you make the sign of the cross.” He took my right hand in his and touched my fingertips to my forehead. “And you say ‘Forgive me, Father, for I have sinned’.”
mean to push you, okay? I’m an asshole,” he said. “I don’t want to seduce you in here. You’re different.” “Different how?” “I talk to you,” he replied. “And I like talking to you. That’s rare for me.”
“Taking my time where no one can interrupt us. Taking all night.”
My brother was never calm. If he wasn’t having it out with me now, he would eventually, and I wouldn’t see it coming.
You’re going to screw me over, and if you do, I will kill you. Do you hear me? I will fucking kill you.”
No one else in the world loved me except him. He protected me, took me away from my mother, kept my father away from me,
“We’re a pair, Nik. Everyone else comes and goes, but you never escape blood. Blood is forever.”
“You’re disgusting,” I gritted out, my eyes burning with tears.
“There are lots of people I want to hurt. And maybe I will someday…when I figure out the best way to get rid of a body.”
And eight days later, he shows up on my mother’s doorstep. He hands her nine thousand four hundred sixty-two dollars, a Rolex, and some emerald earrings. And he takes me home with him.
But he always took care of me.
Although what Damon said was true. Every animal bites when it’s provoked.
My brother’s friend was hot. Why did I have to want him?
I just thought he was different. And yes, I was a little jealous.
“The devil I know is better than the devil I don’t, okay?”
I was going to fall hard if he wasn’t careful.
“But not around you. Around you, I get hungry. Like I’m starving.”
“But me?” Will went on. “I like ’em from scratch. I can teach them exactly what I like and how to do it the way I want.”
Just don’t give me a reason to sink you to the bottom of the fucking river, because that is just how fast you can end. You got me?”
That must be Alex.
You said you wanted to be hunted.
“Keep looking at me like that,” Kai spoke up, “and we’re going to have problems.”
“I’m not your little one.” I dropped my hands, backing up. “But you’re right about control. It’s an illusion. Look at yourself. You never had it.”
