Unhinged (Necessary Evils, #1)

by Onley James

Hallmark didn’t make ‘sorry your dad was a piece of shit’ cards. Though, given the prevalence of shit dads out there, maybe they were really missing out on something.

Time seemed to blur around Noah, like it was Adam who was high. Maybe he was high and Noah was his drug. If so, he was already hooked.

“You sound fucking crazy, you know.” Adam’s face contorted into a look of disbelief. “I am crazy. I kill people. Remember?” “Community service, remember?” Noah countered with a shake of his head.

If you give me two choices, I make the wrong one every time.” Adam leaned in. “Instinctively, what do you think you should do?” “Run fast and far away from you,” Noah said without thought. Adam grinned like he’d just somehow put Noah in check mate. “Then, by your own logic, you should do the opposite. And stay. With me.” “This is crazy.” “All the best things are.”

The idea of Noah getting beat up caused a strange feeling to fill his chest. “I will disembowel anybody who so much as messes up your hair.” Noah pretended to swoon. “Who says romance is dead?”

“I’m sorry to hear your ex-husband died?” he asked. She scoffed. “Me too. I thought the son of a bitch died five years ago. Guess I should have checked for a pulse before I left.”

buried deep down, Noah wanted Adam because he knew he would burn the whole fucking world down for him and never feel a shred of remorse.

“I’m not trying to leave,” Noah said. “But you don’t get to leave either. You don’t get to walk away when you’re done with me.” “I will never be done with you,” Adam promised.

“I know you’re mine. I know it. Deep down, in that part of my brain that doesn’t care what is right or how society dictates how people choose a mate. I chose you. I want you. Just you. My brain has picked you, and now, I can’t undo it. You’re trapped. With me. For life.” Noah’s heart hammered in his chest. “Nobody has ever picked me.

What did you say to somebody who was about to relive the worst time of their life?

“Hello, gentlemen. I’m afraid your friend won’t be attending your meeting.” That was when the screaming started.