Total pages in book: 177
Estimated words: 176345 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 882(@200wpm)___ 705(@250wpm)___ 588(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 176345 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 882(@200wpm)___ 705(@250wpm)___ 588(@300wpm)
I feel dizzy, light-headed, and I grasp the table beside me to steady myself.
Me: Stop.
Kai: You asked me, and I obliged. Your turn.
Me: You already had what you wanted.
Kai: What I had was a simple taste … what I want is every inch.
Me: When is it going to be enough?
Kai: Do you really want to ask that question?
Me: Stop the semantics. I don’t have time for games.
Kai: You’ll make time for me and the copious number of games I intend to play with you.
Me: Fuck you.
I look up from my phone for a moment to take a breath, but my heart is unsteady. Rapid. Unlike my usual cool self, and it’s pissing me off.
Kai: I will … after you’ve screamed my name.
Me: Kiss my ass.
Kai: Come here, and I’ll lick it for you.
My jaw drops. What the f—
Me: You’re a perverted freak.
Kai: You don’t know half the things I’d do for you.
Wow. For someone so deranged, he sure has a lot of confidence. And sass, I’ll give him that.
Me: Why? You don’t know me.
Kai: No … but I want to. I want to know what you hide in that killer mind of yours.
I make an annoyed face, but at the same time, I still feel morbidly curious why he’d be so interested in me.
Kai: Tell me, kitty, what does it take to make you scream?
Me: Like I’d ever tell you.
Kai: You don’t have to. I’ll figure it out.
All the hairs on the back of my neck stand up.
Me: I won’t let you get close enough to even try.
Kai: Oh, I won’t need to be close to give you all the goose bumps currently scattering across your body.
I look up and turn around, checking the room, the windows, even the door, but no one is in sight. How does he—
Kai: I don’t need to see you to know exactly how your mind works. How your body feels. How your flesh reacts to my words.
My pussy thumps without my approval, and I hate it. I hate how he’s managed to speak to both the unquenchable rage coiling and twisting around my heart and the unwieldy fire burning deep inside me, yearning to be released.
Kai: But don’t worry, kitty … I’ll give your soul all the surrender it craves soon.
Me: Remember that knife in your thigh? If you tell a single person about anything I’ve done during my time at this school, I will personally come and put a knife in your fucking balls too.
I turn off the phone before he can send me any more texts and arouse me any more than I already am. Fuck. Fuck him and those dirty fucking words, and fuck that arrogant asshole.
Nathan
Later that night
I sit back and silently enjoy my whiskey on the rocks, watching the crowd dance. Considering the current dress code, it’s busy in this club, which surprises me. All black, no color, except for a red mask that covers half the face. A mask quite like the ones the Phantoms use, which is peculiar considering this is a club owned by the Rivera family. The family who also owns the Skull & Serpent Society, enemies of the Phantoms, and a thorn to my eye.
My hand clutches around the glass, and I take another sip to quell the rage firing up my heart. An exclusive section is tucked in the corner to the left, but I can take a peek inside from where we’re seated. Felix, Dylan, Alistair, and Penelope sit there, having a drink and chatting with their friends, and the second I catch a glimpse of their smiles, the glass I’m holding almost shatters.
Suddenly, a hand snakes around my thigh. “Relax.” Milo smiles at me. “They don’t know it’s you.”
“No, but I know it’s them,” I retort, placing the glass back on the table before I make a scene. Milo gently grabs my face and makes me focus on him. “Remember why we’re here.”
A smile tugs at my lips. He always knows how to calm me down … with a promise of violence. And I can’t fucking wait.
Because I’ve just spotted that diamond in the rough walking into the club in her thick five-inch black heels, a skinny pair of white jeans, and a V-cut black crop top with long sleeves, along with some pretty jewelry dangling down from her neck all the way to her belly button. The red mask she was forced to wear doesn’t remotely hide her identity. She’s dressed like a sweet little snack waiting to be unwrapped.
Perfect to sink my teeth into.
Perfect to unravel and destroy.
But I’ll let Kai have his little moment with her first. I’ll sit back and enjoy the show while he’s busy making her sweat until it’s finally my time to shine.
And I can’t fucking wait for the fun to begin.
LANA
“Don’t dance with any of those fuckers out there, got it?” Felix slams his drink down on the table.