Page 13 of Promise to Break

I got the role of goalkeeper, while Liam got the role of center midfielder. The huge asshole is good at scoring goals. And Kai's the center back. The team really can't play without us.

"Come on, buggers. Let's do this shit," Liam calls as he runs to the field with his hands in the air, showing off for some groupies that came to see our practice.

We play until we can't hold ourselves up on our legs anymore, then head for home. Fuck, it's going to be shit if we're called to do a job today.

"So, what are you going to do?" Kai asks in his raspy voice due to disuse as we walk through the door. Just like me, he doesn't have any accent whatsoever. And hearing him speak, I know that question must be important as far as he's concerned.

"What are you talking about?"

"Maricela Fernandez, your sister-in-law."

"Don't call her that." He knows I hate that this is who she is to me, and I suspect that's why he does it. His being quiet doesn't mean he doesn't like mayhem. We all do.

"And that's the real problem, my friend." Liam enters the living room of our place and throws himself on the couch. The coach was pissed at his remarks, so he made Liam run more than us. The poor fucker is done for today.

Our parents didn't want us to live in the dorms like all the other students, probably too afraid of Liam's big mouth. So, they gave us this immense house. Each of us has his own floor, and the living room has a huge TV with modern décor that I know for a fact Raven took part in picking out by the bright yellow sofa with the purple cushions on it. Liam prohibits us from seeing what my beautiful cousin prepared for him, so we aren't allowed on his floor.

"How is me wanting to fuck her a problem?" I don't see the point of denying it. I just don't do it because it's the thing that will break her. She may be off-limits to all the morons in this school, but she's off-limits to me as well.

"Because you'll give her leverage over you if you try something, mate." Liam massages his shins.

"I know, and that's why I don't do it and search for pussy in other places," which is the truth but also isn't. I haven't had time to fuck outside of this hellhole for some time now, as much as I really want to. And Lila is out of the question. I don't want to fuck her, beautiful as she is. I don't do snakes.

"Why is it wrong for you to fuck her?" Kai asks, and confused, I look at him. He isn't stupid. He knows Maricela will have power if I'm with her in any capacity.

"Explain, my Russian Pirajok," Liam calls him in the name of some Russian dish Kai likes, just to piss him off. Kai loves his mama's food, and I admit I like it, too. Especially that dish, which is essentially fluffy fried dough filled with good things like mashed potatoes or sweet cabbage with a touch of spice.

"Well, for some reason, you want to ruin that girl mentally without doing any physical harm." I nod, letting him continue. They don't ask me my reasons, but they know I have one. Fucking Maricela.

"And you try to break her by any method possible. She is strong-minded because of her prior life. People like that aren't going to break by acts of violence. She's probably used to it. You were the one who told us she lived in the system." His insinuation alone makes me want to go break the bones of anyone who puts their hands on her, and this is a problem. A big fucking problem.

"Continue," Liam Interjects. "I like where this is going." He rubs his hands together like a villain in some old cartoon movie, letting his pinky ring shine with the action. He only needs to start laughing maniacally, and he'll fit the part perfectly.

"Make her fall for you, and then humiliate her. She isn't touched by what you do to her now because she hates you. She sees you as someone she can ignore while enduring your antics."

Liam laughs. "Pirajok, that was a full sentence. I'm proud of your chubby cheeks."

"His cheeks aren't chubby, you moron," I say, pondering Kai's point.

"Yeah, yeah, they're hollow, and his jawline cuts glass. I heard the girls say that when they were talking about us in the hallway the other day. What I need to do is to put it to the test. Who wants me to cut a cucumber with his jaw? We have to check this theory out, mates."

I throw a pillow at Liam's head, and he laughs. He is a moron, nothing phases this man.

Turning back to Kai, I ask, "So, what are you saying, really? You want me to what, fuck her? I don't think it will make her feel for me."

"For the love of all the British people that stole all the tea from India to add to it the magic of milk." I stare at Liam in disbelief as he gets on his knees, letting his ashy hair cover his face and claps his hands together as if he's praying. He can be such an ass sometimes.

"What moron? I don't have time for your antics."

He gets to his feet and stretches his back until his spine pops. "For God's sake, Killian. For someone so smart, you can be extremely stupid when it comes to people. You. Need. To. Woo. Her," he says, emphasizing every word as if he's speaking to someone with mental problems.

"And how do I do that? She won't come to me if I treat her differently suddenly. She isn't that stupid. No one in this school would believe my act as well. I'm a monster, The Ax, remember?"

When I was a child, I killed Raven's big brother, Salvero. Neither Raven nor her little brother hate me for it, and that single act is how I got my nickname. The police weren't able to prove a thing, and the crime went unsolved, like everything else the mafia does.

Salvero almost beat his two younger siblings to death, and the fool thought I would stand by him. I don't touch women or children, never mind that I was only eleven years old myself at the time. I don't prey on the weak. So I killed the fucker with an ax in front of Raven and her little brother. I thought I would pay for it by my uncle at least, but apparently, no one liked Salvero. My father saw it as a weak act, so he flogged me for my actions. For him, the fact that I did it to protect two kids was a weakness not to be tolerated, because I let my feelings rule me.

"So, you'll have to do it as your charming self," Liam puts in. "Pirajok and I will enjoy the show."

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