Page 42 of Blood for Blood

“I’m packing my shit and I’m fucking leaving.” She grabs a suitcase from the closet, opening it up and laying it on the floor. She crouches next to it, starting to throw clothing inside. “I can’t do this shit anymore.”

“Just let us be here for you.” I kneel on the floor in front of her. “We love you, Luna. I know you’re hurting, just-”

“Fucking stop, Aurora!” She screams, standing to her full height. “None of you know anything about how I fucking feel!”

“Good thing I don’t really care how you feel.” Karrion smirks as he stalks toward Luna. “I only care about getting my dick wet right now.”

“And what?” She snorts, placing her hands on her hips. “You think I’m supposed to care about your tiny dick?”

He comes to a stop in front of her, wrapping his hand around her throat and squeezing. “Get on your knees and show me how much you don’t care about my tiny dick.” He demands before releasing his grip on her. She immediately drops to her knees and starts unbuttoning his pants.

I stand, making my way out of the room. Hopefully, Karrion can give her the distraction she needs for a little while, and doesn’t send her spiraling in the process.

I’m walking down the stairs to the basement when Mathias’ screams reach my ears. I’ve never been fond of the shit that happens down here, but something tells me that this is where I need to be.

They have Mathias stripped naked and chained to the wall. He hasn’t stopped screaming about how he’s going to kill everyone in this room. Sitting on the bottom step, I tune out his screams and think about some of the happy times we’ve had, allowing the memories to take my mind off the stress of the day.

“You’re all a bunch of fucking cheaters.” Mateo laughs, handing another million dollars to Enzo.

“We’re not cheating!” I chuckle, picking up the dice. “It’s called working together to take down a common enemy.”

“And why am I the enemy?” He cocks his head to the side, waiting for me to answer.

“Because you actually DO cheat.” Luna chimes in, trying to stop the smile from spreading across her face as she passes me a card under the table. I quickly add it to my hand, never taking my eyes off of Mateo.

We don’t play by the proper rules; this is like a Monopoly/UNO mash-up that we play sometimes on game nights.

“I need another hotel on Park Place.” I smile at him over my cards, laying my sixes down on the table. He eyes me warily for a second before tossing another hotel at me. “Your turn, Daddy.” I taunt, passing him the dice.

He rolls a seven and I quickly count spaces in my head. That will put him right on Park Place.

He grabs the little car, moving it six spaces before glaring at me while he slams the car down on my space. I’m no longer able to stop the smile from spreading across my face as he glances around the table at the three of us. “That’ll be four million dollars, please.”

He grabs the corner of the table, flipping it to the side before yanking my cards from my hands and throwing them. Grabbing my leg, he drags me across the floor and I wrap my legs around his waist. “Fucking cheaters.” He grumbles, kissing his way up my chest.

“You think I couldn’t see you two passing cards under the table?”

“We would never!” I fake a gasp, wrapping my arms around him.

“Of course you wouldn’t. Not my perfect girls.” He smirks, running his hand down my stomach until he reaches the waistband of my panties.

The basement door opens so fast that it bangs off the wall. When I turn to look up the stairs, Luna is standing there with Karrion right behind her, whispering something in her ear.

They both have wet hair, and Luna is wearing clean clothes. They must have gotten a shower in after they fucked. She stomps down the stairs, heading straight toward Mathias with a glint in her eyes that I’ve never seen before.

Chapter 28

Luna

After the bullshit that Karrion just pulled on me, I needed to get down here right away and start this shit. As I approach Mathias, he smirks at me. How can someone be so fucking smug that even chained to a wall, naked as the day he was born, he still thinks he’s in control. I smile wildly at him, taking a small detour to grab a few things from the cupboard.

When I spread everything out on the table next to him, he starts laughing. It takes every ounce of control in my body not to lash out and end this early. He deserves to suffer just like I did; three weeks naked, being raped every single day.

“Are your little toys supposed to scare me, Evaluna?” He continues laughing, shaking his head.

“You had my son killed.” I grit out through clenched teeth.

“Oh please.” He scoffs, narrowing his eyes at me. “You barely knew him.”

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