Page 81 of Darkness

I grab Andrés and push him back against the bricks as Eva and Ivy stand back, watching, not saying a word. I need to do this. I can’t claim Eva as my Old Lady if she can’t accept this part of me.

Void mixes the mortar, and Andrés’s eyes widen. “What the fuck are you gonna do, Nycto? I provide your income. You can’t survive without me.”

“We’ll survive without you, Andrés. We’re making more money since we stopped doing business with you fuckers, and we don’t need the damn risk. We’ve moved on to better ventures. Turns out it was you who needed us.”

Void steps up with the mortar, and that wave of adrenaline pumps through my veins. Knowing Eva is here only heightens the sensations—I’m desperately trying not to get a damn hard-on. I turn to her, and she nods, giving me the go-ahead. Void holds Andrés in place while I bend down and thread a set of cable ties around his ankles, yanking them together. He tries to kick his feet apart, but he’s no match for me.

“What the hell are you doing?”

“Shut your fucking mouth,” I spit at him as I grab a hook.

Void pulls him away from the wall slightly as I hammer the hook at ankle height. I feel Eva’s eyes on me, but I don’t let it stop me. Standing, I signal to Void, and he slams Andrés into place. He yelps as the hook digs into his Achilles. I grin, loving that I’m causing him pain.

He deserves it.

Deserves everything coming his way.

Asshole.

I make sure to loop the cable ties over the hook so his feet can’t go anywhere.

“I don’t know what sick fucking game you’re playing at right now, Nycto—”

My fist lands into his stomach. He lets out an almighty gasp, then shuts his stupid fucking mouth. Finally. I pick up a brick and start the process of building the enclosure around him.

“Jesus Christ, are you kidding me?” Andrés says as I lay the first layer all the way around, cornering him to the wall behind him. I’m deadly fucking serious. He begins to pant and starts thrashing about. That’s why when we normally do this, the victims are out cold when we trap them inside, but for this, we wanted Andrés to know he was being bricked in.

“You know what we’re doing, Andrés. You’re a smart man.”

Void grips him tighter as a pair of shoes comes into my field of vision. I pause, glancing up as Eva falls into my line of sight. I halt, taking her in. Her face is unreadable. I’m unsure whether to stop or to keep going. I have no clue how she feels about this. “Eva, I—”

She bends down, grabs a brick, and hands it to me.

My heart leaps into my throat. That’s my girl. A slow smile crosses my lips as I nod to her. I lather on the mortar, then place her brick on the row. Right now, at this moment, I couldn’t be more sure she belongs here with me.

She hands me another brick.

Taking a deep breath, I focus on the task at hand while Andrés cusses, thrashing about, trying like all hell to break out of Void’s hold. I reach the other side, and another brick appears in my vision. I glance up. This one’s being passed to me by Ivy.

These women raised each other tough.

I grin at Ivy, a fire in her eyes as she leans over, placing the brick on the line of wet mortar herself.

Okay, then.

I turn back to Void, his eyes focused hard on Ivy as I layer on another line of mortar. Ivy and Eva both step in, placing bricks on the wet mortar.

Nope. No stopping it now—my dick is fully hard. But we always knew I’m a sick fuck.

I hand the trowel to Eva, and she nods as I step back. She takes a deep breath as she and Ivy take over, bricking Andrés into the wall. I fold my arms over my chest, watching this beautiful work of art come to life before me.

“You can’t do this. Eva, Ivy, you’ll never forgive yourselves. You don’t want to do this.”

Ivy grabs a brick and smashes it straight into Andrés’s face.

“That’s for trying to sell my virginity, asshole!”

I let out a small laugh as Andrés blacks out, blood running down the center of his face from his nose.