Page 276 of Vile Boys

“Bet you didn’t expect that from me,” Caleb says with a smug grin.

Blaine holds up the mask with two fingers and sniffs, then winces. “Ew, I’m not wearing this.”

“Blaine,” Caleb grits.

“It stinks!”

“He’s right, it does smell,” Milo says, making a face when he smells it again.

“See?” Blaine makes a face. “This is going to ruin my skin.”

“Do you have a better idea?” Caleb raises his brow.

Blaine rolls his eyes and sighs out loud. “Fine. But you owe me anew cream.”

“Fuck your fucking cream,” Nathan growls, putting on the mask. “How does it look?”

“Excuse you, darling,” Blaine mutters under his breath.

“Looks good to me,” Penelope says.

Dylan, Alistair, Lana, Milo, and Felix all put on their mask as well.

“This had better not take all fucking day,” Felix snarls. “Get in, kill people, get out.”

“Are we doing a kill count?” Nathan asks everyone, licking his lips.

“Most definitely,” Blaine responds.

Dylan’s eyes sparkle. “Count me in.” He shoves Felix in the side. “What about you? You game?”

“I don’t play, I win,” Felix growls back, making everyone grin.

“You wish,” Lana quips, getting them all hyped.

“Oh, it’s on,” Caleb says.

“Kill as many as you like, but don’t touch my father,” Kai growls. “I want to speak with him.”

“Why?” Alistair asks.

“Because he’s the reason we’re there in the first place,” I say. “Now let’s go get Ares.”

Ares

Another strikewith the bullwhip has my knee caving in on me, and I slowly collapse but crawl up from the floor. I will stand. Each time he hits me, I come back up to my feet despite the searing pain.

THWACK!

Another one has me roaring out loud.

“Get on your knees, Ares, and maybe I will spare you.”

Blood rolls down my back in streams.

“Fuck you,” I hiss.

THWACK! THWACK! THWACK!

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