Page 47 of Forever Filthy

“Vivian, I am begging you please don’t!” Vox screams but his twin is too lost to her own anger to stop. Nova moves in front of Vox facing Vivian, my girl may look like a monster but Nova looks like a fucking she-devil.

“Whatever is about to come out of your mouth better be worth it, Vivi. You want to hurt him, I can see it in your eyes, and you know the only way to truly break your brother is through me. Make it worth it, Vi, because you know I won’t go down without a fight,” Nova declares. Vox is pleading with his eyes for Vivian not to tell her the truth. Ez and Hayze hold Vox back by his arms, refusing to allow him to move an inch.

“Send them back to CHU and I’ll tell you where your mother is,” she announces. The guys release Vox and move to my side.

“We aren’t leaving you!” Hayze growls.

“Yes, you are. The four of you need to leave. You do better from a distance in the shadows where no one knows who you are. Go, don’t come back. I banished you once and called the hounds off from tracking you but I won’t do it again.” Hayze and I begin to argue with her but Ezekiel just stands there locked into a stare off with her, I don’t know what’s happening but I know there is more to this than her wanting us gone. I can see it, beneath the malice and anger that she is terrified.

“A favor asked is a debt owed, baby. Ask it and we shall deliver,” Ezekiel says in a vicious whisper that has her inhaling a shuddering breath. She shoots a quick look to Vox before turning back to Ez asking him without words. “He will leave and do what is asked of him by the lordess.”

“Like fuck I will, I’m not going anywhere,” Vox argues but Ezekiel ignores him.

“Where they rest for eternal life is where a favor is asked. The stone with the head is where you will be led. Be certain of thefavor you ask, no second is offered. The debt will be collected when the favor is complete. A favor asked is a debt owed.” Why the fuck is Ezekiel reciting the passage of the Filthy Few?

“Leave,” she demands. Ez nods and turns to Vox.

“You once trusted me with your life and never once questioned my loyalty to you. I am asking you to do that once more, trust me now, brother, one more time.” Vox stares at Ez for a long moment before looking at us.

“The four of us?” Vox asks Ez while still keeping his stare on us.

“We’re going old school, time to leave, brothers,” Ez announces. I take one last chance to look at Vivian, she meets my stare with a pleading look in her eyes to not fight and leave.

“This isn’t over, not by a long shot,” I force out through clenched teeth.

“Like Nova says, 4221, baby,” Hayze adds. Vivian closes her eyes briefly. When she opens them again they are devoid of all emotion.

“That ring on your finger means something, remember that,” Ez says, then stalks out of the room, leaving Vox standing there staring at Vivian, trying to read her thoughts.

“I’ve always dreaded this day. I never wanted you to not need me and yet here we are.” Hearing the pain in Vox’s voice has me feeling sorry for the big fucker. “Alter ego it is,” he says, then storms out of the room, leaving me and Hayze alone with her and Nova.

“Look after him for me.” I frown at Nova.

“What?”

“I’m staying, Archer. Make sure he doesn’t do something dumb and keep him safe for me.” I can hear the anguish in Nova’s tone, this girl is fucking strong. She has survived the death of her best friend and here she stands days after losing her mother, vowing to help Vivian in her time of grief when sheshould be mourning the loss of her own mom. I close the space between us and wrap her in a hug.

“You keep my girl alive and I’ll keep your boy from killing every fucker to get to you.”

“Deal,” she whispers as I release her and face Vivian once more. She refuses to meet my stare and that shit burns.

“Hayze, we’re out,” I say as I walk my ass out of that office and away from the one person who has the power to bring me to my knees. Vivian is many things but she isn’t a malicious bitch. That person in that office is a fraud. I don’t know what’s going on but I trust Ezekiel enough to know he wouldn’t have walked away without a fight if he didn’t have a plan.

Chapter Twenty-Four

Vivian

Nova and I are laying in my bed staring up at the ceiling, neither of us can sleep. She hasn’t tried to push me for answers or asked why I sent the guys away. She’s trusting me blindly and the pressure of that alone is crippling. I reach over to turn on the bedside lamp, open the top drawer and retrieve the letter I received today and hand it to her. She stares at it for a while then shakes her head.

“Read it to me.” I take a deep breath and do as she says.

“My my my, how courageous you have become, who knew all it would take was three cocks in your wretched holes. There is another who knows how to take cocks, you will meet her real soon. Have no fear, my dear, you will be mine before too long and this time there will be no surprises. Try not to fuck in theshower next time, I prefer to watch you pleasuring yourself while you scream each of their names. Next time you take a cock it will be my name you scream.”

“Vivian…” Nova stares at me in horror, I deflate and nod unable to voice my thoughts. “What the fuck is it with this town and sending fucking letters?” she mutters more to herself.

“Whoever has been sending me these notes has been growing more confident. David and I believe it's one of the members of the Saints.”

“How do they know about you and the guys?”

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