Page 53 of Ever Dark

She sighs, and her eyelids flutter. Her blue eye hungers while her brown one darkens, her pupils swelling from adrenaline. “What do you know about my nightmare?”

A tinge of jealousy twists in my gut. The thought of him getting to touch her whenever he wants… I press in closer. “I know enough.”

She looks down at her hands. “You don’t know shit.” Her voice is a whisper, raspy, and full of shame.

Good.

Ever since she moved here, the darkness has thickened—expanded like a balloon about to pop. She may not have chosen this curse, but she could resist it. Not everyone has that luxury.

Aries and Bones wrestle two of the jocks out of Aries’s SUV and drag them over, breaking the psychotic energy between us.

“Where’s the other one?” I snap.

Aries smirks. “Dead. In the back seat.”

Mia’s eyes widen. “Please tell me you’re joking.”

“You just couldn’t help yourself,” I quip.

Bones shrugs. “He wouldn’t stop screaming, so I hit him. I forget my own strength.”

The other two are gagged with their wrists bound, their faces as white as ghosts. I light another cigarette and sigh through the exhale. “Let’s finish this so we can go grab a bite to eat. I’m starving.”

I stretch out my hand toward Mia. “Come on. Time to face your consequences.”

MIA

Ishould have left the bar with Lettie.

“You brought this on yourself, little lamb,” Aries murmurs in my ear. His breath on my face does something wild to my senses. I gaze up into his blue-green eyes and get dizzy. It’s enough to make me momentarily forget that I’m in a creepy graveyard with three psychos who just murdered someone and are about to murder two more.

The crisp autumn night air strokes the back of my neck like a warning. I shudder. “You’re out of your fucking minds.”

Bones pinches my hips and pulls me toward him. The weight of his chest against mine sends a shiver rippling between my legs. I imagine the tight cords of his muscles flexing and constricting when he fucks. Ferocious yet elegant like a wolf. All three of them are a cacophony of exquisite violence, beautiful yet deadly.

I take shallow breaths as his fingers dig into my hip bones. “Of course, murder turns you on.”

He tilts his head down, his gaze resting on my cleavage. “I want them to watch you cum while they die.”

Fuck.

I was being sarcastic, but they really are sick as fuck. What does that say about me?My panties are fucking soaked.

Aries stands behind me, his hands around my neck. “That sounds like a fun game. You in, little lamb? You gonna let me and Bones play with you while Dray butchers those bastards?”

I swallow hard as I look at Draven. He’s tightening their ropes around two skeleton trees, grunting over the gurgled cries of his victims.

My cheeks flush, and my belly knots. “I’m not your toy to play with.”

I try to wiggle out of their grasp, but they press in closer. I’m sandwiched between them, two immovable forces who only get more excited the more I try to break free.

“Let me go,” I growl.

“Shh, relax and enjoy the show.” Aries pins my arms to my sides.

I can’t stop shaking. I don’twantto want this.

Bones unbuttons my jeans before pulling the zipper down. He slips two fingers inside my panties, sliding them down my slit. His eyes widen. “Mmm, you’re so wet.Fuck.”

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