Page 70 of Filthiest Of Them All

“Calvin, get me two pills.” Alex’s eyes snap wide at her words. I shake my head, urging him to remain silent because I know her threat isn’t idle. She will kill me to teach him a lesson. The man named Calvin approaches and places two pills in her hand. “Hold her head.” I try to shake free when he reaches for me but the bitch herself slices my side, drawing a cry from me. She slams the pills in my mouth and gets Calvin to hold my mouth closed. He even blocks my nose, leaving me no choice but to swallow the drugs. When my brother finally comes into view, I just stare at him with disgust as Calvin releases me.

“Is this what you wanted?” I ask him.

Nexus’s face is a mask of victory. He thinks he’s won this war and now for the first time, I see what everyone else has always seen. A monster.

“No. I wanted you by my side. I actually liked you, I really did, but then you had to go and ruin it and let that fuck face between your legs and caught feelings. I’ll be sad to see you go but I won’t miss you.” Even after everything he’s done, his words still hurt.

“I won’t save you this time,” I utter, feeling the effects of the drugs already taking place.

“No, sister. I won’t save you from what is about to happen. I begged you to come with me that night but you refused, so now you will die exactly how his sister did.” A whimper escapes me at his promise, my tongue feeling heavy and swollen.

“I’ll take all of their punishment. I’ll make a statement to the press telling them I killed them, I’ll help you take over the fucking country if you just let her go… please.” Defeat is not something I thought I would ever hear in Alexander Denver’s tone. He opens his mouth to continue but the sound of gunfire above us draws everyone’s attention. My head flops forward and I go slack in my chains, unable to resist the effects of the drugs flowing through my system.

“Get the fuck up there and see what’s going on,” Desire barks. “Nexus, get her down and stripped. I want him to watch as Calvin fucks her, then strangles her. I want him to picture his sister while watching her.”

Alexander

Feeling powerless is not something I’ve ever felt aside from when my sister died. It’s a feeling I could go my whole life without feeling, but right now that’s all I feel as I watch Nexus lower his own sister to the floor and begin peeling her pants down her legs. Blood coats both her thighs. The sight pains me, my anger has vanished, replaced by utter fear. I’m not in control and there isn’t a fucking thing I can do to save the girl I’ve fallen in love with. Tatum was my second chance. She begged me to let this go and I ignored her plea. I thought avenging my sister would give me the closure I craved but I was wrong, all I have done is put the people I love in danger.

I have a reputation as a cold, heartless killer, yet here I am chained like a dog with no power.

“Bambi?” I whisper as that cock sucker Calvin draws nearer to her and smirks down at my girl. When he pops the button on his pants, I see red. “I’ll rip your throat out, then I’ll go after every single person in your family, women and children included. I’ll make sure my face is the last thing they will ever see before I send them all to hell,” I decree. Desire snarls when the sound of gunshots gets closer. She drops to her knees beside Tatum, then looks up at me with an evil grin.

“How does it feel to know you lost both times? First your sister and now this whore. I warned you not to leave me, Lex.” When she raises the blade I panic.

“Desire, stop. Don’t fucking do this!” I plead. Her brothers all begin screaming and pleading for her to stop, but her focus is on me.

“Too late, I’ll see you soon, baby,” she says, then rams the blade into Tatum’s chest. A pain filled roar rips out of me. I yank as hard as I can against my cuffs, ignoring the searing pain in my abdomen. I feel the cuffs biting into my flesh but the pain barely registers as the need to get to Tatum overshadows everything. Desire, Calvin and the rest of her pathetic excuse of men flee. Wrath turns to Halo and tosses him a key before the twins follow after their sister. Halo makes quick work unlocking the cell door. He rushes to Tate’s side while Vatican and Pope come to help me down. Screams and shouts can be heard above us, but none of that matters to me, all I can focus on is getting to my girl. When they finally get me down, I crumble to the floor like a sack of shit. Vatican manages to catch me at the last second before I face plant and lodge the blade in further.

“Get them down,” I demand, then crawl toward Tatum where Halo is applying pressure to her wound. When I’m close enough I reach for the knife, but Halo grips my wrist and shoots me a look.

“You know better than anyone if you remove that blade she’ll die within seconds.” His words penetrate the haze. I ignore my own wounds and gather her in my arms—she’s dead weight. Her eyes are open and tears leak from the corners. I know she can feel and hear everything going on around her but she can’t move or do a damn thing.

This is how Ellie felt.

I push thoughts of my sister away as I stare down at her. Her skin is pale and her eyes are unfocused as I cup her face in my trembling hand. A lump lodges in my throat and I feel tears forming in my eyes.

“Find something you can hold onto, baby,” I whisper. “I can’t lose you, Tatum, please… please don’t fucking give up. Fight, baby, and stay with me,” I beg her, tears flowing quicker down her cheeks.

“Alex, we need to move.” I ignore Carnage. “We have no idea who the fuck is up there.” When we hear footsteps, we all look up to see four masked men enter the room. My face blanks at the sight of the Filthy Few, all four of them have their gazes focused on the girl in my arms.

“The Vatel family have the upper hand, your men have all the exits blocked. They have Nexus and the bitch but we need to get her out of here now.” I have no idea which one of them spoke, but it's the one with two horns on his mask that moves toward me. When he reaches for Tatum, I snake my arm out and grip his throat.

“Touch her and I’ll snap your fucking neck,” I seethe.

“You can’t carry her with that knife hanging out of your gut. Let me help you because if she dies, my girl will kill me.”

“Alex, he’s right. We need to move because we’re wasting time here!” Pope snaps.

“She doesn’t have much time,” Vat implores. He pushes the masked fucker out of the way and gathers Tate into his arms. I grip his shirt and force him to look at me. “I know what she means to you, brother, she means something to all of us now. Let me help her.” I drop my gaze to Tate who is now as pale as a ghost.

“I’ll search a thousand worlds for you and live a hundred lifetimes trying to find you,” I whisper, then release Vat. He turns and races out of the room, with Pope and Halo right behind him.

“Come on, she asked us to get the three of you out of here and I plan on keeping my word,” the one with the right horn says. Carnage and Omen both look like shit. No horns and left horn come to me and help me to my feet, left horn throws my arm over his shoulders and helps me out of the room.

“How the fuck did the Vatel family get involved in this shit?” Omen mutters as we climb the stairs.

“All we know is Tate made a deal, your life for the city or some shit like that,” two horns answers. We pause at the top of the stairs where we can still hear shouting.

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