Page 144 of Boys Who Taint

Gone. Erased from existence without leaving a trace.

Fuck!

My eyes narrow as I close the message, the thought of punishing that motherfucker for sending this to me, my sole reason for existing. I peer beyond the tree to where they’re standing near the fountain. But it’s the way he stares at me right now, with that cruel look in his eyes, that makes a spark ignite within my brain, setting all my morals ablaze.

“We take him.”

Apollo tilts his head as if he’s trying to affirm that what I just said is true. “Say that again?”

I’m not joking.

My hand finds the knife in my pocket, twisting and turning it around in the palm of my hand with a devilish smirk on my face. “We capture that motherfucker and punish him. Those are the consequences.”

The consequence of him sending that fucking image.

The consequence of her kissing him while looking at me.

Me.

She looked me dead in the eyes and then smashed her lips onto his, French kissing him right under my fucking nose as if she wanted to punish me.

I gaze at the mask, and it feels like someone is staring right back at me. She already hates me to death, so what’s the point in sticking to the rules anyway?

“She loves him too much,” he says.

My fist balls.

Love.

What the fuck does she know about love?

“Bullshit.”

“Exactly my thoughts.”

A devilish grin forms on my face. “He chose violence. But I know how to win that game.”

Aspen

Hours later

At a local restaurant,I wait, tapping my foot on the floor while checking the time on and off. He should be here by now. We agreed on seven o’clock, and all of his classes are long done. What’s taking him so long?

Grey’s never, ever late to a date. Something doesn’t feel right.

I check my phone again, and do a double take when a message appears on my phone.

Grey: I have your pretty little boyfriend now, Aspen

An image is added of Grey sitting on a chair in the middle of a grassy field, his arms and legs bound with ropes.

Oh God.

Grey: He isn’t who you think he is … I told u what would happen if u didn’t stay away

My blood runs icy cold.

Grey: U love him? Then come and fuckin prove it before I kill him

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