Page 78 of The Devils Melody
Nox’s gaze flickers over towards Wren, and for a moment, the war he has going on in his mind seems to settle. Then he sighs, rolling onto his side and pulling her back into him, snuggling up to her neck causing a faint smile to tug on her lips. “Get some sleep, Kage. You’re thinking too much.”
Maybe I am. But as I lie here and stare at the ceiling while my heart beats abnormally fast, I know the truth. I’m already in too deep. And when the truth about who we are comes out, I’ll burn the entire fucking world down before I let anyone take her away from me.
28
Wren
THE SONGBIRD
It’s been a while since I’ve woken up to the feeling of a body pressed up against mine. But for the first time ever, it’s not just one body, but two. My head is resting on Kage’s chest, my arm wrapped around his toned torso as Nox is curled up behind me, his arm holding me close to him. Sandwiched between the two of them will now be my new favorite way of waking up.
The sheets are twisted around our limbs like some kind of fucked up human knot. My body aches in ways that I didn’t even know were possible. My hips are sore, my thighs are bruised, even my throat is sore. Rich has definitely never made me feel like this before. It’s a good thing I’m on birth control, because Idefinitelywill be doing that again.
My fingers brush across Kage’s arm, and then Nox’s, and I can’t help the small shiver that runs through me. Am I theirs now? They all but forced me to scream that I was theirs last night, but was that just a heat of the moment type thing? Will they discard me now that they’ve gotten ataste? I’d like to believe they wouldn't, especially not after Nox gave me such an intimate insight into his and Kage’s past. But I know better than to trust men I barely know.
Desperately needing a shower after the unholy activities we did last night, I try my best to crawl out from beneath the boys’ arms. Slowly but surely, I make my way down to the foot of the bed and look back towards the boys once I do. My hand quickly snaps to cover my mouth to suppress a laugh when I see the both of them curled up into each other, probably thinking it's me.
On silent feet, I tip toe to the nightstand and grab my phone, hold it up, and snap a picture of them. They look so cute together, but this is definitely blackmail material. Or not, maybe they’ll thank me for it. Either way, I’m setting it as my phone's background.
Grabbing the white t-shirt that Nox brought me last night, I walk over to the connecting bathroom. Opening the bathroom door feels more like opening the door to Narnia. The space is huge, with an enormous glass encaged shower sitting dead in the center of the farthest wall. To the left sits an enormous jacuzzi tub that instantly has my mind going through all the dirty things we could accomplish in there.
I walk deeper into the room, openinganotherdoor to find a toilet sitting in the corner. There’s a panel on the wall and with a closer look, I see there’s multiple options for a bidet and a heated seat. Okay, that’s fucking cool and I will definitely be putting both to good use.
Feeling nosey, I go through all their drawers and cabinets, finding nothing out of the ordinary. Just some odds and ends they must keep in here for guests. I steal a bar of soap from one of the drawers and head back towards the shower.
I attempt to turn the water on but fall short. Where the hell are the knobs, and why do all showers have to be so different? There should be a set way to turn on every single shower, because why does this thing have me fumbling like a toddler? The shower is gigantic, I’m sure you could fit at least eight people in here easily. Why does it need to be so big? There’s not even a shower head in here.
Brother, it shouldnotbe this difficult to take a damn shower.
A large black square that kind of looks like a tv sits in the center of the wall and I stare at it dumbfounded. This can’t be it. Seriously? Why do rich people buy dumb shit?
I tap the screen, and sure as shit, it’s the control for the shower. There’s so many options, I don’t even know which one to click on. I tap one of the digital buttons and water shoots out at me from the left wall, scaring the absolute shit out of me.
What the hell!
The water pressure is similar to what I would imagine a fire hydrant exploding to be like and I frantically start tapping at the buttons on the digital panel. To my unfortunate luck, water from every direction starts shooting out at me, hitting my face in the process.
This is how I die.Death by fancy shower.
Screaming like an idiot—and still tapping on a ridiculous amount of buttons—I somehow turn all but the overhead rainfall water off. I guess there’s a shower head in here afterall, it’s juston the ceiling.
After playing with the panel a bit more, I set the jets in the middle to a comfortable pressure, letting the water massage my body in all the right places. Hey, this isn’t so bad. I take back everything I said about rich people buying dumb shit. I could live in this shower forever.
Taking longer than necessary thanks to my new favorite contraption, I finish up washing my body and hair, and quickly towel off. I pull Nox’s t-shirt on and the fabric swallows me whole. Grabbing the center of the shirt, I bring it to my nose and inhale. It smells just like him; so fucking intoxicating.
I feel a little self conscious walking around a house I’m unfamiliar with in only a t-shirt and nothing underneath, but until I wash my clothes from yesterday and go back to my apartment to pack some of my belongings, it’s just going to have to do.
The idea of going back to my apartment after walking in on everything last night has my insides curling in on themselves. Why would someone break into a restaurant? They must have been after Chen if they took him. But what if they didn’t just take him? There was so much blood. What if they killed him and took his body so they wouldn’t leave any evidence behind? That doesn’t make any sense though with all the blood. That’s evidence enough.
My mind is whirling with so many possibilities on who did this and why this even happened in the first place. Chen is such a sweet old man, why would anyone want to hurt him? Chen couldn’t have enemies, could he?
Ugh, this is all so confusing! I don’t know how to feel right now. I just hope the cops are able to find out who broke in and Chen is okay. I’ll have to thank the boys for taking care of everything for me. I was in no place to help myself, let alone take care of anything else.
Deciding to push all thoughts behind me for now, I walk back into the bedroom finding it empty. I hope I didn’t wake the boys up with my shower fiasco, but in my defense, that thing was complicated and they could have warned me.
Walking down the stairs, the heavenly scent of coffee brewing and bacon sizzling invades my senses, my stomach growling in response. I can’t remember the last time I ate anything and I’m in desperate need of a meal after last night's activities. I can barely remember anything Kage showed me before leaving me with Nox so I take it all in with fresh eyes.
The intoxicating mix of coffee and bacon draws me forward, my body practically humming with excitement at the thought of eating. When I peak around the corner into the kitchen, I lose all sense of brain function.
