Page 45 of Make Her Bleed
"Don't do something stupid to get yourself killed," Dax warns as Kaylee stands in the middle of the room, trying to ignore that her best friend was just carted off.
CHAPTERFIFTEEN
ARIA
"What the hell is your problem?" I gasp as he tosses me down on the bed, my body bouncing with the impact.
Everything was okay until Kai walked through the front door. Knox has been so incredible and the others have been fun to be around as always. It has been a good day.
Until Kai had to ruin it with his caveman mentality.
He drops the duffle bag and grabs my feet as I try to crawl away from him, yanking me toward him.
"You know exactly what my problem is, princess," he growls, his dark eyes warning me to behave.
How can I behave when he's acting like a dickhead?
"Obviously, I don't or I wouldn't be asking."
He grabs me by my throat and presses me down on the bed, straddling my waist for full control.
"I think you need to be reminded that you're mine. They only get to touch you if I say so. The littleflingyou've had going on with Knox ends right fucking now," he presses angrily.
"What fling?" I lie out of instinct. The danger in his eyes has me on edge and I can't take back the lie even though his eyes say he doesn't believe it at all.
"You think I don't have cameras all over this house? You think I don't know you spent half the day fucking him? Don't you dare lie to me. If you don't adhere to my rules, there will be consequences, and you won't be the one paying the price. I'll make sure he disappears so quickly your head will spin. His body will rot and no one will ever find where I put him," he threatens.
Every cell in my body turns cold. He's threatening to kill Knox.
"You'd kill your star quarterback? Your friend?"
"He isn't my friend. He's a means to an end and, currently, that end is keeping your ass in line. Keep it up and I'll make him step five. I'll make you watch as I end his existence. I will kill each and every one of them until your only connection to the outside world is me." His threat is clear, and I can tell he means every word.
He would kill them all to isolate me and make me suffer.
I care about all of them, and for him to do this when I care about him as well is beyond cruel.
"You're a monster," I spit as tears sting my eyes.
"You've yet to meet the monster. If you think this is bad, you haven't seen anything yet."
I want to fight off the tears from his cruelty but I can't. I've never allowed myself to hold someone close to my heart and let my guard down but I did with Knox because I thought he was safe from Kai.
Nobody is safe from him, definitely not me.
"I was wrong. You're not a sociopath. You're a psycho. To be willing to do this to someone who has loved you their whole life, you couldn't be anything but," I hiss at him.
Disgust flashes in his eyes but its momentary. Why did he have that look in his eyes? Was it because I used the word love?
Did he think I didn't love him? He was a vital part of my childhood and he became my friend since moving to Royal City. It's not like I was saying I'm in love with him. I couldn't be, especially with the things he's done to me.
"That's right, princess. I'm a psycho and I'll do whatever it takes to make you submit to me. You'll do as I say or suffer the consequences. Got it?"
He leaves me zero leeway in this. If I don't go with whatever he says, he'll hurt Knox and the others.
"Yes," I whimper in submission.
He lets out a warning growl before he flips me over and yanks down the boxers Knox gave me to wear. I try to escape him but he just forces me down harder.
