Page 34 of Vicious Intentions

“Shit,” Cristiano huffed.

Cain hissed as he grabbed his clothes, struggling into them. “You will stay right here, little pet. We’ll return.”

The three men grumbled as they quickly dressed, Cristiano giving me a longing look.

I held my breath as the three of them walked out the door.

And locked it.

I folded my arms, waiting for a few seconds before taking long strides towards it. After jiggling the handle, I closed my eyes. Then I started to pace the floor, moving towards the windows. While I didn’t see a fire, I did see several people outside, some running back and forth. What in the hell had occurred?

A cold shiver replaced the fiery heat, my mind still trying to process what had happened between us.

Seconds later, I heard the jingle of the lock and sucked in my breath. When I turned around, I wasn’t expecting the person who walked in through the door,

Theodore.

I backed away, darting my eyes towards the door.

“Come. I can get you out of here, but you need to hurry,” he encouraged.

“I’m not leaving without Kelly.”

“She asked me to find you. Come on before they get back. You saw what they can do.”

I hesitated, uncertain I could trust anyone at this point, including myself.

“Come on. I only bought us a few minutes.”

“Okay.” As I headed for the door, he darted a look over his shoulder.

As soon as I was close, he grabbed my arm. Then he raised his other arm and a flash of something caught my eye.

A syringe.

Just as I was about to scream, he brought down his arm. I felt the prick of a needle.

Then…

CHAPTER 10

Hunter

I’d had several ‘what the fuck’ moments since becoming the cream of the Elite echelon, including the first time I’d killed a man in cold blood because it was required. After that, killing had become easy, a part of the requirements of living the opulent life of one of the Damned. I’d laughed the first time I’d heard other students whisper our name as I’d passed, said as if they’d been issuing a curse.

The truth was, the members of the Elite were untouchable, more so since Cain had taken charge of the house. Cristiano and I knew he’d tracked the former Elite President to his parents’ vacation house in Maine, shooting him between the eyes like he would a deer. That was the beginning of our rise to power. It was pointless for administrators to waste their time attempting to crate the animals. They were simply looking forward to the day of our graduation.

While Cristiano was a scary fuck, his hot temper getting him into bloody situations, I was known as the charmer, someone who could easily get under a person’s skin, destroying them before they had a chance to blink. Then there was Cain, a man born evil. He enjoyed the act of torture more than anyone else I’d ever known.

However, I hadn’t honestly believed he’d go through with the plan he’d concocted a year and a half ago regarding Sage. He’d been so hell bent on plotting her demise that I was shocked he’d managed to accomplish anything else. This entire night was a ‘what the fuck’ moment that would remain at the top of the list for a long time.

Not that I hadn’t enjoyed the art of seduction with the beautiful woman. She’d stirred something inside of me that I’d thought no longer existed. A single taste of her would never be enough. I ached with need, longing to drive my cock into her tight pussy. What concerned me was his obvious obsession with her. I had no qualms admitting I wanted to capture and keep her, but I had a feeling Cain would go too far just like he did with everything else.

If her father really was the assassin called The Iceman, then the man wouldn’t take a backseat to the fact that his daughter was missing. As far as I was concerned, taking the word of a traumatized twelve-year-old hellbent on revenge, which was the age he’d been when his brother had been murdered, wasn’t intelligent. However, challenging Cain had its own issues.

Now we were standing in the middle of a freaking rainstorm since some fucker had set one of the outbuildings on fire just to piss us off. I had a feeling I knew who’d done so to prove a point.

Theodore.

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