Page 64 of Beautiful Beasts

I shake my head and look back at Gus. He passed out again, fucking pussy. I glance at Harley, and he is loading a syringe with something. I watch him step in front of Gus, plunge the needle into where I assume his heart is, and press the substance into his body. Almost immediately, Gus snaps up alert, sobbing and stuttering as his body trebles from the adrenaline that is coursing through his body now.

The door to the basement opens and closes, taking my attention away from Gus.

Bella comes in and whispers something into Harley’s ear. I only catch part of it, but it was enough for me to want to step in. “Bella, no,” I say through gritted teeth.

“I have to do this,” she says calmly and confidently.

“Baby girl, are you sure?” Harley asks.

“Please let me do this,” she begs.

Fuck.

I look at my brother; he nods as he leans in and kisses the side of her face.

I grab her throat and force her to turn and look at me. “Careful, Bella,” I warn.

She nods and gives me a small smile. I release my hold on her, and she turns back to Gus and slowly approaches him.

Gus locks eyes with hers. “Bella,” Gus whispers.

“Hello, Gus,” she says in a low, dark voice that even makes chills go down my spine. She is so fucking beautiful.

“Please don’t let them do this to me,” he begs.

“Gus, I do love it when you beg,” she whispers in a low, dark voice.

She grabs the device that controls the arms of the cross. “Tell me. How does it feel to be used and abused, Gus?” She asks in a taunting voice.

He doesn’t respond.

“Tell me. How does it feel to know I was never yours?” She whispers.

Harley and I take another step toward her, stopping when we get behind her. We both look over Gus, his eyes locked on Bella.

“You will never have me,” she confesses as she pushes the button on the remote.

The motors kick on and start stretching out his arms and legs. His screams fill the room as he is literally ripped apart, limb from limb. His skin splits, bones break, and blood pours out of his body. We all stand and watch as pieces of his body fall to the ground in puddles of blood.

Harley grabs the remote from Bella, shuts off the motors, and wraps his arm around her waist, pulling her into him. “See you in hell motherfucker,” I say as I wrap my arm around Bella’s neck and press a kiss to the side of her head.

We turn around together and leave the basement. “The Beauty has found her Beasts, and things will never be the same,” Bella confesses to all of us.

This is not what I had planned, but I see it now she needed this. She needed to be the one to cause him to take his last breath.

We will never say no to her.

We are forever hers.

43

Bella

Three Years Later

“The Best I Ever Had” by Limi

M y eyes shoot open, my breathing is unstable, and tears roll down my face as I quickly sit up in the bed. Harley and Dante sit up as well. I feel my body shaking from the nightmare.

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