“You almost took him from me.”He pressed his thumbs into her throat, jabbing at the cartilage just to hurt her.“I didn’t see it coming.”
And he hadn’t.
He’d even encouraged Chad to talk to her about the nightmares, was always relieved alongside Chad when he came home from a session a little lighter, a little happier.
He’d not foreseen this predator on the horizon.
She’d hid herself perfectly.
“Romeo...”
Chad hadn’t kept his distance.He stood right up against him.Romeo dragged his gaze away from Keeley and onto Chad.His magpie.His Juliet.His damned detective who had put the pieces together and gifted Romeo the ultimate prize.
Chad heaved through slightly parted lips.His pupils had engulfed his irises, and his lashes fluttered with slow blinks as he stared at Romeo with want.
He swallowed.“Can I...”
“Can you?”
Chad licked his lips, reaching for Romeo.He squeezed Romeo’s bicep before brushing his fingertips along Romeo’s arm until he got to his hand.He stroked Romeo’s metacarpals, following them until he placed his own fingers on top of Romeo’s.
It was only then he realized what Chad was asking.
Romeo didn’t protest, or insult Chad by asking whether he was sure.
Chad had made his decision.
He didn’t want to be a bystander to Keeley’s murder.
He wanted to contribute.
Romeo groaned, letting his arm closest to Chad go limp, and hang down so Chad could step between him and Keeley and settle against his chest.Chad put himself in the middle of murder, tilting his head back, he asked Romeo without his gaze ever leaving Keeley.“Will you show me how?”
Romeo spoke into Chad’s hair.“Yes.”
He took Chad’s hand in his hand, slipped his fingers through Chad’s fingers, then took hold of Keeley’s neck.Chad pressed into Romeo’s chest, he turned his head slightly, so his temple touched Romeo’s chin, but he didn’t look away from Keeley.
“And the other one,” Romeo murmured, taking Chad’s other hand in his, positioning their fingers.
It was Chad’s palms against Keeley’s throat, but it was Romeo who applied pressure, using Chad’s hands to trap her breath, and make her choke on whatever blood vessels had burst open inside her.
It was Romeo doing it, Romeo killing her, all until it wasn’t just him.
Chad’s fingers twitched.
Then he squeezed too.
Chad strangled with him.
“Fuck,” Romeo’s voice shook.“Yes, Chad, yes.”
Chad didn’t say anything, he gripped onto Keeley harder.
His fingers crushed Romeo’s as his hold tightened again.
“You’re so fucking perfect for me,” Romeo said, stooping slightly to press a kiss to the side of Chad’s face.It was sloppy, wet, but he was caught between wanting to kiss Chad and wanting to spew out encouragements.He ended up doing an in between, pressing words to Chad’s cheek, to his chin, to his lips when Chad turned his head enough for Romeo to kiss him.“It’s us,” Romeo said.“It’s all of us, and it’s always going to beallof us.”
Chad’s lips parted, and with a desperate groan, Romeo leaned down, taking his mouth.They were kissing and killing, and Romeo’s cock wanted in on the action, throbbing in his boxers.Chad arched his back, rubbing against Romeo’s hard-on, teasing him through his jeans.Romeo bit Chad’s lip in retaliation, earning him a gasp.
