He grinned, his voice rough from just waking up. “Oh, goodie. I wonder if he wants sex or some shit.”
I frowned and shoved the phone back into my pocket, my chest tight with restless energy as I complained to no one in particular.I knew for a fact that Runo had done this to steal away my control. “When are we leaving Primrose? Because if I have to stay cooped up for one more fucking day in here…”
Runo’s voice came from the doorway, a chuckle hanging on the edge of his words. “Lover, trust me. I had to plan everything. We can leave after this, I promise. Bring Slash too. He’ll love this.”
Lover.
He had started calling me that, knowing I both hated and loved it. I was going to fuck his ass so hard if this present didn’t live up to what Runo was promising. I wouldn’t even let Runo come.
Runo disappeared down the hall, the man crouching down in front of Lucy’s bowls just outside the kitchen. For as crazy as he was, he was oddly affectionate with his cat, ensuring that she was always fed and taken care of. Lucy purred in between his legs before turning her attention to her bowl. Only then was Runo satisfied to lead me down into my basement.
My confusion gave way to excitement as Runo plopped onto Aeron’s lap, Tyrone and Alex standing awkwardly at the other edge. They both looked groggy as hell, as if Runo had drugged them to bring them in here—through the back door no less as I hadn’t seen anyone come through the main hall.
Runo slid his fingers through Aeron’s newly dyed hair—the pink suited him—before explaining just what we were doing down here. “It’s been a little while since we’ve been on a date, but I thought maybe… dinner and a movie?”
I laughed, the tension easing for a moment as I finally caught onto what Runo had prepared. “What about dessert?”
Runo’s eyes gleamed, his grin turning unhinged. “That would be lovely, yes.”
Tyrone’s voice cut through the moment, ruining the joke. “What the fuck is going on?” His words slurred as he staggeredto the right and then straightened up, his hand going to his belt only to find the absence of his holster.
I stepped closer, a new thrill moment pulsing through me. “It seems you really only caught one half of the equation, and while you were parading yourself around as the hero of Primrose, the real menaces of the city were lying in wait. I’m talking aboutme, Tyrone.”
Alex squealed, his voice high and panicked as he threw his hands up. “But why am I here? I didn’t even do anything!”
Runo cackled, leaning forward on Aeron’s lap. “I just don’t really like you, and you’ve been mean to all versions of me, so we took a vote, and unfortunately… they all said off with your head.”
I just shrugged, embracing this new version of the four of us. Slash didn’t even hesitate as he whipped out the scalpel Runo had gifted him. “Let me at the skinny one. I like when theysquirmand fuck, they bleed so much better.”
RUNO
A Month Later – New Beginnings
Bent over Samael’s desk in our new basement, my fingers gripped the rough wood of Samael’s desk as he fucked me hard, each thrust a jolt that set a fresh wound on my shoulder ablaze. The air was thick with the metallic tang of blood and the musty scent of concrete, the dim light in this basement casting shadows across Slash’s form as he fileted our newest victim on a tarp across the room.
My body burned, mixing with the pleasure of Samael’s roughness and Slash’s growing need for the blade. He had been getting meaner with it, Samael and Aeron having to step in several times to keep me from obtaining a wound they couldn’t easily stitch. But hell, death by lover’s blade would be one hell of a way to go.
We’d laid low for weeks after leaving Primrose, scattering Tyrone and Alex’s bodies across the city to throw off theinvestigation, but our demons had grown too loud, clawing at us until we needed this—a kill to curb the darkness.
Even with new jobs in public, Samael staying hidden because he was still technicallydead, we needed somethingmore.
Which was this. Me mouthing off until Samael fucked me while we watched Slash enjoy himself. Aeron was just off to the side, his thick cock in his hand as he pumped himself in time with Slash’s blade slicing through flesh.
The victim’s screams echoed down here before he went limp, his silence a trigger that sent me over the edge. I came hard, my entire body shuddering, and Samael followed, his release a hot burst inside me as his teeth sunk into my shoulder, drawing a fresh sting of blood. Aeron grinned from his perch as he stroked his cock a few more times and then coated his hand and stomach. “Save the lungs for me,” he purred, his voice a little huskier than usual.
I sighed and collapsed onto the desk, my body a mess of bites and cuts. I was a canvas of their chaos, constantly being cleaned up—once, I’d even passed out, my body unable to take the intensity. But it kept me whole, kept the alters from taking over and from any other voices taking hold of me.
They were all faint now, barely in my head. Killian popped in every now and then but the general hum of chatter was way worse.
“Who the fuck did we just kill?” I pushed out.
Slash wiped his knife on his thigh before sheathing it back into its sleeve. “Oh, there was a cute little librarian across from the clinic. I didn’t kill her. I killed the guy bothering her. He goes there every night and pesters her. He was pissing me off.”
I frowned, the desk cool against my skin. “Seriously?”
“Hey, we all agreed no innocent people. He wasn’t innocent.”
Aeron nodded, his cock still thick between his thighs. He looked like he could already go another round. “Yeah, he was a creep. Deserved it.”
