At Nightmare Acres, I felt accepted and free to be exactly who I am. But I still have a nagging sensation that somethings missing, and I know without a doubt it’s her.
I just hope she chooses us and our life here. Leaving her friends behind might prove to be a challenge though, but when it comes down to it, we’ll give her that choice.
Maverick stands at his full seven feet two inches, clocking in a full foot above me. He cracks his neck, and I watch unabashedly admiring how fucking good looking he is. Such a simple motion, and somehow, he manages to make it look hot.
He catches me looking at him and winks. Mother fucker knows how good looking he is and exactly how he makes me feel, sending heat right down to my dick. It makes me want to turn him around and take him right here.
“Save it,” he warns. “We’ll need all your energy for tonight.”
I roll my eyes at how well he knows me. He probably didn’t even need to read my thoughts for that. The two of us have developed our relationship throughout the years. Starting out as friends and then growing to more. While I love what we have, we’ve always known that we were waiting on our missing piece.
Our bride.
About five years after we came here, a psychic came through our gates. At first, I was skeptical of her ramblings, but then every one of her predictions came true. One after the other unfolded before our disbelieving eyes. The latest being this last Halloween.
She’d told us that one day, Talon, our boss, would end up bound to a woman and two other monsters.
At the time, I’d laughed it off. Trying to imagine Talon willingly binding himself with anyone was ridiculous. He was a solitary creature. Though he created this haven for us monsters, he also tended to keep to himself. But then, what the psychic predicted happened. The last prediction before the final and most important one. Which could only mean that a girl with jet-black hair, blue highlights, and the clumsiness of a baby deer would walk into our lives to become our bride.
There’s an excited rumble in my chest that vibrates under my skin in anticipation of seeing her again. Had the psychic not made the prediction, I think I would still feel this way. There was an instinctual knowing that I could feel deep in my bones that she’s destined for us both.
I tug on my black t-shirt nervously.
“You look fine. Stop fidgeting,” Maverick scolds as he fixes his hair.
“You’ve got a little something right here,” I say, walking up to him. I wipe away the speck of blood that he missed by his lips with the rough pad of my thumb. He inhales sharply at the contact and his eyes dilate.
“Did you kill someone for that snack, Hendricks?” He asks, his voice low.
I nod, taking a small step closer which pushes him flush against the wall. He grabs onto the loops in my jeans pulling me closer by the hips. He leans down, closing the distance between us.
“Tell me how you did it,” he murmurs into my neck, tracing my Adam’s apple with his tongue.
I grip his white shirt in my fist.
“You want to hear how I ended that prick’s life for his vile thoughts about our girl?”
A growl erupts from his lips, and I smirk, knowing just what I need to do to get him all riled up.
“Yes,” he says.
Maverick moves his left hand up my side, wrapping his strong hand around the back of my neck.
“I followed their whole group without them even realizing I was in the shadows the whole time. He locked onto our girl almost immediately trying to impress her with some stupid podcast.”
Maverick laughs. “And what did she think of that?”
“She couldn’t be less interested.”
He smiles at that. “Then they got to the covered section of the path. I made my move when Lydia was distracted. He didn’t even see me coming. I had his throat ripped out faster than a human can blink.”
He looks down at me, beaming with pride and an undercurrent of lust.
Then he’s on me. His mouth takes mine in a quick, searing kiss.
“I fucking love you, Hendricks. You know that right?” He asks, putting his forehead on mine as we catch our breath.
“I do,” knowing in the depths of my soul the truth of those words. “I fucking love you right back.”
