“I said back thefuckoff. Raphael will decide what happens. We don’t want her dead.”
“I don’t either.” Rory charges to his feet. “Just broken. Every bone in her pretty fucking body.”
“Bring it, you bastard,” I threaten, lurching my neck. “I’ll bite your dick off next.”
“Fuck!”
Vincent swings his hand, his solid, rock-like fist connecting with Rory’s jaw. “Try again, Rory, and Iwillfuck you up. Nowcome on, we’re wasting time. Raphael gets the final say. Not you. Move, Girly.” He shoves me forward.
“Briella,” I hiss.
“Can I call you Bri?”
I glare because I’m not a goddamn cheese. And no, no one will ever call me Bri again. “Can I call you Vinny?”
“Girly, it is.”
I roll my eyes. Neanderthals, the whole lot of them. Except maybe Raphael. It’s painfully obvious he’s the furthest thing from a Neanderthal. And maybe Jude.
I’m covered in dirt, semen, and blood. But I don’t care. Rory is still clutching his ailing ear.
And no matter what he does to me, I’ll look up at that wretched ear every time, knowing I took something away he canneverget back.
5
Vincent
NO GIRLS HAVE EVER SURVIVED INITIATION.
Citizen Soldier Playlist
“Letdown”
Rory may be my foster brother, but he is still a hot-blooded bastard, and I have never seen him meet his equally unhinged match…until tonight.
For fucks sake, what did we get ourselves into? This is not a good idea. My chest clenches as I wonder what Raphael will do once he learns of this newdevelopment. But I’ve got a good idea.
Hell, I could have just released her and stopped Rory from hunting her down, but I will never forget that moment when Briella sank her teeth into his lobe and tore it clean off!
I can never tell what Raph is thinking. That’s Jude’s job. But if our alpha believes she belongs to us—and I’d bet my left nut he does—then she is in for a storm of kinship punishment.
Whether she likes it or not, she’ll abide by Raphael’s law. He’s kept us alive all this time. I can’t let her go. Only he can. But I’d bet my other nut on the Initiation.
No girls have ever survived initiation.
They break. Or they die.
We’re shameless assholes. Monsters. We are what they made us. We’ll bring her nothing but wrath and ruin.
Rory stalks behind us with his tail between his legs. If I hadn’t stopped him, he would have gone too far. Then, it wouldbe kinship punishment for him because no one—not one of us—gets to fuck the girl before Raphael. We all answer to him.
I adjust the mask on my face, but keep the girl close. Hand firm on the back of her neck. Gotta give her more credit. She doesn’t stare at her feet. She doesn’t try to cover herself. Fuck, she’s ready for another fight with those small hands balled into fists at her side.
Or she’s ready to run again.
My cock twitches whenever I see those plump tits bouncing anytime I shove her forward, nipples still pink and hard beneath the mud.
Normally, I prefer to watch. But it wasn’t Rory leaving his bite marks all over her that got me the hardest. It wasn’t when she came. It wasn’t even her mouth as filthy as his, but more adorable. It was when she leaned in and traced her lips along his ear. The calm before the storm. She may look innocent with those doe eyes, but in that moment, it was as if she knew—with every bone in her body—exactlyhow to tame any demon who crosses her path, including Rory.
