Gabe stepped forward and tenderly brushed a strand of my white hair behind my ear.
“I can’t understand you, gorgeous.” He dropped a gentle kiss on my forehead, and I jerked away from him in rage, which just made him chuckle softly.
He pulled back and touched his fingers to my chin, tilting my head back so he could meet my eyes.
“Such a pretty toy. You’re going to make my little hellcat feel so good,” he purred, and my blood ran cold.
Fuck, fuck, fuck, fuck.
Suddenly, the gap in the seat of my chair was more concerning than ever. I was still fully clothed, but the way they were looking at me was making me worried that wouldn’t be the case for long.
“Let’s go get your brothers,” Gabe said softly, patting me on the head like I was a child before stepping out of my line of sight.
I was left alone with Hazai, who was leaning against the wall, staring after Gabe with a soft, almost reverent expression on his face.
“I’m going to fucking kill you!”I screamed into my gag, and he dragged his gaze away from wherever Gabe had gone to face me.
That infuriating smile of his was cocked on his lips, and he tilted his head to the side as he watched me jerk and struggle to get free.
“I know. He’s a keeper, isn’t he?” he asked, intentionally misunderstanding me and making my vision go red. “Sotwistedand dark. You really thought he was on your side, didn’t you?”
His eyes darkened, and something close to anger flickered across his face, but it was gone in an instant.
“Well, he’smine,Hec. Don’t you fucking forget that.”
He said it so quietly that I barely heard him, and I knew Gabe certainly couldn’t either.
What sort of twisted rapist soap opera was I starring in!?
Hazai stepped up to me, sidling between my spread legs and taking his turn to curl his fingers under my chin, smiling down at me with that dangerous glint in his green eyes.
“Though, I don’t mind sharing. As long as you remember your place.”
We were interrupted by Gabe’s return. There was a great deal of growling and shuffling behind me, and I strained to see what was causing the commotion.
My eyes widened as I took in the horrifying sight.
Gabe was corralling my brothers toward me, and they were both butt-assnaked.
My face flushed as I realized what he’d done to them. Their hands were bound behind their backs with some sort of golden noose, and they were gagged as well. Both of them had thick collars around their throats with heavy chains latched to them like leashes.
Gabe held both their chains in one hand as he booted Romulus between the shoulder blades, casually forcing him to stumble forward.
Rem whined and followed, tripping after his brother with an expression of pure terror written across his features.
What.
The.
Fuck!?
“Sit,” Gabe ordered once he’d forced my brothers to gather in front of me. I averted my gaze, not interested in seeing them in this naked and vulnerable state.
My brothers growled and snarled against their gags, but no matter how much they struggled, they couldn’t seem to break their hands free, and Gabe held their leashes so tightly that they couldn’t get away from him.
“Tie them to that post for now,” Hazai ordered. Gabe obeyed, quietly fastening their leads to a nearby supporting pillar.
I watched as Hazai manifested a blue bottle filled with a thick, ominous liquid, and both he and Gabe began to snap on latex gloves.
