Anna leapt out of bed, ready for action as I shoved the dirty plates into her hands.
“What the—hey! Bee!”
I rushed out of the room, pointing at her. “You stay here.”
“But, Bee?—”
“I said, stay!” I barked.
I bolted at a dead sprint down the fucking hallway.
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ANNA
Uh, I’m sorry, did he think I was a fucking dog?
I rushed to catch up with him and he growled at me.
Growled.
Nope,hewas the dog.
“Anna, what the fuck are you?—?”
“Bark at me like that again, and I’ll slap a leash on you,” I spat back as I stormed beside him.
And do you know what that motherfucker did?
He picked up the fucking pace.
I jogged alongside him. “Just because you have legs like the giant in Jack and the Beanstalk doesn’t mean you’re getting away from?—”
“STOOOOOOP!”
“Dear God, get back to the room,” Brutus rumbled as he started running.
“Hey!” I exclaimed as I rushed after him.
Fuck these short fucking legs of mine.
I needed to get to the gym more.
It had to be the new girl screaming like that, it was the only logical conclusion.
“Please, I’m not going to hurt you. I just?—”
“No!”
My brother’s voice stopped me in my tracks just as Brutus rounded the corner.
Did my brother just say ‘please’?
“The fuck?” I whispered to myself as I disappeared around the corner, following Brutus’s heavy footfalls.
“The hell’s going on in here?” Brutus commanded.
I skidded to a stop in the doorway. “King! The fuck are you doing!? Torturing the poor woman!?”
