“I don’t care!”
“Starting now.”
And just like that, the electric current shut off, Laney's body slumped, and the restraints loosened. My fingers worked quickly to pull her from the chair, and once she was free, she fell into my arms. I clutched her tightly to me, and I broke. My tears turned to hard sobs as I tried to listen for her heartbeat. It was slow but steady. Carefully, I laid her on the cold floor and stood.Moth leaned againstthe wall.
"There you go, she's still alive, she's still yours."
I opened my mouth to speak, but suddenly my tongue felt swollen and no noise was coming out. Frustrated, I began to lift off my mask. Moth clicked his tongue.
"Be careful," he warned. "Remember our deal. You take that mask off, you're ours, motherfucker."
I lifted it anyway, needing to know more.
"What does that mean?" I asked, my voice was released from the odd curse.
Moth left the room, pausing at the door. "I'm just going to let you fuck around and find out. If I were you, I’d put the mask back on,big brother.”
Rule 42 - Delaney
Sometimes secrets do make friends.
Four years ago.
“We can’t. My parents will find out.”I took the remote from Camryn and quickly turned the channel.
“Oh, come on,” she whined. Her head turned toward the stairs leading up from the basement. “No one’s going to know. It’s just us girls.” She motioned around the room, where all of our friends lay.
“Your parents aren’t even here,” Kat argued.
“Yes, but Priest is.” I crossed my arms over my nightgown. “He’s right upstairs with Carson and Kaleb and they’ll hear it and know what we’re doing.”
“No, they won’t.” Sophie stood and stormed over, taking the remote from me. “And if they do, who cares? They’ll probably watch it upstairs when we’re done.”She pointed the remote at the TV, went back to the pay-per-view channel, and began scrolling. “What should we pick?”
Pizza Delivery Sluts XI
Riley Needs a Liftand Lick
Badly Behaved Babysitters
My stomach twisted at the names.
“I’ll go make popcorn!” April shot up. “Delaney, come with me. You guys keep looking, but don’t pick without me!” She pulled me upstairs, and we went to the kitchen to microwave some snacks.I leaned against the counter.
“I hate this. I’m going to get in so much trouble.”
“Kat said the same thing last week when Brady and Jake came to the slumber party, remember? It’s fine. What’s the worst thing that could happen? Your parents are way too nice.”
“Really? Because I’m the only girl in ninth grade who still has a babysitter.” I rolled my eyes, just as Priest strode into the kitchen, followed by his lackeys.
“What are you two losers doing up here?” He opened the fridge and pulled out three of Dad’s weird Spanish beers and passed them to his friends.
“Making popcorn for the movie we’re about to start.” April giggled. She had a crush on a lot of boys at our school, but Priest was her current obsession.
“What movie?” Priest popped the cap off his bottle.
April and I shared a look.
Don’t you dare tell them.
