Grabbing the syringe that was attached to the bottom of the countertop, I bit off the cap between my teeth as Jaden continued to fight and squirm under me.But when she lifted her legs, her knee pressed right into my stab wound, causing me to pause in my actions momentarily as the pain overtook me.
The pause was enough to allow her time to break free from my hold, grab the syringe, and push the plunger, draining the propofol all over the counter.
I groaned in irritation at the wasted sedative.
“You little fucking…”
But I didn’t get the chance to finish my sentence before both her hands flew down to her thighs, and then a slight pinching pain at both my sides caught my attention.
Looking down, I saw Jaden had two of her own syringes in each of her hands, a wicked grin stretching across her face as she looked up at me.Alarm struck my spine like a freight train at the realization she had just injected me with an unknown substance—twice.
Grabbing both her wrists, I pulled them up to the sides of her head to assess what the fuck she had just done and how much time I may or may not have left.
“What the fuck did you just do?!”I growled as I attempted to glance over the now empty syringes still in her hands.
“You’ll see in about thirty seconds,” she sneered before opening her hands and dropping them onto the counter.“I’m sure it won’t be too hard for you to recognize your own product.”
My entire body suddenly went rigid with her answer.
The nerve serum…
As if I wasn’t dealing with enough pain as it was, this little brat just gave me two doses.
FUCK.
Thinking quickly, my only remedy at this point was to locate the adrenaline injections that were also hidden throughout the house.The adrenaline would help mask the pain that was about to hit me like a hurricane, but I didn’t have much time to act because Jaden was sure to capitalize on the opportunity for as long as she could.
But before I could even contemplate my next move, Jaden shoved her fist up the side of my face, a strange sharp pain instantly slicing through my cheek.She then pulled her knees into her chest and kicked both feet into my abdomen, shoving me back with the force of what felt like a fucking semi-truck.
My back slammed against the cabinets behind me, and the breath was knocked from my lungs.Enraged, I watched Jaden somersault backward off the counter and reach for the block containing the butcher knives.
Righting myself, I pressed my hand against my stinging cheek to find a long streak of blood against my palm.Glancing across the counter, I noticed Jaden’s engagement ring was now glistening with a ruby red color.My blood.
And it made me smile.
“Attagirl.”
She just glared at me like she usually did, baring her teeth like some wild animal.“Want some more?”
One by one, she chucked several of the butcher knives in my direction, forcing me to duck down and out of the way of her aim.When she ran out of knives, she threw the block next, narrowly missing my head.
“Dammit, Jaden, what have I told you about throwing things?”I warned as I lunged for her.
Moving fast, she dodged my grasp, jumping from the counter to wrench two broken metal pipes barely hanging from the wall that had been blown apart from the water system.I rolled my eyes and sighed with annoyance as she whipped the two pipes in the air, testing their durability.
I groaned as I felt the serum taking hold and exacerbating the pain from my stab wound tenfold.The next closest adrenaline shot was in the wall that had been blown apart completely, leading outside into the side yard.And God knew where the two others in this room had ended up.
Jaden paused for a moment as her eyes performed an assessment quick enough to catch the breath that shuddered out of me from the fire now flowing through my veins.
“Need some Tylenol?”she joked, a smirk curling the corner of her mouth.
“Jaden, for fuck’s sake, quit fooling around and put those down,” I growled through gritted teeth.
Her gaze rose to connect with mine, hellfire now blazing in her eyes as she glared back at me.
“No,” she drawled.“Don’t think I will.”
With that, she charged forward, swinging the pipes in my direction.I caught the first one aimed at my head, then the second one for my neck, the impact of catching both making my hands feel like I had broken them.But Jaden anticipated the blocks and immediately lifted her leg to drive her foot into my now exposed side, right into my stab wound.