A silver revolver shakes in her hand. It looks too heavy for her, like it belongs to someone else. And she’s never shot one before.
Confusion and disgust knot in my stomach. “Did you have this much trouble killing Elowyn?”
Her throat jerks. “No…no, she was easy. Invited her to hang out with me and get drunk in Aiden’s room while we waited for him to return from winter break. I used poison I found in his desk. Sheneededto pay for touching him. Acting as if he owned her.” She lifts her chin with pride, but it wobbles. “Too bad for you, this will be bloodier. But you deserve it.”
“What about Blaire? Did you let her go?”
“She’ll get what’s coming to her soon, but I need to take care ofyoufirst.”
Fatal fantasies run strong in her if she thinks she can take out another woman while looking like a scarecrow—stuffed with straw and pipe dreams.
“And Julien? What did he ever do to you? Was it because he was my friend?”
Her blank expression makes my heart skip a beat. “Julien? I don’t know a Julien.” She presses the wide barrel to my forehead. “But I did want to thank you for taking care of Sutton. She was first on my list.”
My eyes squeeze tight as I rip off the ropes. The crack of a gunshot echoes through the chilled air, bouncing off every wall and disorienting me for a moment.
Hailey screams as her arm explodes in a fine mist of red. The pistol clatters to the floor. She stumbles back, gripping her wound as I burst from the chair, kicking it back.
Before she can process what’s happened, I’m already on her. And like that day in the school bathroom with Luna, my fists take on a life of their own. Connecting with her face again and again until it becomes unrecognizable. The sound of my fury is wet, raw. Pulse like thunder. Her teeth shatter beneath my knuckles.
Footsteps pound down the metal stairs.
Aiden.
He squats, the barrel of his gun planting against Hailey’s skull.
“Wait,” I pant, holding up a blood-slicked hand. “Not yet.”
Trailing my gaze up his body, I anchor myself in his infuriated eyes—those feral blue flames that reflect my own hunger. He’s ready to kill for me. Ready to rip me apart and crawl inside until there’s no space left between us. His wicked desires infect every inch of me, matching the ones I thought were mine alone.
I hook my fingers through his belt loops and yank him closer until he’s kneeling over Hailey’s head.
“I want one final revenge…” I whisper, as Hailey’s black eyes blink up at us, a strangled moan rattling in her throat.
Aiden grips my face, pulls me in, and crushes his mouth to mine—a collision of tongues, teeth, and shared madness. In a blur, my jeans are gone, my panties shoved between Hailey’s battered lips.
I slap her before she passes out. “Wake up. Youneverhad him…”
Aiden smirks and opens his jeans until his cock flops onto her forehead. I stroke him hard as he caresses the back of my neck.
With a deep growl, weapon still lodged in his hand, he grips my waist and flips me over Hailey until I’m on all fours, dripping pussy right against her nose.
“Baby girl, you’re so fucking good for me,” he says, slapping my ass.
As the shock of the swat hits, he slams into me. My lungs seize, searching for air. He snatches my hair and rips it back until my neck bows. His lips find mine in a desperate plea for connection.
“Watch us, dumb cunt. Watch me fuck the love of my life,”he says as he thrusts into me rapidly. Enough so that every stroke makes me ache for more when he retreats.
In a deep growl that tickles my ear, he says, “There’s only one woman for me. Always has been. Always will be.”
“Then fill me up.”
“Oh, I will. Right in front of her… You want the honor of killing her, or you want me to do it?”
Barely able to think, let alone breathe, I spit out, “I’ll do it. I’vewantedto do it.”
With another spank, he chuckles, long and low. “That’s my good girl.”