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“Not before I get what I want,” Kyle laughs, his lips trailing kisses down my cheek and neck. They’re wet and sloppy, like runaway snails, and I am beyond terrified and disgusted.
My fight-or-flight instincts kick in. I keep hitting whatever part of him I can reach, but to no avail. I hear rushed footsteps across the dirt. Heavy boots. Kyle disappears from my sight altogether, and I’m left panting and hugging myself, glued to the side of my car as I watch him land on his back with a shocked gasp.
Once again, Orion stands between us.
This time, however, it’s different. It’s dark. It’s dangerous. The air is filled with something that draws goosebumps all over my skin while I try to catch my breath and understand what’s happening.
Kyle gets up, but Orion is fast and strikes first. He throws a single punch, hitting Kyle square in the jaw. It’s enough to knock him back for a few seconds, and then Orion turns around to look at me.
My body temperature spikes.
“Are you okay?” he asks.
“We were just talking,” Kyle mumbles, blood dripping from his mouth as he tries to get up.
“You piece of shit,” Orion snarls and punches him again. Harder this time.
I take a step forward. “Don’t kill him!” I say.
Kai and Drake join us, both looking menacing and ready to raise hell. But their darkness quickly subsides when they see Orion is already handling the issue.
“I thought we kicked this asshole out,” Kai says.
“He didn’t get the hint, clearly,” Drake adds.
“Please,” I manage. “He’s learned his lesson.”
“You’re afraid I’m gonna kill him?” Orion concludes, giving me a curious look. “Do you take us for monsters?”
I shake my head. “No, it’s just …”
“What?” he shoots back. Kyle tries to get up again, but Orion kicks him in the stomach. “You need to keep your ass down in the dirt until I tell you to get up.”
“I’m so sorry,” Kyle whimpers, rolling over to the side. I can tell he’s in a lot of pain.
Orion doesn’t care, though. I notice Drake on his phone, making a quick call. A moment later, two club members come out from behind the building and approach us.
“Get him out of my sight,” Orion commands them.
The guys are big and burly, covered in tattoos and piercings, each with arms as thick as my thighs. As soon as he sees them coming, Kyle starts to cry. “Please, don’t kill me.”
“Up,” one of the enforcers says. When Kyle hesitates, they lift him off the ground as though he’s weightless and toss him in the back of a nearby pickup truck, its wheels screeching as they drive off in a speeding frenzy.
I watch the crimson taillights disappear up the road in the middle of this dark and heavy night, needing a few moments to gather my wits about me. It was supposed to be a simple, albeit busy, Friday evening. I was supposed to serve drinks, clean the bar, be nice to folks, and then go home. None of this should’ve happened, yet it did, and I don’t know what to make of any of it.
“I’m going to ask you again, Nadia. Do you take us for monsters?” Orion asks, his tone clipped.
“Depends on where they’re taking him,” I grumble, my pride getting the better of me.
He scoffs and comes closer. I shrink in his presence, but not with fear. It’s something else, something far more powerful and all-consuming. My body betrays me as I lose my breath altogether. “Do I scare you?” he says.
“No.”
Drake chuckles softly. “What were you doing upstairs earlier, Nadia?”
“I told you, I got lost.”
“That’s a silly answer,” Drake replies. “And you know it.”
