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The chilly autumn air burns my lungs as I take in big gulps of breath. I lean against a tree and try to compose myself. In the distance, a murder of crows rushes out of the trees and into the darkening sky. The sun is setting quickly, casting shadows over the forest floor.
Real smart, choosing to go for a run now.
I turn around to start jogging back home, but I hear a twig snap. Whipping my head around, I scan the area quickly but don’t see anything. My heart starts to race.
Get it together, Maya, I think to myself. We’re miles away from civilization; no one would be out here.
What if it’s a bear?
Shit. Shit, shit, shit.
I take a deep breath to calm my nerves. “Don’t panic,” I keep telling myself over and over, but it doesn’t work. If there’s a fucking bear nearby, I’m done for.
“Don’t panic,” I whisper again, feeling myself indeed panicking. I start to slowly back away, trying to figure out the best course of action to take so I don’t get mauled to death, when I hear it.
A deep, familiar male laugh.
“Hello?” I call out stupidly. Stupid, because why would I call out into the dark forest when I’m out here all alone with no way of defending myself?
Whoever it is laughs again, the sound coming from closer behind me. This is fucked. “I’m so screwed,” I whisper frantically, spinning around to find the perpetrator.
“Yes, sunflower, you are.”
CHAPTERTHIRTY-FIVE
EZRA
Standingwithin the shadows of the trees, I have the perfect view of my girl, but she can’t see me. Maya’s whipping her head around, turning in circles to try to find me.
She looks so cute, like something out of a cartoon. I can see the panic on her face as she turns in the direction of The Fortress and starts jogging again.
Right towards me.
Perfect.
She screams when I step out of the shadows and grab her. I pin her flailing body to a tree and cover her mouth with my hand. Her eyes are closed as she whips her head back and forth, trying to wrench herself free of my hold.
“That’s enough, Maya,” I say quietly.
Her eyes fly open, and when they focus on my face, they instantly turn furious. I lower my hand slowly from her mouth.
“You asshole,” she spits, pushing against my chest. “Why would you do something like that? I thought I was being attacked.”
Yeah, not my best idea; I remember Lee telling me about her run-in with that pervert a few weeks ago.
I lean against her warm body and trail the tip of my nose along the curve of her neck, inhaling her scent. A little bit of sweat mixed with vanilla perfume. It’s intoxicating, and my dick starts to harden. Her cute little gasp tells me she feels it, too.
“I’m sorry, baby,” I whisper in her ear, pushing my leg in between hers to keep her in place. Her sex is warm against my thigh, and she lets out a breath at the friction.
“Let me go,” she says quietly. “Please.”
“Why? So you can keep fucking my brothers?” I snarl, grabbing a fistful of her hair and tugging sharply. She cries out but doesn’t try to fight me.
She still knows her place. Good.
Or so I thought, because when she smirks and says, “I could be fucking you, too,” I lose it.
My hand loosens on her hair and goes to grip her slender throat. I expect her to look alarmed, but she just keeps taunting me with a shit-eating grin.
