Kings of Quarantine (Brutal Boys of Everlake Prep #1) - Caroline Peckham ,Susanne Valenti Page 0,139

don’t believe in ghosts,” Tatum said defiantly as I gave her a little nudge to make her turn into one of the burial chambers.

A large stone coffin sat in the centre of the space, the name Thomas Smith carved into the side of it. He’d died in Murkwell at the ripe old age of seventy two and had been the mayor back when there used to be a town here instead of a school.

“No? How about the devil then?”

She scoffed lightly just before I flicked the flashlight off and plunged us into darkness.

Tatum gasped and my heart leapt at the thrill of not being able to see her but I lunged forward, aiming for the spot where she’d been and finding her warm body just where I’d expected to.

I shoved her back against the coffin and her hands gripped my biceps as she cried out, the sound echoing beautifully in the caves surrounding us.

“So brave, Barbie,” I purred as I pinned her to the coffin with my hips and her grip on my arms tightened.

I kept one hand on her waist while the other still held the flashlight and her breath fluttered over my lips as she panted in fright. I could almost taste the sweetness of her mouth in the space dividing us and despite the fact that I couldn’t see a thing, I felt so aware of her body that I was sure I could lean in and find her lips without any effort at all if the notion took me.

“There are worse things than darkness,” she growled, her grip on my arms tightening so that her nails dug into my flesh.

“Not when it’s inside of you,” I purred.

“Do you get off on frightening people?” she demanded and I was guessing she could feel the swell of my dick driving against her, but the way she was parting her thighs made me wonder if she really minded that as much as she was trying to make out.

“I get off on testing people. On finding out what they’re made of and exactly what it takes to break them.”

“Some people will never break,” she growled.

“No,” I agreed, reaching up to brush my hand along her cheek and smiling to myself as I found it exactly where I’d expected. We might have been hiding in the dark, but my awareness of her was too sharp to allow for mistakes in that. “But everyone bends.” I pushed forward suddenly, forcing her back so that she fell onto the coffin, her back arched as she was forced to bend her spine and part her thighs further to allow for the movement.

“Saint!” she cried out and though it was a warning and not encouragement, I couldn’t help but enjoy the way my name sounded as it echoed off of the walls in the dark.

“There’s a way out down here, you know?” I said in a low voice. “Though there are so many tunnels and passages that it’s not easy to find it. But if you tried really hard, you’d come to a second gate. And beyond that, there’s a cave which opens up down by the lake.”

“Why are you telling me that?” she panted beneath me, her hands pressed to my shoulders like she was going to push me off but she hadn’t tried to yet.

“Because if you ever want to take your chance at running from us then I thought you’d like to know how… Of course, monsters hunt best in the dark, so if you do attempt it, you’d better be prepared for what happens when we catch you.”

Tatum sucked in a breath and I clicked the flashlight on again, stepping back as I looked down at her.

She shoved herself upright again, her cheeks flushed beneath the scattering of freckles which lined them and her blue eyes dropped to the thick line of my cock as it pressed against my sweatpants.

“Tempted?” I teased her and her gaze snapped straight back up to meet mine.

“Fuck you,” she growled.

“Not yet, Barbie. I want you begging for it before I hate fuck you and so far you’re only panting.”

“As if I’d want to get anywhere near your-”

“Stop fucking around down here,” I snapped. “We’ve got supplies to unload.”

I turned and headed away from her with the only source of light and she soon scrambled after me rather than be left down here in the dark.

I locked the gate again and hung the key back on the hook, but I pocketed the flashlight. If Barbie wanted