Luring Light - K.E. Osborn Page 0,60
then let out a loud shriek shoving the box away from me. It falls off the end of the table, the contents dropping on the floor, the bloodied heart landing with a sickening thump on the floor, rolling a few times before coming to a stop.
I stand, wiping my bloodied hands on my leggings in an attempt to get the blood off me as Void, Voltage, Ominous, and Nycto rush over to the commotion.
Void hurries to my side, but I throw the rose at him, then shove him in the chest. “Why! Why would you send me this? Whose heart is that? Is that Dash?” I scream at him, gaining everyone’s attention.
Frown lines crease Void’s forehead, but he doesn’t say anything. Instead, he simply looks from me to the heart on the floor.
“Fuck you, Void! I get we’re both twisted, but killing Dash is not okay.” I storm off, tears welling in my eyes.
I need to get away from him right now.
I can’t believe he did this.
I make my way to my room, the tears won’t stop falling down my face. I know Void and I are in this discovery phase of our relationship, but that? That shit’s taking it too damn far.
Dash was my friend, and Void killed him.
I’m just not sure if I can ever forgive Void for this.
VOID
Adrenaline spikes, not only because Ivy has taken off believing this is from me, but because it’s obviously another package from the same assholes who are targeting me, and now they’re coming for Ivy.
“Voltage, grab the heart and do some testing. You and Nerve do whatever you need to do to figure out who it belongs to,” Nycto calls out, then turns to me. “Void, you need to get your head in the game right now.”
“This is from the same people who are targeting me, I’m sure of it.”
“It’s a threat… a warning. You need to take Ivy and go to a safe house. Talk to Demon from Savannah, use theirs, it’s far enough away to get you out of town for a while. It’s between Savannah and Tampa, so if you meet any shit, either of the clubs can come to you. Both of you are obviously not safe here.”
I roll my shoulders. “Yeah, just gotta convince Ivy.”
“First step is telling her you didn’t send it. After that, it should be easy, brother.”
I grip his shoulder, then spin, taking off for the stairs.
“Someone get Dash on the line, make sure he’s okay,” I hear Nycto call out as I run down the stairs.
Ivy’s sobs echo through the Bricking Room as I enter, and it rips my heart apart because she assumes I could betray her like that, but also because she’s that bent up over Dash.
It stings.
But I have to accept, in some way, she cares about him.
As I walk to her room, her eyes lift to meet mine, and she curls up her lip. Instantly, she hurtles one of her calming candles at me. I swerve out of the way when she unleashes it at me.
“How could you, you sonofabitch? Dash was my friend! I get you’re jealous that he has feelings for me, but killing him and sending me his heart? What in the actual fuck were you thinking? You egotistical, maniacal, fucked-up coward! Urgh!” She throws another candle my way, this one barely missing, then she flops on the bed in a huff.
Walking over to her as she softly cries into her pillow, I sit beside her to pull her into my arms. She tries to pull away, but I won’t let her. “It wasn’t me, Ivy,” I whisper.
She sniffles, stopping her aggressive movements as she glimpses up at me. Wiping under her eyes, recognition clicks over her features. “The box wasn’t from you?”
I shake my head. “It was a threat.”
She pulls back, her eyes widen as she gasps. “Shit! What does it mean?”
“It means we need to leave. Go somewhere safe.”
“But won’t whoever sent it just find us?”
I tense, but try not to give myself away. “Hopefully not.”
Her eyes begin to water again, her bottom lip trembling. “Was the heart…”
I reach out for her hand. “We aren’t sure whose it is. Voltage and Nerve are checking it out now. It might not be Dash.”
She closes her eyes, letting out a long exhale. “Fucking hell!” She sniffles again, opening her eyes, looking right at me. “I’m sorry I blamed you. The lingerie… the rose… I thought—”
“It’s okay. I’m not mad, but I do need you to