Kings of Anarchy (Brutal Boys of Everlake Prep #3) - Caroline Peckham Page 0,172

smirked, catching my hand and pulling me down to sit beside him on the bed with a heavy sigh.

"I thought it would feel good to have the right target at last, but somehow it just drags up all that hate and anger again," he growled. "It makes me worry that I'll hurt the wrong person...like I hurt you."

"You won't," I swore, looking into his eyes as I vowed it. "You won't, Blake."

"Do you really have that much faith in me after what I did to you?" he asked, his voice rough.

"Yeah, I do. Because even if you destroyed every member of Royaume D’élite, they deserve it Blake. I saw what they are. I saw what they do," I seethed. “It wouldn’t matter which one of them you destroyed, none of them are innocent." His jaw ticked furiously and I reached out to brush my thumb over his cheek to calm him. "So don't worry that you'll hurt the wrong people, because you won't. We've found a bee hive and we need to destroy them all until we find the queen."

"Or the king," he pointed out and I nodded.

"Yeah. Whichever bastard of a monarch runs that place is responsible for releasing the Hades Virus. For everything that happened to my dad...to your mom."

He swallowed hard, his adam's apple bobbing and I leaned in to kiss him.

“Stay,” he murmured against my lips and I nodded, wrapping my arms around him. It had been too long since I’d lost myself in my golden boy and after the night I’d had I wanted to drown in his light, the two of us battling the shadows away together.

He fell back on the bed and I curled up in his arms, tiredness dragging at me already as he stroked my hair.

“You’re the best Bond girl there ever was,” he murmured into my hair and I breathed a laugh.

“What?”

He chuckled softly and the sound made me grin. He started telling me about how him and the others had assigned each other action movie roles and I was giggling as he told me about Saint calling Monroe the old timer.

“He’s not old,” I laughed, slapping his chest.

“And I’m not the rookie,” he said firmly.

“You’re such a rookie,” I snorted and he clutched me tighter with a growl.

“I’m James Bond dammit,” he insisted and I gave in.

“Alright, so what would my Bond girl name be?”

“Your first pet and your mother’s maiden name,” he said simply.

“Isn’t that your porn name?” I frowned and he shrugged. “Well…I don’t know what my mother’s maiden name is and I don’t really care either so I’m going to stick with Rivers for the second part. But I never had a pet, we moved around too much for it to be possible. I did go to a school that had a class goldfish for a while though…”

“That’ll do. What was it called?” He prodded me, still grinning.

“Jeremy,” I announced and Blake burst out laughing. He grabbed my hips, wheeling me on top of him.

“Come here Jeremy Rivers, I’m gonna ravage you,” he growled and I laughed, leaning down to kiss him so a curtain of my golden hair fell around us.

“Ravage me in the morning, James Bond, I’m exhausted.” I flopped down beside him and he wrapped me back in his arms.

“That’s a promise.” He kissed me sweetly and I sighed as my eyes fluttered closed.

“I’ll even make sure your cocktini is shaken not stirred,” I murmured and he snorted a laugh.

“Just you wait for me to plough into your Octopussy,” he said before switching the light off. I had the biggest smile on my lips as I fell asleep in Blake’s arms and I knew no one but him could have made me feel this way after a night in that hell hole.

***

I woke to a heavy cough coming from Kyan's room and my heart juddered as I blinked against the light pouring in from the window. Maybe I imagined it…

Another loud cough made chills run through me and I pulled away from Blake, getting up.

“What’s going on?” he asked as he woke.

Kyan coughed again and my heart thumped out a frantic tune against my ribcage.

"Brother," Blake gasped, jumping up and stepping toward the bathroom door to make his way through to Kyan's room. I snatched his arm to hold him back and realised I was shaking, panic ripping up the centre of me.

"I'll check. It's not safe for you to go in there if -if-" I couldn't get the end of that sentence