He frowns, tipping my head back, exposing my throat. Perhaps he plans on tearing it open with his teeth like the monster he is.
“I thought you said they were shooting at Jude?”
“According to the shooter, sure, but I didn’t know that when the elevator doors opened, and the bullet came racing toward us. It was only because Ben stepped in front of me that I’m even here. The bullet hit his shoulder, which just happened to be head high for me. So maybe Jude was the target, and I was collateral damage, or maybe, despite what the shooter said, I was the target all along. I only have the words of a dead guy to go off.” I sniff, looking at a spot over his shoulder. “Think about this, though, I’ve known about you and Jude for a year. I’ve never used it against you or treated you differently because of it, so what would I have to gain, barring these fancy rope accessories, by telling you now?”
He continues to stare at me, his hand at my throat, tightening enough that I can feel the pressure pounding in my head. Dipping his face closer, he presses a gentle kiss on my lips, making me jump in surprise. Out of everything he could have done, I didn’t expect that.
He lets go abruptly, and I suck in a lungful of air as he circles around me.
“Why should I trust you? You’ve been bouncing between us, playing brother off brother. Maybe you decided it would be easier to get rid of one than have to choose?” he murmurs darkly.
I can’t help it, I laugh. Even when he grips my hair and yanks my head back painfully, I can’t help but chuckle.
“And you assume I’d pick you?” I choke out.
His eyes flare at my words. Oh, he doesn’t like that.
“Tell me, Kai, did Jude tell you what I taste like when I come?” I taunt.
He releases me as if I burned him, but only for a moment. He bends and grabs my Henley at the three little buttons at the collar. Before I can say anything else, he rips the material down the middle, exposing my stomach and purple lace bra.
“Temper, temper. Are you mad because your brother went there or because I let him? I have to say, the things he can do with his tongue had me almost begging him to fuck me.”
I watch as his chest heaves up and down, his fist clenched tightly at his side as he stares at my chest.
“You chose him?” he growls, his anger leashed only by the weakest of threads.
“Up until an hour ago, I would have begged, borrowed, and stolen for a chance to have you both, but now you can both go to hell. I’d rather fuck Zodiac than let either of you touch me again.”
“Oh, see now that’s just not going to work for me,” he mocks as he kneels in front of me.
He slides his hand up my calf and over my thigh, gripping me tightly before he leans forward and sucks one of my nipples through the lace of my bra. As much as I want to throat punch him, I can’t deny the fission of heat that wraps itself around me, slicking my core.
I wait for the familiar feeling of shame to wash over me, but when it doesn’t, I figure I might be just as messed up as he is.
“Move your hand, Kai, or I’ll remove every single offending digit even if I have to use my teeth to do it.”
“Kinky. But don’t worry, babe, your pussy is safe for now.”
I growl as he stands and moves behind me. A second later, I hear the snick of a knife, the sound amplified by the quiet. I feel the ropes go lax and then my arms are free.
“You can take your for now and shove it. You won’t be getting anywhere near my pussy. I’d suffer the agony of barbed wire panties if it means keeping you out.” I pull my arms free and rub my wrists as he kneels again in front of me to cut my feet free. The urge to kick him is overwhelming.
As if sensing where my mind has gone, he closes the distance between us once more, gripping me by my neck and yanking me toward him, his mouth at my throat.
“You say that, but we both know if I slipped my fingers inside you right now, I’d find you