Page 21 of Sin Like the Devil

She isn’t the victim.

She’s the fucking predator now.

Catching my breath, I force my voice to steady. “I’m not a scared girl anymore. That person died alongside her best friend. But you’d know all about that, wouldn’t you?”

The smug grin that overtakes his expression is yet another kick in the teeth. I’ll surrender every ounce of power I’ve carefully cultivated here for the chance to wipe it from his goddamn face.

“How is your precious friend?” Lennox taunts as he straightens. “What was her name again?”

Not even the distant sound of Doctor Galloway calling for security stops me. Hurling myself at him, I’m determined to drain every last drop of life from his veins.

Just like he did to me.

Just like he did to her.

“You know her name!” I tackle him to the thickly carpeted floor. “I hope her memory haunts you both!”

The sound of Raine’s shouts doesn’t stop us from battling. We tangle together and roll, both grappling for the upper hand. I know he won’t go down without a fight, but any ounce of self-preservation I had has been obliterated.

I don’t care about survival right now. Fuck the countless lives I’ve sacrificed to protect my own worthless hide. I’ll give it all up for the chance to draw blood. To repay him for the life he so cruelly stole.

Lennox Nash deserves to die.

And I want the privilege of claiming the kill.

Knuckles crunching and skin splitting, I inflict as many blows as I can before the thunder of security approaching causes me to falter. Lennox is beneath me, a stunning curtain of blood pouring from his split eyebrow.

“You’re in my institute now.” I lean close to whisper menacingly. “This time, I’ll be the one to take everything from you.”

“Like hell!” he roars.

“Be afraid, Nox. Be fucking afraid.”

With my parting shot fired, I let my body go limp. I’m easily plucked off him and dragged backwards by two guards. A bubble of hysterical laughter inches up my throat, and I gladly release it.

“Take her to the warden’s office!” Doctor Galloway demands. “Now!”

“She’s a psychopath.” Lennox swipes dribbles of blood from his face. “Put her in solitary and throw away the damn key.”

“You’ll be joining her for inciting violence, Mr Nash!”

Poor, foolish Galloway.

She has no idea what she’s dealing with. Lennox and his sadistic best friend only speak the language of violence, and a night in a padded cell won’t ever change that.

A pair of hands loop under my arms, then my ankles are seized. Lifted into the air, I don’t even fight it. Trying to run from Harrowdean is futile. Its irrevocable sickness gets us all in the end.

As I’m carried away to whatever punishment lies ahead, all I can see is the slight upturn of Raine’s lips. It isn’t happiness contorting his features. Not even amusement. He just heard me attempt to kill his friend.

And somehow…

He looks impressed.

CHAPTER 5

RAINE

ALL THE WAYS I COULD DIE – ARROWS IN ACTION

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