Page 249 of Chaos Kills

I thought bitches were bad, but Torin and Reeve act as though…I ripped their whole world apart.

And I did.

Fuck me.

I haven’t even made it into the house yet, standing in front of the massive mansion and beginning the five steps up to hell because Daddy Dearest decided to get the whole gang together tonight.

Torin.

Reeve.

Cairo.

And Ozzy.

Who’s been up my whole ass since the other night and doesn’t allow me a bit of fucking peace except when I go pee or shower.

On the porch, I stare at the pristine white door and just continue to do so.

“How quick can you eat?” Ozzy comes up to my side, keeping a bit of a distance away, and he doesn’t answer me. “I don’t want to do this, Oz.”

The crickets chirp around us, coaxing me back to safety and solace, but I don’t follow their lead.

I go along with what I told Emilio I would do every Friday night and continue with the plan Levi and I set out.

“I’m here,” Ozzy whispers, and it’s sweet but not resolving anything.

“Every time I come here…I miss my dad even more. The fact he’s gone…and Emilio is still here, alive and breathing…I can’t make sense of it all. Why someone so good has to be taken away and someone so evil gets to stay.”

I inhale and try to settle my nerves. Even though Ozzy has been doing the least in the talking department, I’m getting used to him being around. Surprisingly, Mae hasn’t chased him away yet, and it’s impressive he hasn’t tried. I’m not sure what’s come over him lately, but maybe the other night he came into my bedroom and I spoke about trust means he’s trying.

Moving forward, I knock on the door, which is immediately opened by a middle-aged butler, and step inside the foyer.

Just to find Cairo waiting for me with his hands pulled behind his back.

He’s in an all-black dress shirt that’s unbuttoned on top, and matching slacks with his hair combed to the side in this casual-dangerous little vibe that makes him look equally delicious and dangerous.

“I’m surprised you decided not to use your kingly powers and skip this thing,” I divulge, feeling Ozzy come up to my side again.

Cairo ignores me and glances at his brother. “Do you mind giving us a second?”

Ozzy wastes no time giving up his close distance of me and heads for the dining hall while the butler has fucked off somewhere.

Meanwhile, Cairo’s dark brown eyes slowly pilot back to mine, and I feel as though I’m about to get into serious trouble with the way they’re glimmering with animosity.

I just don’t know what I did now.

Cairo jerks his head in a gesture for me to follow. On instinct, I don’t move.

Not yet.

Boys are dangerous creatures with weird ideas, but I find myself always attaching to one of them because girls are bitches.

And this boy and I have not had the best relationship to date.

However, I’m in Emilio’s house, so what’s the worst that could happen?

Slowly, I erase the space between the two of us and step inside the room.

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