Page 27 of Dark Prince

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“RISE AND SHINE!” THEcurtain flies open, as Cordelia wakes me up with her chipper voice and the fucking sun. I pull the pillow over my head and groan. “Where are we?” She asks, jumping on the bed, which makes me jostle around.

“Five more minutes.” I mumble.

“Oh, so I can take the car?” She asks as I hear the sound of the keys jingling. I pop up out of the bed and reach for them only for her to hop backwards off the bed and run across the room. Her hand touches the doorknob. “See ya later gator.” She rips the door open and sprints down the hall.

“If you make me chase you little deer, you won’t like the punishment.” I hear her stop and smile.

“You know, you’re completely unfair.” She stomps back towards the door as I sit on the edge of the bed waiting for her with my hand held out.

“Unfair or not, I will make you scream. Whether it’s from pleasure or pain is your choice.”

“Ugh,” she groans. “I don’t want pleasure or pain, my entire body is battered. I need a couple nights to recoup dude.”

“Your pussy was made to take a beating.”

“No, no it was not. I think I have chapped lips, and not up here.” She says point to her face.

“Keys.”

She crosses her arms and I feel my eye twitching, “I think I’ll drive.” She tucks them into her pocket and smiles. “Also, what’s with the baggy clothes again?” She points down to the grey sweats and large black sweater she’s wearing.

“It was either that or the towel I carried you to the car in. You’re lucky one of my dads’ had a go bag in the back.”

She moves closer to me, eyeing the hand that I still have up for the key, waiting for her to hand it to me. “You know, you’re a bit of a control freak?” She rubs her finger on her chin, “We’re going to have to fix that, all of this toxic masculinity is a bit overbearing.”

“Toxic masculinity? Little deer, this is timid to what I could be doing. You’re lucky we stopped at a hotel because I was tired. Otherwise I’d have you locked in my room, tied to the bed while I make you scream out my name.”

“This is not timid anything Axel baby. Do you know who’s unhinged?”

“You?”

“We’re unhinged. You know, one of these days I’m going to get you to do it.” She claps her hands. “No you did it wrong big boy. We’ll work on it later! Let’s get back so you can take me home!” Take her home, she’s thinking of her own house, but my little pet isn’t understanding this wholeshe’s minething still. “Come on, I still have to work and I need to go home. I can’t keep wearing all of these baggy ass clothes.” She pulls at her shirt, and I open and close my hand, telling her to come here.

She moves towards me, not even bothering to watch me, it’s like she’s off in la-la land as she steps closer. Her mind somewhere else instead of right here with the psycho in the room. She really does love living on the wild side of life. I snatch her hand and drag her to me, using my free hand to reach into her pocket and get the keys before her head comes back to reality. I pocket the key and let her fall into my lap, where she truly fucking belongs.

“Tell me little deer, when you say going home, you realize it’s no longer the four walls you once occupied, right? Your home is now by my side.”

“I swear. You just can’t let a girl do her own thing?” She asks, leaning back against me. “I like stripping, I like my house, I love killing. And I spent a lot of money on my basement to make it my safe space.” She sighs.

“Then after the wedding, we’ll find someone to make a room in the house for you to feel safe.”

“Can’t we just live in my house?” Then she sits straight up and pushes off my lap, turning around to face me so fast her hair whips her in the face. “Wedding?”

“Yes, don’t remember little deer, you told me yes.” A dark grin splits my face as I lean back on my hands, look up at the pissed off pet before me.

“I-uh-no I did not. I told you to apologize.”

“I apologized little deer, and you said yes.”

“I am not fucking marrying you! We don’t even know each other!” She punches the air and kicks her feet as she storms through the room cussing and mumbling like a lunatic.

“We’ll get to know each other after.” That sets her off, coming to a full stop, her head snaps to look at me, nostrils flared and the devil in her eyes. My little deer has gone dark, bring it on baby. A laugh slips out of me as she runs towards me and I catch her just before she jumps on me, flipping her to the mattress.

She makes a cutehumphsound and then starts laughing. “You're too much Axel Mazitti.”

“And I can't get enough of you Cordelia Crawford.” Bending down, I sink my teeth into her neck, forcing her to push her chest up into me.

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