Instead of angry and powerful, he was weak and wheedling, pulling anxiously at my sleeve.
“We have done what you wanted. Youwilllet us keep this land, won't you?”
“We’ll, see,” I snarled, “Keep to your end of the bargain.”
But as I strode after my sister, letting her run a little so I can taste the feel of my domination under my tongue, I knew I had no intention of keeping that bargain.
That church signed a death warrant the minute I found out what they had been doing to Gracie every week since she turned 18.
But the men who run the Eye of Nimhe have been the most powerful people in the county, almost untouchable in their dominion.
Until now.
Sheneeds to be punished for what she did to me, but that’s for me and me alone to do.
Theywill be obliterated.
The pure pleasure of the hunt suffused me as I stalked out the door and into the forest.
My primal instincts seemed to kick in with each step I took, like I can hear Gracie’s heartbeat pounding through the woods, calling to me like a siren,
I’m here
I’m here
I thought I knew where she’d go to.
My sweet sneaky sister is going to want to hide from me as soon as she can.
Because she feels that need pulsing off me.
She always has.
It’s always frightened her.
And she made a valiant effort to escape.
But now, she will have no choice but to submit to me.
There are a few light footprints along the riverbank, and I follow them right along to where there’s a little hideaway under the path.
I can almost taste my sister’s skin under my tongue, smell that lavender and lilac soap she uses.
“Caught you, Gracie.”
My hand wrapped around one ankle, then I yanked her out, dragging Grace through the icy stream before pulling her over the hill and onto the grass beside me.
She was filthy with mud and muck and as I yanked her up her long skirt caught, tangling around her hips so the whole expanse of those soft creamy legs was exposed all the way up to where very modest flowered panties stretched over her round cheeks.
I gripped the fabric and ripped her panties off, giving her creamy little round cheeks a quick hard spank, watching as the skin turned pink under my palm.
Then I flipped her over on her back.
The sight of her beautiful face after all these years, the big soft gray eyes, long thick lashes, and full, plump lips, made me pissed as fuck, and I put a hand around her throat and tightened my fingers, dragging my stepsister up and against a tree.
“Nice try, angel. But you’d have to kill me to get away. And you didn’t.”
Big, fat tears filled her eyes, clumped in those thick eyelashes.