Chapter 66
CHAPTER 66
NORTH CAROLINA
A dria moved through the rooms that had a few hours earlier been wall-to-wall with people. She walked through the dark spaces, previously filled with light and laughter, and sat on a piece of furniture that wasn’t hers. Nothing around here was hers.
Tomorrow, the staff would remove everything and put her home back together.
They would load out tables, chairs, art, and pedestals. In a few hours’ time, it would be like the party had never happened.
Jonathan would leave her alone. The Triune were out of her life. Bryson, Kaydon and Seth would walk out her front door.
Things would be back to normal.
Adria hugged her knees into her chest. Acutely aware of how much she didn’t want normal.
Opening her email, she found the numbers from Frances.
Landen Fitzwilliam
6. 5
Chet Brester
3.75
Ignacio Canty
3.6
Boaz Broussard
4.8
Teo Polaris
outbid
Lawton Kemp
4.68
Violette Mackinley
3.9
Winton Alford
4.5
Charlene Barton
5.1
Brett Bertam
3.9
Ely Corneilius
5.95
Emilee Tillman
5.1
Kate Johnson
5.8
Annabelle Jorgenson
6.99
Adria scanned through five pages of bids. Some were on the higher end of what she was used to. Other than Teo, she had three other “outbids” meaning they were willing to outbid the highest bidder .
Alert Kate Johnson that she is the winner. Arrange for transport first thing tomorrow.
. . .
The three dots appeared and disappeared several times. Frances no doubt struggling with whether to question her decision. Finally, she replied.
It’s done.
Good girl.
Adria’s body sank into the couch. A peace coming over her. She had promised Bryson she would sell the three of them to Vega, Teo’s buyer. But the three of them would be safest with Elena, whoever she was. The boys were trained, the auction night had proven that. Her mother was safe.
Getting her mother back, weakening the Nine. None of that would be worth it if any of them were hurt in the process.
Maybe someday she would see her mother, maybe she wouldn’t. Adria wasn’t as sure as she once was. But one thing she was certain of, she would never forget the time that she had spent with the three of them.
Lust was consuming. You rise into the sky trying to feel more, moving closer and closer until you’re left burnt and falling apart.
But she wasn’t falling.
For the first time in her life, she felt whole.
The boys hadn’t taken from her. They had given. Just like she had given herself to each of them .
And she didn’t regret it.
She didn’t get anything she wanted, and yet she felt like she had everything.