Chapter Nine
XADEN
I feel sick having her pressed against me like she means something to me.
Cas is at my side, staring down his former team.
He wants to make Kellar suffer as much as I do.
Kyle stands there with a look of hurt flashing through his eyes.
I saw her the moment she stepped out of that car with those four fucking cunts, watching her every move, including the one where she turned to the fucker whose days are numbered for pulling a gun on me and hugged him.
This bitch is mine to taunt.
Mine to break.
Mine to fucking kill.
Her lips will be framed above my bed and displayed for all to see. Her brother’s and father’s will hang in my entryway so the moment you enter my house you will know I am the one who ended their sorry ass excuse for a family and eradicated their bloodline from existence.
Masen claims to not give a fuck about her and swears her being fucked won’t bother him or their scummy piece of shit father, but his eyes betray him.
I see the disgust and the hatred he feels, it makes him sick to his stomach seeing me standing here with her.
His nostrils flare and I know it’s taking a fuck load of restraint for him not to charge at me.
I smirk, enticing him to come at me and throw the first punch.
I beg him without words, relishing the thought of feeling his bones break and hearing his cries of pain as he begs me to stop—but I never will.
I’ll drag out his death and make sure it’s slow and he feels every ounce of pain as I peel his skin from his body.
Masen opens his mouth then snaps it closed when Kyle pushes in front of him and tries to stare me down. I scoff at his effort. If that piece of shit thinks he can intimidate me with a look, he is fucking mistaken.
“Leave. We have a game in a couple of weeks and I’m not letting…
this,” he motions to me and the bitch in my arms, “ruin our chances of a rematch.” His words strike a chord in me.
I hate to admit it but I know if Coach found out I got into another brawl with these cocksuckers, he wouldn’t risk his job by putting me on the ice.
He drops his gaze to her and shoots her a look I can’t decipher, which just pisses me off.
I pull back, grip her arm and drag her ass away.
When we reach the parking lot my anger has reached it’s peak, I’m fucking livid that I turned my back on a fight.
I’m no fucking pussy and never back down, but I did tonight and I fucking hate how that feels.
The little bitch tries to yank her arm free, but I don’t release my hold as I continue to drag her toward my car.
I hear Cas trailing behind us like I knew he would, he’s always by my side.
“Xaden, let me go,” she shouts.
I don’t look at her as I answer, “Shut the fuck up, Tink.” I’m mere feet from my car when the sound of a gun cocking has me stilling. She slams into my side and I feel her hideous eyes on me but don’t move as I speak.
“Unless you have a death wish and want the Reaper to take you out tonight, you’ll get the fuck in your car and fuck off.
” She snaps her head to the side and looks back the way we came.
She stiffens at the sight behind us. I roll my neck side to side and brace for the fight I’m itching to have.
I keep my hold on her as I turn to face the cocksuckers who came into my town and think they have the right to challenge me.
The four of them stand there in a line. I spy Cas out of the corner of my eye, moving his arm but that cunt from the other day who showed up to SU shifts his gun toward him making him pause his movements.
“Let her go and no one dies.”
“Carn, put the gun down.” I squeeze the bitch’s hand, loving the sound of the whimper that comes from her. That fucker Carnage snarls at me.
“Hurt her again and it won’t be my brother killing you.
” The cunt’s mirror image adds. I look between the both of them and suddenly feel bad for their mother, that she had to be subjected to two of their disgusting faces each day of her life.
Carnage is a twin and it appears his brother is fond of the fairy as well.
“She’s mine to do with as I please,” I force out through clenched teeth. “I’m giving you one last chance to walk away in one piece with your lips still attached to your face.” She sucks in a sharp breath beside me. I love the fear I invoke in her.
“Let’s do—” She cuts off one of the other bastards as she spins in my hold and faces me. I refuse to look down at the cunt. I feel sick already touching her and the sight of her face will make it worse.
“I’ll go with you,” she breathes out.
“Toren, that is not the plan.” She looks back over her shoulder at the fucker holding his gun. I could pull my own out and threaten to kill her, but I’m curious to see how far these fuckers are willing to go for this bitch. It seems the cunt has friends after all.
“I know, Carn. I’m not letting any of you get hurt because of me. I’ll be okay.” I snort. She needs to stop making promises she can’t keep.
“Get in the fucking car, Tink,” I hiss, then release my hold on her.
She obeys like the dog she is and ignores those fuckers calling out to her.
I face the four of them and make sure they can see the devil inside me and know I’m not some motherfucker to be trifled with. “Get the fuck out of my town.”
“You have no idea who the fuck we are and what we are capable of.” I run my gaze over them, not finding anything that stands out or even indicates who the fuck they are.
“We are the Denver Kings,” the cocksucker holding the gun adds.
I keep my outrage from displaying over my face, that little cunt went and shacked up with the enemy.
How the fuck did Kellar know who they are?
“And you have no idea who the fuck I am and what I am capable of. I’m the don of the Devlin Cosa Nostra and not some fucker you want to piss off, unless you want to wind up in a fucking ditch with no lips,” I warn, then turn my back on the motherfuckers and climb into my car.
Cas stalks off to get his bike and I don’t stick around to wait.
I plant my foot on the gas and leave those assholes in my dust as I head into town.
Her presence alone is suffocating and the smell of citrus wafting toward me from her shampoo has my stomach rolling.
I roll the window down just so I can breathe.
I’m fighting against everything inside me not to wrap my hands around her neck and choke the fucking life out of her.
When her time comes, I want her to look me in the eyes so I can watch as the life slowly drains out of her.
“Where are you taking me?” Her voice ruptures my blissful state of picturing the ways I’m going to kill her.
“Shut your mouth. The sound of your voice is going to push me over the edge and it’s taking everything inside me right now not to strangle the fuck out of you.
” I’m met with silence. I blow out a breath and try to calm myself.
I don’t know why I brought her with me. I should have left the cunt behind, but the look on her brother and Kyle’s faces egged me on.
I wanted to show them that she is under my control.
I don’t realize where I’m going until I pull into the rink parking lot. I kill the engine and just sit here staring at the building that was meant to grant me my freedom. The bitch makes the first move and climbs out of the car. I watch as she bypasses the front entrance and heads through the back.
“Fuck,” I snarl as I slam my hand down on the steering wheel.
I hunger to feel her blood coating my hands as I carve her skin.
I can picture the sound of her screams and groan, my cock hard at the thought.
“Yeah, she’s gonna die tonight,” I vow as I step out of the car.
I wanted to save her for last, but Masen has training first thing in the morning and I can only imagine the look on his and Kyle’s faces when they walk into the rink and see her mangled corpse lying there lipless and lifeless on the ice.