Chapter 25
RUNO
Dad had sounded a little odd on the phone. Not the kind of odd where I thought he was terrified out of his mind at the mess I had left but more like odd as in he wasn’t as terrified as he should have been. Did he know I was leaving this for him?
He couldn’t have.
I had planned too well.
And if he had known, he would have never stepped inside.
Killian: Ready to act innocent or would you like to switch?
“Fuck off, Killian.”
The others started arguing, telling me this was a horrible idea but it wasn’t their choice.
This was one of the last pieces of the puzzle and I had to play this part perfectly.
Taking a deep breath, I slowly pushed inside Dad’s house, making sure to stay just inside the foyer so that I didn’t touch anything.
Dad turned in his chair from the kitchen, his face a mask of despair and betrayal. “I’ve done a lot of shit for you, defended you, covered for you, and this is what you do? Digging up your own goddamn doctor? Runo, when does this end?”
I guess he had figured by the amount of blood along the floor and walls that I had brought Dr. Harley here first. It had been a masterpiece, watching Slash display his craft.
Even Aeron had come along, the both of us entranced by the slicing of flesh, a deadly dance that held us captive until the very end.
When we moved the body to that little eatery, no one even thought twice to truly check the body. Dad was still covering for me but the mixture of Dr. Harley and Samael’s blood had everyone on edge. Where was Samael? Was he alive? Had he left town?
People slowly lost hope over the week, Tyrone and other officers grilling me regarding my whereabouts.
I played the perfect little journalist, broken that my lover had died.
When people asked who I thought did it, I never answered.
I just let the cards fall where they may, the unrest in Primrose the perfect distraction to finish my plan.
And now, it was time for us to finally reach the end. Or pretty close to it.
I definitely thought this moment would have come sooner, Dad waiting an entire week to come back to the house but it made it better.
Things had rotted. The stench in here was awful and I had even left Aeron’s freezer open so that the entire house was thick with the scent of death. It was almost too perfect.
Dad’s eyes burned into me, his hands trembling. “I knew you were twisted, but… killing your own boyfriend? Where is he? Where did you put his body?”
“That’s the fun part, isn’t it? I put him everywhere.”
“What do you mean everywhere?”
Something about my father was off but I pressed forward, knowing I only had a few minutes. “I said I would bring hell to you. I told you I would make it hurt. You started enjoying it, though. Eager to clean up my messes, I know you did!”
He leaned forward, his face twisting with anguish. “I never enjoyed this part of you. Where is he, Runo?”
“I told you. Everywhere. I scattered him across Primrose. I want you to fear that every time they find something, it could be the man you trusted most and the man who loved me.” I dug around in my pocket and pulled out the other finger I had saved from Brent.
It had been my lucky charm for the last couple of days but it was only to serve a purpose.
I tossed it across the room, my father catching it and then dropping it on the ground.
I had made sure to steal one of Samael’s rings this morning to make it more believable, although the investigation would discover it was just more of Brent.
Dad’s eyes burned into me. “How could you? That… you loved him?
I held back a laugh, a rough knock on the door causing me to slip into the persona I had practiced all week. The door swung open as Tyrone yelled ‘police, put your hands up’.
This is my cue, I told the others and then I screamed at the top of my lungs, a high, panicked wail that echoed off the bloodstained walls. Tyrone stopped just inside, confusion riding his expression as he lowered his gun. “What the actual fuck happened here?”
I dropped to my knees, shaking and screaming, and blubbering through an explanation as I played the scared son to perfection.
“I came home to check on my dad and found all this!” My voice cracked as I forced tears down my cheeks, my hands trembling for effect, but inside, the thrill was a dark, sensual fire growing by the second.
Tyrone’s gaze flicked between me and Dad, his gun lowering further as he called into his device for backup.
Then he turned his attention back to Dad.
“You’re under arrest. Chief, really, what the fuck?
” He stomped over and handcuffed my father before twisting to meet my shriveled form.
“I had no idea he was doing all this. No wonder you’re messed up, Runo.
God, you’re going into shock. We need to get you out of here. ”
Killian: Nailed it.
Finn: 10 stars. Encore. Truly.
Daemon: The tears sold it.
I waited for Dark to weigh in, a little terrified that maybe Dark had morphed into one of the others. And then he surfaced, the same horny bitch he always was.
Dark: We better get some dessert for this. Like two helpings. Double-stuffed. Did someone tape this because I think we should watch it with our men so they can give us the encore we deserve.