Chapter 3
I watch the way Jagger plays with his lip ring, his tongue darting out wetting his lips, he tenses up, something he does when he’s anxious.
“So what do we do about her?” Jagger asks, gulping slightly like he’s afraid of my answer.
I’ll admit Tenley stumbling upon our little fun at the cemetery isn’t ideal but when I realized who she was, I knew I could control the situation. Fear is a powerful tool when you use it right.
I’ve given lots of thought about what to do with Tenley, the advantage of knowing everything about her makes for an easier, more fun plan. The idea of toying with her seeing how much I can control her excites me, my cock getting hard is just a bonus.
The one thing Tenley can’t escape is the one thing she’s trying her damn hardest too .
I need the control, I’ve always been a hothead, act first, think later. It’s kind of my motto.
But seeing how she not only has my balls in a twist but the others too, I know it’ll be a bloodbath if it comes down to it.
Not that we’ll necessarily kill each other, no our bond is thicker than that. Even though I’ve had my entire life to get used to the idea of sharing with my brothers, it's still going to take some getting used to. Sue me, I'm fucking human.
We’d gone our entire childhoods knowing the end game is her,
we’d grown up with the power of honouring our paths, being committed to our legacy and one day taking our father’s places.
The only problem with that, she had no fucking clue who we were.
I blame my father, his egotistic persona, banishing Victor and Elizabeth all those years ago. Whatever they did to her, she’d forgotten Monarch Prep entirely, along with us.
I’d make her remember me, no matter what it took.
They’d left without a trace taking our final piece with them, but now she’s back and nothing even my goddamn father will take her away from us again.
“So what’s the plan, do we get rid of her?
” Neo asks, even though he knows that’s the last thing on anyone’s mind, tossing his knife in the air and letting it land and stick into the table below him.
Like the others Neo is anxious. I know him well enough to know how his brain works.
He’s antsy, he needs a release, we need to hunt, something we’ve been careful with since that night in the cemetery.
I know why he’s asking, she no longer remembers anything, the oath, the commitment made between us, it would be easier to replace her but we all know we’d spill our own blood before that happened.
Fucking Cranford killing our buzz for one minor slip up. Okay, okay it is a massive fucking slip up, but what we’re we supposed to do let him touch her? Nah fuck that.
“She needs to go,” Zephyr says, the concern in his voice accelerating as he begins pacing the room, the veins on the side of his neck pulsing. He knows as well as I do that’s not fucking happening.
“No.” I grunt.
“Silas.” He warns.
“You know the reason why.” I state.
Zephyr grinds his teeth before shaking his head. There’s no escaping the future, what our fathers deem fit for us.
Tenley has a role to play, just like us.
“You know as well as I do she’ll ruin everything, everything we’ve been working for,” he states. Not entirely true, she's the final piece to our puzzle.
“She stays.” I grind out, giving Zephyr one final glare.
“She doesn’t even remember us,” he grinds out, throwing his arm up before running his fingers through his hair.
My word is final and Zephyr as much as he hates it will follow it, just like Tenley will follow every order I give her.
Being a Creed has its benefit, with my father as headmaster my reign to rule Monarch prep is absolute.
Nothing happens unless I say so, not that anyone would dare question my leadership.
I may carry my father’s last name but I’ve proven time and time again why I deserve the top spot. I’ve earned my right to be our leader.
“No, I have a better idea,” I reply with a grin giving the other guys a little insight into my brain and my plan.
Zephyr's head snaps in my direction then he lets out a little chuckle. “We play?”
“Yeah we play,” I grin with my own chuckle.
“Fuck, I cant remember the last time we got to play.” Neo grins widely.
If Neo means play with Tenley, not since we were kids.
“I want her to fear us, she needs to understand who's in charge. We have to make her fucking petrified,” I say gritting my teeth.
It’s the only way to keep her in line, at least until she’s fully compliant. If she’ll ever be.
“She didn’t see our faces, we can leave her alone. I don’t want to hurt her. Anyway that guy had it coming, we know what he is going to do to her,” Jagger croaks, rubbing his hands over his knees, the movement doing little to calm the war brewing inside him.
“You know leaving her alone is not an option,” I remind him.
Jagger may be one of us but he’s built differently, unlike Neo, Zephyr and I. Jagger may do what we do but he does it to follow orders, we fucking enjoy it.
“She’s ours, I know but I don’t want to hurt her, please,” his face falls knowing I won’t back away.
“I know,” I tell him, grabbing his face turning it sideways until those submissive eyes of his bore into mine.
“Leaving her alone isn’t an option, you know that.” I remind him.
He gulps trying to ease his panic. “B-but,” he stammers before lowering his head.
“Don’t make this more than it is Jagger, you always do as I want, why the change?” I throw my arm around his neck.
His eyes home in on mine once again before he swallows.
“I don’t want her to get hurt,” he admits.
There it is. The reason Jagger is so adamant no harm comes to Tenley.
One look and she has him by the balls already. I almost want to laugh but I know just as well what power she can hold over all of us.
She always had.
“She won’t.” I promise him, a grin slowly spreads on my face, his face falls seeing the look.
“Okay maybe a little,” I smirk.
“Silas,” he murmurs,“ he was going to hurt her.”
“So we’re fucking heroes not murderers,” Neo says, clicking his tongue.
Zephyr chuckles along with him.
I’m not sure that's how anyone will see it, we take justice into our own hands, doing what is expected of us, what we were born to do, dishing out punishment to those who got away with their crimes. The guy at the cemetery came as a surprise, we didn’t go looking for him like we usually do, we watched him as he followed Tenley right through the gate, she of course had no clue she’d had company, before he even got close we struck him forcing him away from her.
We all knew what he was thinking. What he wanted but fuck if we were going to allow him to touch what didn’t belong to him.
“Let’s just forget him, he’s worm food now anyway.” Zephyr grunts.
Moving in front of Jagger again, he looks down at the floor almost ashamed of his words. I rest my hand on the back of his neck. I crouch down in front of him until we’re eye level. I gently lift his head so he looks at me. Knowing Jagger’s struggles after his mother, I choose my next words wisely.
“I can’t….We can’t take that chance. Anyway, it's just a game, nothing more.” I tell him my lips ghost his forehead before I leave a soft kiss to his temple. I don’t miss the heady sigh that escapes him.
Jagger knows our game, the Monarchs have used games for generations. It’s always been the way we do things.
“Just the game, We won’t hurt her?” Jagger asks.
“We won’t hurt her but we will make it so she’ll have no choice but to obey us.” I nod to Jagger calming his worry.
Zephyr’s lips kick up at the corners at my words, while Neo twists his knife between his fingers, his tongue darting out wetting his lips while he watches Jagger and I.
Jagger knew as well as we did what had to be done, there’s no other way.
The energy in the room shifts.
Neo and Zephyr eye me cautiously, I refuse to let them see the darkness swelling inside me.
I want to hurt her.
Mark her .
Ruin her.
Own her in every way possible.
After my last few encounters, I knew the girl she showed the world is not who she was inside.
No, my new step sister is more wild than she lets on. I didn’t miss the way her nipples grew hard while my fingers took her breath away.
She was fucking soaking and loving every minute of it.
“This isn’t any ordinary girl. My stepsister is defiant and could talk at any time. We need to cover our tracks and try not to fuck up anymore.” I emphasize.
That statement makes Neo stare at me.
“Defiant huh? What did you do?” Neo asks, cocking an eyebrow at me.
Shit, I may have said too much.
“Silas, Truth or dare?” Neo sneers.
Fuck, I think I know what’s coming next but I have to answer him, thats our rule. “Truth” I reply.
“Have you fucked your stepsister?” Neo asks me, moving his tongue along his bottom lip looking at me while raising his eyebrows.
Before answering I grab a bottle of whiskey from the locked cabinet my father keeps his expensive collection in.
“Not with my cock.” I reply with a grin and took a big swig from the whiskey bottle.
“What do you mean, not with your cock?” Neo asks, his tone changing as I sense more tension building in his voice.
“I fingerfucked her. She’s tight but I managed to get three fingers into her. She tastes as good as she feels.” I hiss, remembering the taste of Tenley on my tongue before taking another swig. She definitely isn’t a virgin, but I'd say it’s been awhile since she’s been shown a good time.
Her virginity was supposed to be ours, but with her gone that changed everything.
“You just had to, didn't you?” Zephyr chuckles .
I shrug, no use in denying it.
“You greedy bastard, I thought we were going to wait?” Neo snaps angrily at me.
He’s just pissed I had her first.
“I’ll do whatever I want with my step sister.” I empathize with the last three words.
“You’re sharing right?” Neo asks, raising his eyebrows, waiting for my answer.