Chapter 5 #3
They had us, and the smug grin on Wolf’s face said he knew it. The idea of these two having any power over me made my skin crawl. There were times to fight, though, and as much as Cassie would disagree with me, times to roll over.
“What do you want?” I asked, sinking back against the couch. In my periphery, I saw Cassie’s attention snap to me, but I grabbed her wrist, giving her a warning squeeze.
“You want to fuck around with frat boys so much?” Rogue said. “Well, guess what? That little stunt just won you both the status of little sisters to Omega Dicksolon.”
It was both better and worse than I’d expected.
Better because I’d seen Wolf take a baseball bat to a guy’s knees firsthand.
Worse, because the last thing I wanted was to be anywhere near frat boys, let alone Wolf.
I didn’t know what the hell a little sister was, but the name alone promised degrading humiliation.
“You can fuck off!” Cassie erupted beside me.
Wolf glanced at Rogue. “How the hell do you date her?”
Why was he going along with this? Rogue’s “punishment” was clearly going to require Cassie and me to be around the frat.
And I knew damn well he didn’t want to be around me anymore than I did him.
I could only think of one reason for him to do this: to humiliate me and make my life hell.
And he had all the means to do so because he knew me, my weaknesses, what made me tick.
Cassie went to rise from the couch, like she was about to fight both of them. God, she had no self-preservation. I dug my nails into her arm.
“Fine,” I said.
They wanted their pound of flesh, and we were going to have to give it to them. We had no other choice.
“Good.” Wolf shot Rogue a grin that I wanted to slap off his face. “Looks like we have two live-in servants for the next month.”
Wait! What? “Live in?” I asked, my acceptance from moments ago harder to hang on to.
He raised a brow, as if challenging me to argue. “That going to be a problem?”
“For a whole month?”
“That’s what he said, isn’t it?” Rogue answered.
Over my dead body would I spend a month living with Wolf.
I couldn’t. Emotionally and practically.
Not to mention, I couldn’t sit around for a month and not earn extra money.
And like hell was I doing anything illegal under their noses.
I couldn’t give them anything else to hold over me.
I—my parents—would be right back to square one, with the bank knocking at their door.
I crossed my arms over my chest. “We have school.”
“Last I checked,” Wolf said. “Our house is closer to campus than this place.”
“And work.”
“Again. Our house is closer.”
I couldn’t stay there. There had to be some way to get out of a month-long sentence. “And I need to go see my parents every other weekend.”
One of his dark brows lifted. “Are you aware that you’re fucked? Because you aren’t acting like it.”
He was right. We didn’t have a choice. They were calling the shots.
“Fine.” I pushed to my feet, dragging Cassie with me. “Give us five minutes to pack.” I knew Cassie had far more to say, but I kept my nails buried in her skin until we were in my room.
When I slammed the door closed, she glared at me, rubbing at the marks I’d left on her wrist.
“We are not going?—”
“That video—” I pointed in the direction of the living room—“could get us sent to jail, Cassie! Certainly expelled.” I reached under my bed, grabbed my overnight bag, and tossed it onto the mattress.
The second I had seen Cassie with those pills, I knew it would end badly, but I’d ignored my gut instincts that night.
I’d been lured by money, and now I was a fish flopping on a hook.
I paced the short distance from the door to the window, then back again. A month under their roof. “They have a loaded gun to our heads.”
Cassie huffed and dropped onto my bed. “Wish I could point a gun at Rogue right now,” she mumbled.
I stopped and looked at her. A gun! That was it. We just needed one of our own. Not like Wolf and Rogue didn’t have plenty of skeletons in their closets. And we’d just been invited into their house, where I could search every single one.
I sat on the bed beside her. “They said we have no proof that they deal drugs. We’re about to be in the perfect place to get it,” I whispered.
Knowing Wolf, he was on the other side of that door, listening.
Her eyes narrowed. “Surely they wouldn’t be that stupid.”
I deadpanned her. “Rogue told you where his stash was.” If that wasn’t stupid, then I didn’t know what was.
“No, they’ll hide the drugs, but they will be there, in that house, because Wolf and Rogue actually are drug dealers, Cass.
” Unlike us. “But they need to believe they have the upper hand, and we’re beaten.
So, we are going to suck it up for now. Eat Rogue’s shit sandwich until we can throw it in his face. ”
“God, I hate this.” Cassie buried her face in her hands with a groan. “You know I’m not good at being…well, not me.” It was akin to asking a lion to be a vegetarian. It was only a matter of time before it went on a killing rampage.
Although if Cassie were anything less than psychotic, Rogue would get suspicious. “Okay, just be you. If you’re nice, he’ll know we’re up to something, for sure.”
A smile pulled at her lips. I could only imagine what devious plans she was coming up with.
“For now.” I went to my dresser and yanked open one of the wobbly drawers. “Pack a bag, and expect the worst.”
I crammed a few T-shirts into the bag, and she pushed to her feet. “And what about our—” she air quoted—“‘extracurricular’ activities?”
I felt guilty for being mad at her. Cassie had risked her neck multiple times to help me get money, even before the drugs.
Hell, she didn’t have to give me that five hundred bucks for doing basically nothing.
And now, she was worried about how this would impact my ability to keep helping my parents.
I eyed the closed door. “We won’t be there for a month.
But that five hundred bought me some time.
I don’t need to worry for a couple of weeks.
” That was a lie. I always worried. Was always trying to get ahead on the debt my dad’s illness had landed my parents in.
With people relying on me, I could never afford to come up short or be complacent.
“Okay.” She turned for the door.
“Cass,” I said, and she stopped. “Thank you. For trying to help me.”
“I’m sorry I got you into this mess.” The moment the latch clicked behind her, I collapsed onto the bed and let my shoulders slump.
Even if we found a smoking gun fast, this was going to be horrendous. I imagined all the ways Wolf could hurt me. All the parties, the girls I’d have to watch him flirt with… I inhaled several deep breaths. I grow calmer with each breath I take.
I knew I was going to suffer. What I had to make sure of was that Wolf wouldn’t get the satisfaction of seeing it.