Page 133 of The Darkest Note

“Have you done this before?” I ask gravely.

She swallows and her delicate throat bobs.

I slide my fingers into hers and pin her wrists on either side of her head. The surface of the piano is cold and I rub on her for friction and warmth.

“Answer me.”

“N-no,” she admits, her face flushing an even deeper red.

Damn it. I don’t deal with virgins. They place way too much stock on their first times. Build up fantasies in their heads about spending their lives with me.

But there’s only a moment of hesitation before I throw those worries away.

“You want to do this with me?” I growl.

She gives me a nervous nod.

I didn’t think she could make me break any more of my rules, but here I am. Eager as a freaking bee to get into a honey trap.

I’m rolling her jeans down when my phone vibrates in my pocket. At first, I ignore it. I’m concentrating.

But the phone doesn’t stop ringing.

I squeeze my eyes shut, annoyed as hell.

“Maybe it’s important,” she says.

I look into her face, unsure if she’s trying to push me away so she doesn’t have to do this.

Her hand disappears into my jeans like she owns it and I stare at her with a dazed expression when she takes my phone right out of my pocket and shoves it at me.

I want to throw that buzzing thing off the roof, spread her legs and play her like an instrument until she screams louder than my guitar.

But I can’t.

Because the name flashing across the screen is my brother’s.

Finn wouldn’t call me nonstop if it wasn’t an emergency.

I put the phone to my ear. “Hello?”

“Dutch.”

I stiffen instantly. My brother’s never been the cheerful one of the three of us, but he’s also never sounded that unhinged.

Redhead must sense something in my expression because she sits up right away and closes her legs. The monster inside me grunts in displeasure. I want her to keep those legs open. I want to be her first. I want to get inside her pretty little body the way she’s gotten into my head.

Instead, I grip the phone tighter.

“It’s Sol, man.” Finn sounds panicked. “He tried to commit suicide.”

Everything inside me shuts down.

I can’t wrap my head around those words.Sol? Suicide?

“Zane’s at the hospital,” Finn says. “I’m heading there now too.”

My heart drops out of my chest. “I’m on my way.”