Page 237 of Mortal Sins

“Uh uh,” Snod grunted, grabbing his brother’s arm. “You’re not going.”

“What?” Athaliah exclaimed, growling indignantly. “No fuckin’ way! I’m not staying here!”

“You’re not fit to hunt,” Ephraim reminded him grumpily, pointing at Athaliah’s eye. “You will

endanger us all.”

“Suck my dick, fathead! Rees is over there coughing up his fuckin’ lungs and you’re letting him go!”

“Athaliah,” Snod pressed. “You’re staying here.”

“For once, I totally agree with your brother,” Lorenzo said gently. “Mark this day down on your

calendars. Holy crap. But seriously. This is super freakin’ dangerous. Like, bungee jumping into a

Sarlacc pit dangerous.”

“Okay, first of all, you say that like I’m supposed to know what that means—” Athaliah snarled,

baring his teeth viciously.

“Star Warswas already out way before you were kidnapped!” Lorenzo protested passionately.

“—and second of all,” he raged on, “if any of you think I’m letting you leave me behind, you’re all out

of your fuckin’ minds! There is no force on God’s whole damn planet that is gonna fuckin’ stop me!”

He crossed his arms firmly with a furious glare, daring any one of them to take on his challenge.

In the end, it took all four of them to drag Athaliah into the bedroom. He bit Lorenzo, kicked Ephraim

in the stomach, and scratched Snod’s face. Rees managed to remain unscathed, finding a pair of

handcuffs and securing his wrists to the headboard.

Snod didn’t immediately understand why his brother had handcuffs or why Lorenzo was blushing so

hard when he saw them. He’d worry about that later.

“I love you, dear brother,” Snod said. “I promise we’ll come back for you.”

“I love you, too,” he grumbled, narrowing his eyes. “I am so kicking your ass when I get out of these.”

“I look forward to it,” Snod declared, scowling when Lorenzo leaned down to not so sneakily steal a

kiss.

“We’ll be back, I promise,” Lorenzo assured Athaliah, tenderly touching his cheek.

“Totally kicking your ass, too,” Athaliah said sweetly.

“I kinda like it when you hurt me,” Lorenzo gushed, waggling his eyebrows playfully. “Although I’m

kind of digging the cuffs on you... maybe we can switch up, huh?”

“Wait... the two of you... you’ve been... With thehandcuffs? Oh, for the love of all that is holy,” Snod

sputtered, groaning in disgust. “Let’s fucking go!”