Page 26 of Wonderland Asylum (Wonderland Killers #1)

TWENTY-FOUR

Maybe something is truly wrong with them, and I've refused to see it, and maybe something is wrong with me too, because I'm dripping with need.

-Presley

Kai rubs my bottom lip again reverently. "Yes, we plan to keep you."

"I want to be kept." I whisper confidently against his fingertips, but on the inside I'm

a mess.

Doubt tries to rear its ugly head, because it’s one thing to have sex, and another to have a relationship. My only question is why now? It’s been two years.

I swat his hand away. "Kai, you can't say things like that to me if you don't mean them."

Grabbing me by the back of my neck, he pulls me to him. "Have I ever lied to you? I took your fucking virginity for Pete's sake!"

I shake my head. "No." I'm nervous about seeing Gunner. My voice is a hoarse whisper. "Even so, let me go."

Reluctantly, he does. "I'll never fully let you go, Pres. You need to realize you'll never be able to escape us."

My core tightens at his declaration. Do I even want to escape them? No, but that doesn't mean I'm just ready to jump into a full blown relationship with them either.

We have familial ties, we can't just do whatever we want. Choices have repercussions, what would ours be? I've already slept with Kai, if I do the same with Gunner it'll make things even more complicated.

"I'm scared," I say honestly.

He nods. "I am, too, and although he'd never admit it, so is Gunner. That doesn't stop the fact you're already ours. And the next time I'm going to fuck you so hard that I fuck all that doubt right out of that pretty little head of yours."

I groan into my hands, which makes him laugh. He's always had such a mouth on him. Such a wonderful beautiful mouth. Kai's so much more experienced than I am, both of them are. That was most assuredly a good thing while he took me in the shower.

His body stiffens when my phone pings with a text. "It's awful late for someone to be texting you, Pres."

For the love of God, don't let this be Leo.

Kai hands me his phone before taking mine out of my lap. "Feel free to look through mine because I'm about to return the favor."

Throwing his phone down, I try to take mine back. I don't want him to see any of my chats with Leo or any of the other guys from my Twisted account. I forgot to log out last night.

I'm so tired of his bullshit." Give it back, Kai! "

"No." Is his only response as he scrolls through my phone with one hand, then holds me back firmly with the other.

I panic when his thumb lands on the dating app. "You damn Rugby Neanderthal!! Just because we had sex doesn't mean you can just violate my privacy."

It's no surprise that he doesn't say anything to me. He's too busy being a nosey dick for brains.

Kai's so strong. That little reminder on a normal day would probably make me combust in an orgasm on the spot.

Tonight, however, my backbone is feeling kind of rowdy. She's been thoroughly fucked, and wants to come out and play.

I try with everything in me to break out of his hold, but he's so gloriously muscled. The further he goes down the rabbit hole of my messages the harder the line of his mouth forms.

He's looking at every slutty picture I've sent via the Pixie Hollow dating app, Twisted. Thank God, I didn't have the guts to send full blown nudes.

Covering my face, I cringe on the inside. I don't want to think about what his response will be when he gets to the videos. This night couldn't possibly get worse.

"Can you at least tell me who it was that texted me, Asshole?" I shout in desperation.

"It was just Gunner, telling you to get your pretty ass inside the house," Kai says through clenched teeth. "I can't wait to show him all of this." He adds with a ghost of a smile. Making him look every bit the sexy devil that he is.

Yeah, that's a no for me. Without a thought or even a warning to him, I bite down hard on the hand that's holding me back. The iron taste of blood eases into my mouth, and his craziness must be rubbing off on me because I don't hate it.

Kai yelps in surprise, and throws my phone in the process. I jump as the sound of glass breaking fills the silence. My phone slammed into the windshield breaking the screen into a thousand pieces.

The window fairs much better, but a crack is now visible, and directly in front of Kai. "What the absolute fuck, Pres!" He yells.

I don't wait for the full force of his reaction. Jumping out of the car, I run into the house. Then lock the door to buy me some time.

Getting to Gunner first is my only priority. I need to explain myself to him before Kai's big fat mouth makes it worse.

"Gunner," I scream into the darkness of the entryway.

"I'm in my office," he yells back.

Shutting the door, I lock it as well. Worry is written all over his face when he sees that I'm out of breath and frantic.

"What the fuck is going on?" He grabs a gun out of his side drawer and pushes me behind him.

"Stop!" I scream. "Kai's being an ass, so I was running away from him. Don't shoot your brother."

Gunner turns his baby blues on me, making my heart lurch even more inside my chest. "What did he do?"

Biting my lip, my gaze dips to the floor.

"He took my phone and saw some questionable things that weren't for anyone else's eyes.

We had a scuffle, I may have bitten him, so that he would stop and I could get to you before he did.

Let's just say, my phone is shattered, and his windshield is cracked. "

As my lips form the last sentence my anger returns. How dare they treat me like a child!

Placing my hands on my hips, my gaze lifts to his in cold hard fury. My stepbrothers don't get to tell me what to do anymore. I'm a grown ass woman and my inner goddess may be shaking, but she is done backing down and doing their bidding. I have done nothing to be ashamed of.

Aurora Jane has told me for far too long that I've given them too much power over me. Not anymore. Sex has given me a new attitude. I’m more confident and less likely to take their shit.

Kai breaks into the office seconds later. He wastes no time pushing me up against the wall for the second time tonight. He's so very good at it, and I don't exactly hate being his victim. Damn his pheromones.

Taking my hands he places them above my head. I'm not scared of him but danger is lurking in the shadows of his beautiful blue eyes. So, I need to tread carefully.

"You little brat." He growls.

"Guilty as charged." My lust filled voice is foreign even to my own ears.

"You bit me." He rubs his erection against my belly, because he liked it.

Maybe, I do too. Why does he affect me this way? “Want me to do it again?”

“Maybe.”

"Stop being a sadist, Kai."

He licks my lips making me almost beg for more. "Never."

Gunner's gruff voice rumbles throughout the room. "Stop pawing at her like an animal, Kai. What's this even about? Let me see the phone."

Reluctantly, Kai has to let me go. He takes my shattered phone out of his pocket. A smile grows on my face. He won't be able to see anything, and it'll just be my word against Kai's.

Gunner's face remains neutral. Making his way back to his desk, he opens his laptop. I walk close enough that I can see his screen. They've been tracking me. Not only monitoring my own laptop but also my phone.

"What the hell, Gunner? Y'all have been stalking me!" I shout.

Like storm clouds rolling in, his blue eyes have turned a light gray. His tone is clipped with barely contained anger. "No, we've had the means to do so, but chose to give you your privacy. It seems we were wrong in allowing you your freedom."

My blood boils at his condescension. My mind shuts off and all that remains is my blind rage.

Taking the nameplate I bought him for Christmas off his desk, I send it spiraling across the room to the glass cabinet that displays his awards.

The glass breaks, and shatters at Kai's feet. Parts of his face and arm are cut by my wrath. Before I can tell them I'm sorry, Kai looks behind me at his brother.

His smile is feral in a way I've never seen. The sheer intensity of his emotion has me feeling like a caged animal. It’s funny how quickly anger can turn to fear.

This can't be good. My heart pounds in my ears, what will the consequences of my actions be? And will I like my punishment?

Facing my fears, I turn around slowly. A scream dies in my throat at what I find. Standing within a stones throw of me, is my stepbrother wearing a Jason mask.

I back up towards the door when Kai joins his brother. An identical mask now covering his face, my scream is shrill when it finally makes its way out.

Kai turns off the only light in the room, but the moonlight cascading through the window is light enough for me to see. They are clutching knives in their hands, and when they start walking toward me, I rush out of the room.

I stumble a couple of times because Kai turned off every single light before he walked into the office. Did he know this was going to happen?

Running directly towards the front door, I grunt in frustration. I can't get out. There's a lock at the top I've never seen before.

Tears fall down my face, because I'm confused— scared—every emotion. The blinds and curtains are drawn so no moonlight can guide me. I’m alone in the dark, with two men that have always protected me.

So, why are they wearing the masks they know I hate? And why do they have knives? I don’t like horror movies, and now I’m in one.

"Please, don't kill me!" I cry.

My heart lurches, and I scream into the darkness when Gunner whispers in my ear. How did he get so close without me hearing him? "Never, Little Lamb, but you must be punished."

Kai holds me in place, I’m in front of them, with no hope of escaping.

"Now run!" He commands. Apparently they like the chase.