Total pages in book: 181
Estimated words: 181613 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 908(@200wpm)___ 726(@250wpm)___ 605(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 181613 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 908(@200wpm)___ 726(@250wpm)___ 605(@300wpm)
Grey comes rushing down the stairs and, upon entering the kitchen, begins coughing like crazy. “Fuck.”
“Help us,” I yell.
He swiftly grabs a bucket from under the sink and begins to fill it with water to pour all over the fires spread around the room. Meanwhile, Levi tries to douse the fire, but another piece of fireworks props up near the front door and the window in the common room.
“She’s trying to roast us alive,” I mutter as I crawl to my feet. “Take care of this.”
“What?!” Levi screams. “Who is she?”
“Aspen!” I yell back, and both of their eyes widen.
Right as I open the door, she sprays a can and lights it on fire. “Burn, baby, burn!”
Jesus Christ.
I sidestep and grasp the door to keep her out, but she’s got her foot inside, and I don’t want to hurt her even though she’s clearly intent on harming us. I guess we deserve it after everything we’ve done.
Still, I can’t let her destroy my house, my life.
“Stop this, Freckles. You’re better than this,” I try to reason with her.
“Bullshit! Y’all wanna see me lose my shit? Here you fucking go!” she shrieks, blasting me with more fire.
And damn, is it hot, and I don’t just mean the fucking fire.
I can barely hold on to the door.
She kicks it in and tries to aim the fire on the old carpets on the wall and all the beautiful tapestries, so I do a triple kick and knock both the canister and the lighter from her hands.
“Aspen?” Grey mutters in shock as he walks into the hallway.
“Stay away, Grey!” I yell. “For your own safety. Just douse the flames.”
Levi exits the kitchen too, coughing wildly. “I put it out, but there’s lots of damage and—”
Laying eyes on her immediately makes him shut up, and he’s not the only one.
Several Phantoms have come down to witness the wreckage, stopped only by the violent rage following her around like an aura of destruction.
I have never seen her this violent, this unhinged.
And my God, am I in love.
She pulls out a knife and aims it at my neck, leaving me with only a split second to grab her wrist. My heart just started to beat in my throat for the very first time in my life. I got this close to losing it.
Damn, what a fucking fiery vixen.
“Freckles, I love your ferocity, but could you tone it down just a little? You’re making me think you actually want me dead,” I say.
“Maybe I fucking do,” she hisses, trying to punch me with her free hand, but I grab that too.
“You can’t win this, but I love the effort you put in. It gets me all hot and bothered,” I reply.
“Fuck you,” she hisses, trying to free herself as I spin her around and wrap my arms around her.
“I love a good feisty girl. It gets me going,” I say as I lock her in tight between both arms.
“I don’t care!”
“You don’t? After all we did in my room? That hurts my feelings. I thought you enjoyed all the kinky shit, Freckles.”
She growls but stops fighting me once she lays eyes on Levi.
“Aspen …” he mutters, completely out of it.
“I have her under control. Are the fires out?” I ask him.
“Yeah. The rest of the Phantoms are throwing all the fireworks out. Was she on her own?” He looks baffled that she did all this.
“I should’ve waited until the middle of the night,” she growls back. “Until you were all asleep and I could’ve burned this whole place down without a fucking blip.”
“You bring any more?” I ask her, keeping her locked in place. “Tell me, or I won’t let you go.”
“That’s all I fucking had.”
I take in a deep breath. Guess we’ll have to see to know for sure.
“I trust you.”
“I don’t trust you,” she hisses back.
Still, I release her and push her away so she doesn’t try anything on me.
She bolts down the steps and gets as far away as possible from us before turning around to scream, “Fuck you all!”
“Yeah? Fuck you right back,” Levi retorts.
I try to shush him as she sticks her middle fingers in the air and waltzes off to her car. She races off, barely staying on the road as she takes a few inches of grass off the campus while speeding out the gates.
“Why did you let her go? Fucking hell,” Grey growls before he stomps his way back up the stairs.
“You think you want her anywhere near you right now?” I yell back. “Goddammit …” I mutter, closing the door. “She was this close to actually killing us.”
“Yeah, well maybe we should’ve just let her.” Levi throws his hoodie back over his head and walks out the door.
“Hey, where are you going?” I ask him.
“I’m done.”
“Done with what?”
“Nothing.”
I don’t even know what that means.