Total pages in book: 116
Estimated words: 111353 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 557(@200wpm)___ 445(@250wpm)___ 371(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 111353 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 557(@200wpm)___ 445(@250wpm)___ 371(@300wpm)
“Good. Then I—”
Grasping my wrist, Ronin snapped his fingers. My bedroom dissolved all around us, and an unfamiliar space enveloped us in its place.
We were in another dorm room, but this one was more on the modest side. No fireplace, no sitting area, and strangely enough, there were scratches all over the walls like someone was clawing to get out, even though there was a door right next to them.
“Boss?”
I whirled around, heart leaping into my throat.
Kazuya, Bruno, and Pravat rose up from their bunks, blinking at us from over their phones.
“What’s up?” Bruno asked.
“Ask Hunter that,” Ronin said, releasing my hand and moving from my side.
I didn’t realize I instinctively tried to hold on until my arm was left hanging in the air, reaching for him. “Ronin,” I asked, taking a step closer to him anyway. “Why are we here?”
“What do you mean why?” I’d never seen him like this before. His voice was so flat—so dead. “Make your choice, Hunter.” Ronin fixed on the guys rising up and climbing down from their bunk. “You said we’re the same— No, you said you preferred them because at least it’d be over now.”
A vise latched around my chest, squeezing the air from my lungs.
“So choose,” he said. “You’re my pet... or you’re theirs.”
“Really, boss?” Kazuya asked. “We can have her? We can do whatever we want with her?”
Everything about those questions made me gag.
“Just ask Hunter,” Ronin replied to them, but bored into me. “Calling me for help that day was the worst mistake she’d ever made. Her life’s been a nightmare since she met me, and she wishes you three had done whatever you were going to do to her that day without my interference.”
He took every word I said, twisted them in his mouth, and then shot them like daggers at my soul.
“Choose.”
I shook—trembling from the tip of my twitching brows to my quivering knees. “Ro—”
“Choose us.” A disgusting, clammy, furry hand clamped on my shoulder. “We’ll finish what we started that day for sure,” Kazuya oozed in my ear. “You only had to beg, worm.”
“Fucking finally,” Pravat crowed. “We’re going to wear that pussy out. Show you how a real demon man does it.”
“I get the first go,” Bruno barked.
I heard scuffling and shoving behind me.
“So?” Ronin asked, his face still shuddered closed. “What’s it to be?”
“Ro— Ro—” I wheezed as the presence of the other two closed in on me. My tongue glued to the roof of my mouth. “P-p-p—”
Ronin’s face hardened to stone. “Seriously, Charlotte? If this is a question for you, then I have my answer.” He turned his back on me. “Don’t worry about your sister. I’ll keep my promise so she can’t be used against you. I’ll protect her even from Lucifer,” he said. “The nightmare’s over, Hunter. You can now remain in the company you prefer.”
Ronin threw open the door.
“YOU!” I raced across the distance, seizing his jacket. “I choose you, Ronin! Please!” Tears clogged my throat. “Don’t leave me here.”
He didn’t turn around. “You’re just saying that,” he said to the door. “You’ve thrown things at me and broken my nose. You clearly despise me.”
“No, that—”
Hands grabbed my dress and collar. “Give it up! He already said you’re ours!”
“No!” I threw my arms around Ronin’s waist, crushing myself against him. “No, please, I didn’t mean to do those th-things,” tumbled out of me. “I have a t-temper— I’m sorry, just—”
“A temper?” Ronin repeated. “Was it your temper that made you lie to me and say you were speaking to Erlik this morning when it was actually that leech Radu?”
My eyes widened.
“Was it your temper that made you say you were going to defy me and let that rat lead you straight into danger?” He grabbed my wrists, trying to pry me off him. “I’ve become a burden to you, Hunter. An obstacle in your ultimate goal to get as far away from me as possible, so let me save you the trouble now—”
“No!” I cried, fighting to hang on to him. “I didn’t mean it! Please, I’ll do whatever you say. I— I— I won’t talk to Radu anymore,” I blurted. “I’ll stay away from Nik and—and—and I’ll get Lucifer to agree to your deal in exchange for the hallows. I’ll do whatever you want so, please...” I grasped his chin, forcing him to face me.
My kiss was light and soaked in tears. “Don’t leave me, Ronin. I want to go with you,” I whispered. “I choose you.”
His gaze burned me where I stood, reducing me to ash. “Say it.”
Lips parting, I said the words that sealed my fate, “Because I’m yours.”
Ronin snapped his fingers, and we were gone.
WE STUMBLED INTO MY bedroom attached at the lips—mine wet and frozen. His rough and hungry.
His hand was under my skirt before the back of my knees hit the bed.