Page 8 of House of Horrors

“Jesus, Nicky. I pick dare. Let’s finish this stupid game.”

Nicky taps his finger against his chin, his face scrunched up in thought. “I dare you to kiss your sexy sister.” He winks at Daisy.

My stomach hardens. “No.” Absolutely fucking not. “I would rather do anything else.”

My best friend laughs. “No, Sir. Kiss your sister.” Nicky dangles the bag of drugs in front of me, reminding me of what’s at stake.

God, how bad do I want to get high? The answer is very badly. “Fuck.” I don’t have any choice.

Nicky continues to giggle like a maniac, always the shit stirrer. I grit my teeth together, ready to strangle the little bastard. “And with tongue,” he adds, managing to somehow make the situation worse. He rubs his hands gleefully as if this is going straight into his spank bank.

“You’re a freak,” I hiss at him.

Nicky blows me a kiss. “We all know you’re one too.”

A tight knot forms in my throat, and I put the bottle down on the ground before walking over to Daisy. I pause, staring at her as if I’m facing my doom, because she’s the worst thing to ever happen to me.

Daisy blinks up at me through her eyelashes, her chest rising and falling faster. My eyes snap to her mouth, watching her teeth sink into her bottom lip. “Hi, big brother,” she whispers, so quietly that I might have missed it if I wasn’t watching her so closely. My cock hardens instantly, temptation and forbidden desire tangling together.

“Your voice is starting to piss me off,” I snap before kneeling on her chair, sliding my knee between her thighs to get closer to her face. I’m too aware that my knee is just inches from her pussy. And of how much I’d like to bury myself in her.

My nostrils flare as I grip her by the throat. I remind myself I’m in control here. Being so close to Daisy sends me spiraling, senses overwhelmed. The sound of her gasp as my fingers tighten around her neck. The way she smells of rose and lavender, delectable enough that I could run my tongue all over her body…

I bring my lips to her ear. “Just so you know, I find you repulsive.” My thumb presses harshly into her jugular before I lean down, crushing my lips to hers, tasting both strawberries and danger. Daisy whimpers, and the sound drives me deeper into madness, into forgetting to pretend that I don’t want this. With one hand wrapped around her throat, the other curls up into her hair, gripping it hard to allow myself to take what I want more easily. Her. Daisy’s lips part and she opens herself up for me. My tongue slides into her mouth. She fists the front of my shirt, her tongue lashing with mine in a moment of dominance. It’s like she wants me.

I freeze against her lips. Both her hands are on me, breasts pushed up against my chest. She’s too close. I’m too close. A gasp slips out before I can stop it. I press harder into her neck to cover my reaction. It’s not enough. I sink my teeth into her bottom lip, intending to draw blood, acting out of anger and a desire to be destructive. But Daisy moans into my mouth, which is enough to snap me out of my stupor. I realize what I’m doing, and rush to pull away. I lean back, and refuse to meet her gaze. I can’t meet her gaze.

Disgust and pleasure curdle in my stomach like lovers.

Clapping starts immediately. “So, how much do I need to watch the full movie?”

I turn, pointing my finger at his head, using anger as my shield. “Shut the fuck up, Nicky, or I’m going to cut off your cock, shove it up your ass, pull it out, and feed your shit-covered cock to you.”

My best friend groans and adjusts the front of his pants. “Stop being mean, or I’ll come.”

I turn around, throwing myself into a chair.

Nausea churns violently within me, my mouth burning from Daisy’s venom. My fingers itch to touch my lips, to feel where she still lingers. For some strange reason, I want to taste Daisy again. Even though I hate her.

My eyes flutter shut. I need to stop thinking about her.

“What kind of concoction do you have tonight?” I ask, trying to steer the conversation back to a safer topic.

“Brother, this stuff is going to make us see new planets. God is going to speak directly to us…” He pauses. “Actually, maybe the devil, in your case. But after tonight, we’re going to be changed men, transcending the planes of this Earth.”

A grin spreads across my face. It sounds like it’s going to fuck us up.

I’m in.

“Can they really make you feel like that?” Daisy’s voice chimes in, and before I can steer her interest in another direction, Nicky beats me to it.

He leans forward. “Daze, they can make you feel everything. You’ll never be the same again.”

“I want to take one too.”

My reaction is instant. I jump to my feet, shaking my head. “Absolutely not.” While I’m happy to make bad decisions, I can’t let her. If Jerry found out about Daisy taking drugs, he would kill me. Literally.

Daisy doesn’t let me stare her down. Instead, she rises to her feet and steps into my personal space. My eye twitches.