Page 146 of Circus From Hell

“I think I love you too,” she whispers.

“Think? That’s not high praise, Stitches,” Micha laughs.

“Well, before you guysss, I didn’t understand the feeling. I’m pretty sure that’s what I’m feeling right now, though.”

“What exactly are you feeling?” I ask, stepping closer.

She pauses, searching our faces. “Fulfilled. Definitely happy. Oh, and horny.”

“You’re always horny,” Spiral scoffs, to which she shrugs.

“I know Sssoren and Ssspiral love me. What about you two?” She points at Micha and me.

“Are you kidding?” I press a sloppy kiss to her cheek. “You know I love you, Karma. You’re not getting rid of me now or ever.”

“Good,” she sighs happily. “What about you, Sssoul Guardian?”

“Do I really have to say it?” She raises an eyebrow and makes an adorable grabbing motion with her hands. He accepts them with his own and says, “Yes, Stitches. I love you as well.”

“Aw, I love you boysss too.” She pulls me and my brother in by a grip on our cheeks, giving us both a heated kiss on the mouth. “Your turn.”

I can’t stop myself from laughing, but Micha doesn’t hesitate to grab me by the back of my head and smother my mouth.

“Love you, Pipsqueak.”

“You know I love you too, big brother.”

“We love you as well, Daddy,” Spiral says with a shit-eating grin, grabbing Soren’s hand. He smirks back down at the clown.

“Yeah, Daddy,” Micha mocks, and Soren turns his unimpressed face to him. I smother my laugh with the back of my hand.

“Don’t you start, Micha. How are we supposed to keep these two maniacs in check for the rest of our lives?” He throws his thumb at Spiral and Karma as they giggle and whisper words along the lines of ‘Daddy’s angry’ and ‘Daddy’s a grump’ back and forth. “We can hear you, you know? You’re not exactly subtle.”

“Really?” Spiral pulls a face. “I thought I was the most subtle out of all of us.”

“For fuck’s sake.” Soren sounds annoyed, but he’s fighting the smile from his face. “Let’s just agree. We all love each other. We’re all going to grow old together.”

“And we’re all going to fuck for every second of the rest of our lives,” Spiral adds.

“You have no excuse now, mutt. Karma’s magic pussy doesn’t need to stop the pain. Which means you want to fuck her because it’s her,” Micha says.

“Damn straight I do.”

“So, what do we do now?” I ask, looking around the dark room.

Micha furrows his eyebrows. “Obviously leave. We have the car packed and ready by the trailer.”

“But we don’t have anything to run from. We could actually plan something. Like a place to stay.”

“Karma and I haven’t explored,” Spiral whispers, tugging on one of her pink bells. “How about we all go exploring?”

“I’d rather we settled down somewhere,” Soren announces. “Somewhere safe and warm. Preferably away from civilisation.” Karma parts her lips to protest, and he quickly adds, “Yes, we’ll bring you people to hunt.”

She claps excitedly. “Thisss will be fun.”

“I do have one place we could go,” Spiral suggests.

My stepbrother taps his chin exaggeratedly. “Let me guess. Somewhere dark, creepy, and deserted?”