Page 85 of Circus From Hell

“Thank you, Soren. Can I hug you?”

“I’ve never had a hug.”

He smiles and steps into me, wrapping his slender arms around my waist. His head reaches below my chest, and the smell of apple shampoo from his curly hair drifts into my nose. It’s an odd feeling being hugged. My arms move to gently embrace him back, and he sighs.

“This is nice.”

I don’t say anything. I’m not sure what to say. Arlo is the first person to ever hug me, and I’m scared I’ll hurt his little body if I squeeze him. But it’s nice. I’m enjoying it.

He leans his head back to look up at me, the distant rising sun shining a beautiful orange glow across the side of his face. His green eyes sparkle like the torment of the night has been washed away. I hold back a curse at the feeling of my hearts racing.

Shit. More emotions?

I dedicated myself to Karma the moment she sucked my cock. But if she’s obsessing over these boys… There’s no reason why I can’t too.

There are a lot of mixed emotions between the group, ones I’m struggling to navigate.

“Did you like that?” he asks as he takes a step away, and I quickly wrap my arm around him to tug his body back to mine.

“It’s tolerable.”

He laughs, putting his hands to my chest. “Tolerable, huh?”

“Maybe more than tolerable,” I grunt, and his smile widens.

“See? I broke through Karma first, then Micha, and now you.”

His words hit me in the chest. I’d consider myself, maybe Karma, as the leader of this little group. But I think Arlo is what’s kept it running.

“Next you’re going to tell me you’ll be hugging Spiral.”

Anger melts away the happiness from his face. “Don’t joke.”

“What lovey-dovey shit are you two on?” Micha grumbles as he ducks out of the tent, hair mussed and voice gravelly.

Shit. Micha looks irresistible too.

Getting my dick sucked clearly didn’t do a good enough job of knocking the horny out of me because why am I thinking about holding these stepbrothers by the head, side by side on their knees, so they can both devour my cock at the same time?

I clear my throat and step away from Arlo before I let my emotions run wild. I don’t miss his frown or the way Micha tracks the interaction.

“I’ve got a job for you,” I announce.

“Let me guess. You want me to pick up this secret ‘thing’ for your pet clown?”

Arlo looks between us. “What’s this?”

I smirk and pat him on the head. “Go with Micha and find out. The circus will be getting up soon, so I suggest you two get out of here and come back tonight with my gift.”

CHAPTER TWENTY-FOUR

SPIRAL

10 Years Ago

“Good fucking luck finding someone else who will put up with you, psycho,” Matron says as she throws my one small bag onto the pavement. Her husband kicks me in the back, shoving me down the stone steps to land on my hands and knees.

Pricks.