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A flood of emotions swirls inside of me, and it’s nearly impossible to keep my composure. I want to scream and cry and kill that asshole for killing her. For letting me believe for even a second that The Reapers had something to do with her death.Why would he kill Alex? What fucking purpose would taking my little sister’s life serve?
The moment the answer hits me, my mouth goes dry.Me.He took her to get closer to me. To drive a wedge between me and my men. If Alex weren’t missing, would I have ever trusted that bastard?Fuck no.He knew the only way to get close to me was to take something important from me and place the blame on the men I love.
A mixture of rage and shame blossoms in my gut.How could I be so stupid?How could I ever trust him? How could I ever think Ezra would kill her? All he’s ever done, allthey’veever done, is try to protect me. And what did I do in return? I fought them. I hurt them. And I betrayed them. It’s no wonder they haven’t come for me.Why would they?
“Why?” I ask, wincing at the sorrow laced in my voice. I know the answer, but the sick masochist in me wants to hear it from him. “Why did you kill her?”
“You know why.” He retorts, cocking his head at me. “Without her disappearance, I would’ve never been able to get close to you. Her death was unfortunate, but necessary.”
I glare at Dimitri and am thoroughly disgusted with what I see. There is no kindness in his icy blue eyes. No hint of humanity. Nothing.
“What do you want with The Reapers?” I ask, tired of his games. “You barely know me. There has to be more to this for you.”
Dimitri laughs as he slowly circles around me. “That is the age-old question, isn’t it?” He muses. “I hate to disappoint you, but I don’t want anything. Wanting leaves room for disappointment. So no. I don’t want. I take. I force. I consume. I don’t want anything from The Reapers, but I will take everything from them. Starting with you. So I’ll ask again, one last time. Agree to be my wife or die an excruciating death. The choice is yours.”
Every single cell in my body wants to explode on him. To lash out and throw everything I have at the asshole. But I stop myself short.
Reacting without thinking is what I always do. It’s what led me down this path of destruction and, ultimately, it’s what brought me here. If I want things to play out differently this time. If I want to avenge my sister and save myself, I need to stop and think for once.
Dimitri has the upper-hand, and even without these ropes on my wrists, he and I both know my hands are tied. If I agree to his proposal, I’ll never be free of him. I’ll be forced to live a lie with a man I despise for the rest of my life and have to constantly pine for the four men that truly have my heart. If I deny his proposal, he’ll set this place on fire and I’ll die down here. But it’ll be on my terms and I’ll no longer be a pawn in his fucked up little game.
So I choose the only route that I can choose. The only choice that feels right in the sea of past fuck-ups that brought me here.
I choose to burn.
