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My hands meet the swollen flesh on his face, lightly cupping his cheeks and lifting his head so he’s looking me in the eyes. “Matt... I’m... I...fuck.” I can’t even process the emotions I’m feeling right now.
It’s my fault he’s here. I had to fall in love with three psychopaths, psychopaths that are all possessive, jealous, and off the fucking rails.
I did this to him. I’m the reason he’s in this position.
I’m like a curse to anyone who gets close to me.
Everyone around me dies.
My parents, my sister, my grandparents. No one close to me gets to live because I am death. I’m the reason they all meet their demise way too soon.
My stomach twists as pain rips through me. The weight on my chest feels unbearable. I don’t know if I'm even breathing at this point. Deep down, I know how this situation is going to work out. There’s no way Matt is getting out of here alive unless I take down the three men who’ve captured my heart. It’s either him or them, I can’t have both.
This is so fucked up, I can’t do this.
“Hands off.” Ace’s voice booms with possessiveness, startling me out of my bubble. I heard his command, but I refuse to let him control me right now. He fucking put me in this situation, I’m not listening to a word he says.
“No.” They wanted to see the darkness in me, and I’ll be sure to deliver. They’ve pissed me off, now it’s my turn to show them the monster I can be.
Ace, Theon, and Blais don’t do anything without reason, without a purpose, but what the hell that purpose is right now is beyond me.
“Zamira.” Matt’s hazy, red-rimmed eyes meet mine, full of exhaustion. “I…I missed you.” The small smile he gives me has my heart stammering in my chest, breaking for the situation we’re finding ourselves in.
Matt’s comment earns a growl from one of them, but my only focus is the man currently chained in front of me.
“What’s going on?” His gaze is floating between me and the three overbearing towers standing behind me.
“Cut the shit, you know why you’re here.” The malice lacing Theon’s voice is enough to make Matt’s body tense up, fear framing his features.
“Zamira, I have no idea what’s happening, you have to help me. Please.” The agony swimming in my chest is pulling me apart. My broken heart still can’t wrap around the fact that they brought Matt here for my test.
My fucking test.
They planned this. They fucked me into oblivion, made me feel secure, like I could truly be one of them, just to fucking take the blade and stab it right into my aching heart.
My body instinctively takes me to the chains binding him in place. I reach up, tugging against his hold, trying to pull his hands free. My short frame is barely able to reach high enough to get to his hands, though. I can feel the heat rising in my cheeks the harder I try.
“Let him go!” My voice is frantic, panicked about seeing Matt like this. Seeing his bloody, damaged face, the despair etching his features.
He’s my best friend. I have to help him.
Before I can continue, a hard chest slams into my back, pulling me away from Matt. Thrashing against him, I kick, punch, and claw as much as I can, trying to escape the strong hold. “Calm the fuck down, Zamira.” Theon’s angry voice could rattle a weaker person, but the destruction I’m promising to wreak isn’t even fazed by his furious tone.
“Take him down, now.” Continuing my fight against his hold, I throw my head back smacking him right in the nose, the crack sounding like music to my ears.
“Fuck! Fucking stop it, Zamira.” My body is at war with itself. Devastation fills me knowing I just hurt Theon, but I’m also remembering how they fucking blindsided me after making me trust them. Making me love them.
“Calm your ass down now and listen, you stubborn woman.” Ace moves in front of me, grabbing my jaw tightly trying to get me to calm down. His fiery green eyes have a storm blazing inside them, showing me a part of him I’ve never seen before. He looks deranged, wild, and unruly.
My body goes slack against Theon, but I level Ace’s stare with one to rival his own. “Start talking.” I like to think I’m a rational person, someone who thinks clearly weighing every piece of information, taking in all the facts before I make a decision, but right now I can’t even think straight. My senses feel heightened, my entire body feels like it’s going to snap in half at any second from the amount of tension I’m feeling, and the betrayal is cutting into my core so fucking deep.
My chest heaves up and down, my hands ball up into tight fists, feeling the rage bubbling inside me. Theon continues to hold me, not trusting that I won’t punch Ace in the face. Smart call. I’d like nothing more than to pile drive my fists into his face over and over again for blindsiding me like this. For fucking me like he cared. For opening up to me, cracking my chest wide open. Only to rip it away the next second.
“Darling, please just listen. Hear us out before you write us off.” Blais’ tender voice rattles me, hearing the worry and concern. My head snaps to him and I wish I didn’t. He’s looking at me like he’s hurting worse than I am from this revelation. Like he’s lost me already, with sadness rimming his eyes.
I pull my gaze away, knowing the longer I look at him, the weaker I’ll become.
“Temptress, we had it wrong.” Ace’s words almost knock me over. This man never admits when he’s wrong, he never admits defeat or apologizes for his actions. “We’re meticulous in what we do. We research, plan, and study each person we bring here, making sure we know everything about them, the crimes they’ve committed, and the lives they’ve ruined.” He looks thoughtful, thinking about what he’s telling me.
