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“Shut the fuck up,” he grinds out, his tone thick and gravelly.
“Crew?”
“I said shut your mouth.”
My head shakes, trying to get his hand off my mouth. “No! I won’t shut up. Get off me!”
Finally, he frees his hand from my mouth, crossing his arm over the one still wrapped snugly around me.
“You’re really grating on my nerves, Scar.” His voice is a whisper against my bare shoulder.
I, on the other hand, do not whisper at all. “You’re lucky I didn’t bite a chunk off your hand, asshole!’
“That’d be more desirable than listening to you run your mouth.”
I laugh sarcastically. “Oh, would it? Cover my mouth again. We’ll see how desirable it is.”
“You never shut up, do you?”
“If holding me in place is in any way an attempt to calm me down, you’re failing miserably. As soon as you let me go, your face will meet my fist.”
“In that case, I better hold you here all night. This face is too pretty for those knuckles.”
He’s chipping at my patience and trying to get a rise out of me.How the hell did I ever find this guy charming?
Getting bored with this entire waste of time, I humor him. “What do you want, Crew?”
“To talk to you.” He’s still whispering for reasons unbeknownst to me. “Come with me.” He slides his feet, carrying me right along with him.
My body convulses as I try to fight him off. There is no way in hell I’m going farther into the dark tunnels with him. “No! You wanna talk, then we can do it above ground with witnesses.”
My feet leave the ground as Crew tosses me over his shoulder, hauling me away as if I’m weightless. I can’t see where we’re going, but we’re moving quickly, and I hope like hell he’s memorized these tunnels.
“You’re hiding from them, aren't you?”
His only response is a blown-out breath.
“I knew it. You don’t want Neo or Jagger to know you’re associating with me at all. So why do it? Why not just leave me the hell alone?”
“Shut up!”
His outburst jolts me and I say nothing as he pulls something out of his pocket that turns the lights back on. He was the one who shut them off in the first place.Jerk!
I stay quiet for the rest of the walk and Crew does the same. I focus solely on every turn, instilling it to memory, in case I need to retrieve it later.
We turn left. The map continues down the wall.
Another left and the map ends. There’s two wooden doors. One on each side and each with their own unique design etched in them. The only light is at the very end of this row and I’m grateful we’re headed toward it.
Right. Passing by another door.
Minutes have passed. Ten, maybe?
What’s behind these doors?
Left again.
Dammit. I give up. There is no way I can remember all this.
