Page 57 of Monstrous Lies


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I hear Akuji’s low, growling voice. “She’s very sexy when she’s ordering me around.”

“Oh, for fuck’s sake,” I snap as I rip open the door and let myself inside.

Grime is sitting in his usual spot with a drink before him and money spread across the table, which he is counting. He blinks in shock when he sees me. “Speechless for once, I see,” I tease as I shut the door behind me. “What? Not happy to see I’m alive?”

“You failed your mission, so it didn’t matter if you were dead or not, but I’m glad to see you’re not dead and we all have what we want. You won’t be getting your cut though, you understand?”

“Cut?” I act dumb, tilting my head.

“The girl, they got her back through the walls themselves, well, with some help from me—”

“What?” I snap.

He gets to his feet and stares me down, but I’m used to dealing with monsters now, so I just glare back. “You really thought I wouldn’t follow you? That I wouldn’t protect my back and what you knew? The entrance was far too precious to leave in a young girl’s hands. No, I knew it, and I allowed them through the wall. Whatever they did after that, I don’t care other than the fact that they came back with the cargo and paid me.”

“You saw her? The cargo?” I demand, ignoring the detail that he followed me. I was an idiot to think I had this all in hand, assuming I was the only one. I’ve put everyone at risk, including Akuji and his people. Thoughts of them, of the friends I’ve made there, flash through my head, but that’s something to deal with after. Right now, I have to focus on saving Talia, because if the humans have her, she’s in imminent danger. I know the lengths of their madness and cruelty, and it won’t just stop with the monsters.

“Aye, she was dragged back to their HQ.” He shrugs, giving me information without realising it.

“The research tower?” I murmur with a frown, wondering why they took her there, but he just grunts.

“But you’re back now. Want another job?” He grins. I turn to leave, having received what I wanted, but he catches my arm when the door is half open. “Don’t ignore me, girl. I own you.”

Before I realise it, I turn, cock my arm back, and sink my fist into his ugly face. He stumbles back with a howl, and I slam my booted foot into his cock, sending him to his knees as he roars. “I belong to no one,” I hiss right in his face as I hit him again, knocking him to his back.

“I’ll kill you for this! I’ll let them do everything they wanted to—”

A shadow falls over me, and I know without looking who it is—Akuji. Snarling, he throws back his hood, and Grime pales before me.

“Monster! Monster!” he begins to scream, so I grind my boot into his cock.

“Don’t be rude,” I snap as I look up. Akuji checks me over, gently takes my arm, and turns it to see the red mark, then his eyes bleed red and he moves. He grabs Grime and rips out his still hollering throat, spraying blood everywhere. Then, with a clawed fist, Akuji rips out his heart and tears his hands off before staring at me with his fangs bared.

“Mate,” he hisses.

“That’s right, mate,” I murmur softly, approaching him. I know he’s fighting the haze, but he would never hurt me. Uncaring about the blood, I run my hands across his chest and face. “I’m okay. You protected me, Akuji. I’m okay, I’m right here. Come back to me. I need you.”

Snarling, he shakes his head as his tail wraps around me possessively.

“Shh,” I murmur to settle his constant growl. Eventually, I see his eyes bleed back to black, and I relax for just a breath before there’s another roar. I spin to see soldiers outside the door with Cato on the ground, jerking under an electric net.

Fuck!

Akuji’s tail yanks me behind him as his eyes flash red, his bloodied claws held out on either side of him. “Mine!” he roars at the humans.

They hesitate but soon flood the shack, and I know we are in trouble.

I can’t let them kill him. I slip past him with my arms spread. “Do not hurt him!” I yell, but I’m grabbed and hauled forward by two soldiers. Akuji sees it and goes mad, ripping through their masses. Despite how many he kills to get to me, more replace them. I fight them too, and I manage to get free from their grasp and take two down, but two more grab me.

“Akuji!” I scream. “Run!”

“Mine!” he roars, and I hear the shot too late.

Eyes wide, I watch as the projectile soars through the air, discharged from a gun behind me. It hits him, my monster, square in the chest above his heart and sends him spiralling through the air before he lands on the ground. He doesn’t move, and blood pools on his chest.

“No!” I scream raggedly. In a blink, I free myself once more and throw myself across his chest, gripping his head. “Wake up! Wake up, Akuji! Wake up!” I scream, fighting as they try to drag me away. My nails grip onto his skin, and my eyes blur with tears when he doesn’t move.

“Red!”

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