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I’ve nearly died enough times to handle that, but I won’t let him take my first time away.
That belongs to me and maybe, to Ford.
I have a second to hope that maybe the fated mate bullshit is real, and Ford will feel that I’m in trouble, before Buzz Cut says, “Take her to the cabin, Ferris. I don’t want to hear her whining while I’m fucking Crazy Eyes.” He grins again. “Ready, Crazy Eyes? I sure am. I can tell this is going to be fun.”
eight
JULIET
“Let me go,you piece of shit!” Layla’s shout ends in a scream, the terror in her voice making my stomach twist.
“Let her go and I’ll do you both,” I lie, hoping the monsters will go for it. “She’s just a kid. You don’t want a kid, right? You’re just a sick fuck, not a deviant.”
Buzz Cut’s smile widens. “Aw, how sweet. She’s willing to sacrifice herself for her new friend. Isn’t that sweet, Ferris?”
Ferris curses. “She bit me! Don’t bite, bitch.” A slapping sound follows, and Layla cries out in pain, but I don’t look away from Buzz Cut.
He’s the one in charge and my only shot at sparing Layla.
“I’m sweet to my friends, but filthier than you can imagine in bed,” I say, willing him to believe it, to look into my cold, dead heart and know there isn’t anything I won’t do. “Let her go and we can have a good time. Or we can both bite the shit out of you and give you marks that will be hard to explain away at the luau tonight. The faculty wants us all to be a big happy family, after all.”
Buzz Cut hesitates for a beat, then exhales a soft laugh. “Let the other one go, Ferris. Crazy Eyes is right. More fun to share a bad girl who will do what she’s told. You like to take orders from your betters, don’t you, Crazy Eyes?”
“Love it,” I deadpan, not glancing Layla’s way as she runs behind me, making sniffling sounds.
“Juliet, please,” she whispers, but I shake my head.
“Run, Layla. Run and don’t look back. It will be okay.”
She mumbles something that sounds like “nothing is okay,” but a beat later I hear her swift footsteps racing away through the leaves. Soon, she’s far enough away that I doubt even guys this big and fit could catch up with her, and a little of the tension eases from my shoulders.
It’s swiftly replaced by a chunk of ice forming in my core as Ponytail—Ferris, the other guy called him—ambles over, until they’re both looming over me like twin devils on my shoulders, offering only terrible choices.
And then Ferris says, “Take your clothes off, bitch. Let’s see if you’re as scrawny as you look or if there might be a little cushion for the pushin’, after all.”
The phrase is deliberately crass and debasing, but it still makes my lip curl.
Buzz Cut sneers. “You think you’re too good for that kind of talk, Crazy Eyes? Spoiler alert: you’re not.” He steps closer, until my nose is nearly brushing his chest and my body begins to vibrate with the silent demand to run. “You shouldn’t even be at this school, but since you are… Since you’re lucky enough to mooch off all the money hardworking wolves have invested in Lost Moon, the least you can do is show some gratitude and spread your legs with a smile.”
Bracing myself for how ugly this is going to get, I tip my head back until I catch his gaze and drawl, “Or you and Ponytail could jerk each other off like you were planning to all along. That’s why you came all the way out here, right? So, the two of you could be alone?”
I don’t like using anyone’s sexuality to shame them—I don’t care who people fuck as long as they’re fucking other consenting adults—but I know wolves like these two. And I know nothing pisses them off more than someone insinuating they’re anything but raging straight Alphas who live to eat raw meat and bang as many “bitches” as they can get under them in their lifetime.
As expected, Ponytail’s face flushes a mottled red and Buzz Cut’s gaze sharpens to a weapon. “Say it again,” he whispers. “Say something stupid like that again and see what it gets you.”
And because I’m that girl, the one who refuses to let men like this rule me ever again, I whisper back in my most condescending tone, “It’s okay, Big Guy. I won’t tell anyone. You can even let Ponytail bend you over a gravestone if you want. I’m sure your asshole is twitching with excitement just thinking about it, isn’t it?”
Before I can blink, his hand is around my neck and I’m off the ground, clutching his fat wrist as I struggle to breathe. I kick his stomach as hard as I can while I’m at it, knowing I probably don’t have much time among the conscious to inflict my damage.
As tight as he’s holding me, I’ll be out cold in a couple minutes.
I shove one foot into his chest, leveraging my hips back far enough that I’m able to get my other foot up between us. My next kick connects with his jaw, sending his head jerking back. He curses, his grip on my throat loosening just enough for me to claw his fingers away and squirm free.
I fall to the ground in an ungraceful tangle, gasping for air, certain I’m about to be tackled by both of them.
Instead, I feel air woosh over my head. I have a split second to smell wolf, new wolf, and realize we have company, and then Buzz Cut is on the ground.
Shoving my hair out of my face, I scramble to my feet to see Alexander, the beefy redhead from this morning, pounding Buzz Cut’s face in. But Ferris is already gripping his shoulders, trying to pull him off.
