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“You’ve never slept down here,” she says. I nod my head before flopping back on the pillow.
“I know that.”
“So why are you tonight?”
“Do you want me to leave?” I ask, nearly snarling at her. I wait for a long second for an answer before I sit up and start to climb out of bed.
“No.” My chest seizes. She wants me to stay. I lay back down and motion for her to do the same. She pulls the blanket around her neck as if that will stop me. If I wanted to get to her, I’d rip that blanket to shreds. Just thinking about her naked body has my cock hard once more. She notices too. I can see how she licks her lips as she looks at it.
I don’t touch myself. I just lie here watching Sage watching me. I close my eyes, letting the darkness consume me once again. Dreams, visions, I don’t know what the fuck they are, but they haunt me. They tug at my subconscious and wreak havoc on my sleep.
It feels hard to breathe; something is choking me. I reach up just as my eyes snap open, and that’s when I realize what’s happening. Sage is straddling me with the chain from her ankle wrapped around my neck. Our eyes lock, and air whooshes from her lungs as she realizes I’m awake. I smirk even as the chain cuts into my neck. I look her in the eyes before I reach for her, bucking my hips to make her fly forward before I flip us in one move. Now, it’s my turn.
With the chain now in my hand, I press it to her throat, one hand on either side of the bed holding it down. Her eyes widen as her air supply is cut off.
“What were you doing? Trying to run from me? If you run, I’ll find you, Sage. If you leave me, I will hunt you to the end of the fucking earth and drag you back to hell. Don’t you get it? You’re mine.” I watch as she gasps for air, mimicking her with my mouth open. She doesn’t know what to do. Sage reaches up and grabs at my arms, but it does no good. I’m stronger than she is. She can’t move me. Sage bucks her hips the same as I did, but I still don’t move. Her mouth moves, but the words don’t come out.
“You ready to be a good girl, Sage?” I ask her. She nods rapidly before I release the chain and pull it away from her throat. She gasps, sucking in air as I roll back onto my back and close my eyes. I don’t think she’ll try that again.
15
“What the fuck happened to your neck?” Juno asks as I drink a cup of coffee. I glance over at Sage, where she sits with her breakfast, his eyes following mine. “And her neck?”
“We had a little issue last night,” I tell him. He chuckles and scrubs his hand over his face.
“A little issue?”
“Sage thought I was asleep. She tried to choke me with the chain,” I explain, nodding toward the chain around her ankle.
“No shit?”
“No shit. I challenged her right back,” I tell him. He lets out a low whistle before grabbing his fork and eating his breakfast. I cooked today, which isn’t something I always do, but I know Sage needs to eat, and I need to provide that for her. I keep glancing over at her to make sure she’s eating.
“You ready for today?”
“Just another day, right?” he nods his head. Today is just like any other day. We handle business. I keep digging away at the secrets my father hides. Another day, my father will present me with another woman I’ll say no to.
“Do you think he’s getting tired of bringing in women for you yet?” Juno asks. I can see Sage listening this time. She’s perked up, wondering what the hell I will say.
“If he keeps bringing them, I’ll start killing them.” Now, she jumps a little before looking back down at her plate. I smile and laugh. She still doesn’t get it; she’s the only one I fucking want. And there’s nothing that’s going to change that.
“Have you learned anything new?”
“There’s a lot of adoptions. I just don’t understand how they tie into Bellmont.”
“Yeah, I don’t get it either. It doesn’t make any sense.”
“None at all. But I’m not done digging yet. There’s more,” I tell him.
“You think you’re going to like what you find?” I take a deep breath and think about that question for a minute.
“I doubt it. It feels like he’s hiding more than we know, and I hate that. I want to know everything if he wants me to run his empire. I don’t want to find out later,” I admit to him.
“That makes sense. I would want to know, too,” he adds. We finish our breakfast and clean up. When we’re done, I walk over to Sage and sit on the couch next to her. I know she wants to say something, but she remains silent.
“Spit it out, Sage. I know you want to say something.”
“No, I don’t.”
