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Zachary smiled. I could almost see him hungering for women willing to fuck him for his power. If he wasn't careful, that shit would go to his head.
"So, about that drink," I said.
"Let's go," Zachary said. "You two aren't what I expected, but we definitely have something to celebrate here. The beginning of something immense."
"It couldn't get bigger than you heading the Bell family," Parker agreed. He rubbed his hands together. "This is going to be so much fun. And hey, we can talk about helping you through the trials. We know all the good spots to dispose of your enemies. If they're still standing by then."
"By the time the trials come, Chloe and Lila will both be on their knees," Zachary said. "Where they belong."
"Choking on our cocks." I grinned.
CHAPTER19
HUNTER
I groaned. My head pounded. My whole body felt heavy, like it was weighted down. I must have lain in the same position for too long.
I tried to roll over, but I couldn't move. Had I really drunk that much? I couldn't remember beyond my second beer.
Zachary had peppered Parker and I with questions about the Brotherhood, and ways we could help him with the trials. I'd been as evasive as I could without looking like I was avoiding the questions, and stuck to small talk, like what courses he was taking and whether he had any ambitions outside heading the Bell family.
Everything after that was blank.
I groaned and tried again to roll over. At first, I thought my body felt like lead. In the back of my aching mind I realised something else was going on. It wasn't that my body didn't want to move, but that Icouldn't.
I opened my crusty eyes a crack and blinked to clear them. The room was dim, but this was not my bedroom at the Academy. Not Lila's either, nor Parker's. It didn't look like anywhere inside the Academy building.
The floor underneath was cold and hard. Concrete. Judging by the faint smell of decay and dirt, I wasn't in Brutham anymore. Unless this was one of the outlying sheds. If it was, it wasn't the one Parker and I usually used.
"Hunt?" Parker's voice sounded dry and raw.
I swallowed and found my throat to be the same. It tasted of something nasty. Not beer or even vomit, but something sickly sweet and medicinal.
"I'm right here, Park," I whispered. God, I could use a drink of water around about now. If my headache didn't kill me, my thirst would.
I tried to raise my arms, but they were heavy as fuck. Chained, with metal bound firmly around my wrists.
I was into being tied up as much as the next guy, but not like this. My strong preference was for consent.
"Where is here?" Parker asked. "What the fuck happened? My head is killing me."
"Mine too and I don't know," I said. "Shhh."
"What—"
I hissed at him to be quiet. Footsteps approached, accompanied by voices.
"I'm sorry I doubted you." That was Zachary. "I didn't think they'd fall for any of that, but they all did exactly what you said they’d do."
"Of course they did."
My whole body stiffened more than it already was. That was Chloe. She sounded as smug as hell.
"Everything went almost exactly as we planned," she continued. "It might have been easier if Lila died from the shit in that teddy bear you gave her, but this worked out better, don't you think?"
"Yeah, it did; Lila still thinks you're working with her." Zachary sounded amused. "And we got these two assholes out of the way."
Who was this prick calling an asshole? As soon as I got out of here, he was going to hell, because I was going to send him there. After torturing him for a while.
