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“No, don’t hurt him. Please don’t hurt him.” I cry.?
“Then pull the fucking trigger. One life for all the ones you love. Choose!” He growls. I lock eyes with my father. He nods and mouths, I love you, Princess. Tears stream down my face. I’m sorry, I’m so fucking sorry. He nods again, his eyes never leaving mine. I let the tears fall and pull the trigger. The bullet sails through his forehead and he instantly slumps. I sag, ready to crumble to the ground.
“Such a good girl, well done.” He says clapping his hands together before removing the gun from my grip. Tears continue to trail down my face. My father is dead. There was no other way. I killed him. His one life for all their lives. I’m a monster.?I’m sorry dad, please forgive me.
“I’m a man of my word, I’ll see you soon Ms. Rivers. Job well done.” He says before he pistol whips me in the head. I embrace the darkness, it’s much better than the reality I’m left with.?
“I think I’m ready,” I whisper, summoning the devil himself as the white light begins to fade.
38
Dancing With The Devil
-Jade-
“I’m so proud of you, darling. You are almost ready to come home.” He caresses my face. His hands are stiff and calloused. The fire roars around us, but all I feel is the chilly wind whipping against my skin.
“I’m ready now. Take me with you.” I plead. He shifts in the high wingback chair with black wood accents and cushioned in ruby red velvet. His eyes meet mine and I gasp. There’s nothing there, just black holes. He smiles at my discomfort.?
“Tsk, tsk Sweetbottom. Only I can decide when you are worthy. Off you go.” He dismisses me.
“No, Please D, just take me.” I beg, stepping towards him, but the closer I get, the colder I feel. He fades away as the wind picks up and whirls around me.?
“In due time, you haven’t fulfilled my wants and needs, and until then, you will remain there.” His voice whispers, as I begin fading into reality.
I’m shivering as goosebumps litter my skin. Opening my eyes, I see the sun starting to rise, the morning fog floating by in the sky. I hear water lapping against the rocks, and I feel the cold, dense earth beneath me. I sit up and try to get a hold of my whereabouts. Nausea and dizziness hit me like a ton of bricks as I try to stand. I fall to my knees and spill my guts into the snow. Once my stomach is emptied, I lift my head and stare over the lake’s surface. Taking a deep breath, I stand, putting one foot in front of the other as I walk up the snowy hill, shivering from the early morning crisp. I wrap my arms around myself as I take in the catastrophe before me. Bodies lay frozen in the snow, bloody snow sloshes beneath my feet. Broken windows, burning cars, and blood. There’s so much fucking blood. The closer I get to the doors of the destroyed Academy, I can hear screams and cries fill the air. It echoes so loud. Those who are still alive look at me with disgust and sneer. I climb the bloody stairs as the loud whispers fly that this happened because of me. It’s my fault their friends are dead. I’m the monster; and they are right. This is all my fault. I should have let D’mitri kill me. None of this would have happened. Everyone, including the ones who attend this Academy, would still be alive. I know what needs to be done.?
Getting to the top of the stairs, I turn and look at the destruction. I look around at all the blood that was spilled; because of me. He came here for me. He stopped at nothing to get what he wanted and hurt all the ones I loved the most and these innocent people. They didn’t deserve to be a part of this. No one did. That leaves me with one choice. Save everyone else. Taking a deep shuddering breath, I turn back around, and I am met by Kayla’s fist. My head whips to the side and I almost stumble down the stairs. She gets in my face and spits.?
“You see all of this? It’s all your fault, you fucking cunt. My son is gone because of you. There is no coming back from this. I hope you fucking die and rot in hell with D’mitri. Now if you will excuse me, I’m going to go get my son, the one thing you failed to do in all this.” She grabs her suitcase and trudges down the stairs. I don’t say a word because she’s right. I failed everyone. Opening the door to the Academy, I step in and run into Slim. He gives me a small smile but continues out the doors. One foot in front of the other, more bodies litter the marble floors, blood paints the woodwork, cries echo the halls. Taking a deep breath, I make it to the elevator, and pray the power was turned back on. The doors ping open, thank God, and I climb in and take it to my floor.?
Once I get to the room, I open the door using my thumbprint. I walk in expecting destruction and there isn’t, it’s the complete opposite from what it looks like on the outside. There’s a Revolver sitting on the counter. I grab it, spinning the barrel, and walk deeper into the room to the balcony doors. Looking outside, I put the gun to my temple, close my eyes, and pull the trigger. CLICK. I take a deep breath. This is the only way to keep everyone safe. CLICK. It’s the only way to save them all. CLICK. Tears stream down my face and I scream. “Why won’t you just let me die?” Throwing the gun onto the couch. I need something else, something to take away all the pain. I go to my room and search my drawers, closet and safe. There’s nothing and I walk out of my room and see Kaylas door is closed. She must have something. I walk in and her room is perfect, bed made, not a thing out of place. Checking her drawers, bathroom and safe, I find nothing. As I’m walking back from her closet, the floor creaks, and I bend down, lifting the floorboard and retrieve a metal box. I flip the lock and open the lid. I grin as I look at the contents. Fluorescent syringes; green, orange, purple and red. I know what the green and orange one does and that won’t help. I pick the other two up. Eenie, meenie, miney, moe. Feeling like I’m in the matrix…do I take the red pill or the blue pill. I choose the purple one. What’s the worst that can happen? Not even death wants me at this point. Fuck it. I take the purple one and jab myself in the neck. A sudden rush of heat flows through my body. I get up, not even putting the box back, fuck her, she can clean this shit up. I walk out of her room and back to the window, watching the lake ripple from the wind. The water looks beautiful from up here, so blue and inviting. It finally melted from the odd warm weather we had for a couple of days after the snow storm. I can almost feel the way the water and sand and how it would rush over my feet and ankles. Closing my eyes as the tears flow down my face. “I’m so sorry, I’m so fucking sorry.” I open them and see something floating in the lake. I open the double doors, stepping onto the balcony, and I lean over the railing. No! It can’t be. Turning, I run for the door, swing it open and run down the hallway to the elevators. Pressing the button, they automatically open and I climb in and hit the floor I need. It doesn’t take me long to get to the first level. The elevator opens and I burst out, slamming into the front doors and down the steps. I run for the lake sliding all over in the snow. Please God, don’t let it be him. “Please, please, please.” I plead looking to the skies.?
The surface comes into view, and I see Jaxon floating on top of the water. No, please God no! The closer I get, the faster he starts to sink. The sunlight blinds me as I get closer to the water’s edge, and then I see blond hair floating. Harper? NO. No. Not again. How can this be happening? I walk into the ice-cold water trying to move as fast as I can to get to them, but my feet feel like lead, they keep sinking and sinking. Taking a deep breath, I drop beneath the water and swim below the surface, trying to reach both of my babies. The closer I get, the deeper they go. I can’t reach them.?I swim back up to the surface and take a deep breath before submerging back under the water. I look around and I see my mother, smiling. I try to reach for her, but I can’t get close enough. I turn again trying to find the kids and scream into the water as I see Spade, fear in his eyes, trying to swim to the surface, but he can’t. His ankles are chained to bricks, pulling him deeper. I try to get to him but it’s like someone is pulling me away. I kick with everything I have, but nothing. I can’t get any deeper. I turn my head and find Dario. He has his eyes closed as he sinks to the depths of the lake. Jameson has his hand out waiting for me to take it, blood pours from his wrists. I reach for him, but there’s so much blood that he slips through my fingers. I blink and see my dad, smiling, suddenly a bullet sails through the water, piercing his head causing him to sink deeper. I gasp, sucking more water into my lungs. All the people I love. I can’t save them. Why couldn’t I save them? I kick again, but I feel like I’m caught on something. When I look at my ankle, I see the devil himself, D’mitri, pulling me toward him. NO No No! Get off me. I need to save them. I know I hurt all of them but let me fucking save them.?
“I told you I’d come for you when the time was right. It’s time to go home, Sweetbottom.” His voice echoes in my mind, pulling me further away from everyone, and I scream, inhaling the icy water into my lungs. My chest burns. I’m so scared, but I won’t give up. I can’t! I have to get to them. He laughs.?
“No one is saving you, Blood Queen. You’re mine now! Say good night.” I fight against his hold, I use everything I have to get out of his grip, but he keeps pulling me. My chest hurts so bad as I scream again. Please let me save them. Don’t take them too. Let me fucking go. The water no longer feels cold, it’s warm. Everything around me is fading. I just need air. I kick out again, but nothing, he won’t let me go. He’ll never let me go. One last air bubble leaves my lips, and everything stills as I allow the devil to pull me under one last time.?
39
Ruby Red Lips
-Spade-
It’s been a little over an hour since the Russian pieces of scum left us in disarray in Jade’s house. They killed the fucking dogs. All fucking three of them. I didn’t care if they put a bullet in my head. I sunk my knife so deep in that motherfucker’s throat and reveled in the warm blood that flowed down my arm. All hell broke loose after that, and I went into a stabbing frenzy. It wasn’t until someone showed me a video of Jade passed out at the clubhouse, with a knife to her pussy, that I stopped. I promised to keep her safe and out of harm’s way and I will not be the one to blame if anything were to happen to her because of me. We fought for our lives against the army and suddenly it stopped, and they just left without a fucking word. One can only assume Jade fulfilled the Pakhan’s wishes, so he set us free. Now we wait to see if our girl will return. Jay keeps watching the tracker, as do I, but my phone is dying fast. Jay’s phone rings and he answers, putting it on speaker.?
“What do you want?” he grits.
“Is that any way to greet your father?” Dalton states.?
“Get to the point,” he says, his jaw ticking.?
“Once again, you are such a disappointment. Looks like your biker trash, incestuous leech, has more balls than you do,” he laughs.
“Does this conversation have a point?” He growls.
“Yes, it does. The point is, Ms. Rivers killed her father this evening, a job you were sent to do and failed, and not only that, but they took the baby. So now there’s no deal, and things are out of my hands,” he states. Wait, what? Jay was supposed to kill Big John? Wait, what the fuck is going on?
