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“You all need to leave me alone,” I growl. “I’m not in the mood for this. Not tonight.”
Archer smiles. “You can try to run if you want, baby. But we’ll just catch you.” He shrugs, like he wouldn’t mind the hunt.
“I don’t appreciate people touching what’s mine, baby Lake. You going to put them in their places?” Reign growls in my ear, and the three other guys step closer, making their move.
Reign tenses behind me, and I can’t take any more.
I slip between Archer and Creed, racing to Posie. I link my arms with hers, glancing over my shoulder at the four of them. They look equal amounts playful and determined.
“I’m not in the mood for you guys to fight over me yet again. Can we just have a good night on the boat?” I ask.
They stare at me, not saying a word.
I shake my head, walking toward the water, when a thought comes to me, and I pause, turning around once more. My finger goes to my chin, and I tap a few times while I watch them. “You know what’s odd to me?”
“What?” Archer asks, lifting his chin as he watches me with narrowed eyes.
“It’s the fact that there’s some slasher out, and you guys aren’t the least bit concerned. It makes me wonder if you guys are all in on it. Just playing a prank or something?”
Archer lifts a brow. “He could come up to me and I’ll knock him on his ass. I’m not fucking afraid of him, Lakyn.”
“Why would we be concerned about the slasher?” Creed asks, confused, barking out a laugh. “He has no fucking chance against us.”
“We aren’t afraid of him because we know he’s not going to do a fucking thing to us, Lakyn. He’s playing games, and we’ll beat him.” Reign shrugs, like he’s bored with the entire conversation.
I shake my head, wondering if they are telling the truth.
Maybe they aren’t my mysterious masked man.
But if they aren’t, then who is?
I stumble down the narrowed stairs, my eyesight a little foggy with the dim lighting down here. Since there is no electricity, there are lanterns, flameless candles, and some battery-operated lights. It makes the room hazy. While it used to be a big ship, since the crash, everything got moved and shifted in different places.
People have tried to rearrange things and make it more of a hangout, and it’s sort of become that, with an old couch and some chairs, though there’re stacks of broken wood in the corners, the old-school kitchen unusable and outdated. It’s just… creepy.
This entire place is.
On top of that, I’m officially drunk, which I rarely allow myself to be, but I just wanted to let go and forget about the bullshit.
For once.
Just for once.
I slip sideways around a broken-down table, shimmying myself into the bathroom. The door creaks, catching on the wooden floor as I shut it behind me.
It’s pitch black in here, and I let out a shiver as I quickly grab my phone, turning on the flashlight. Tremors work around me, not because it’s dark, but because spiders and creepy-crawlies and masked murderers and everything else.
I scratch at my skin, because of course, the intrusive thoughts turn into actual feelings, and it feels like bugs are crawling all across my skin.
“Ugh,” I groan, shimmying sideways. The bathroom is small, barely enough room for one person, and definitely not two.
Slipping my pants over my thighs, I do my business quickly before my hand slaps the toilet paper holder, only to find it empty.
“Well, shit,” I snap, raising my phone around the bathroom. I see nothing in here, only the dusty sink, which has ash on it, a few empty cups, a condom wrapper, and a joint roach.
I sigh, my eyes dropping to the floor. Nothing but dirt and shoe scuffs. I contemplate doing a small shimmy and just pulling my pants up, when I see the cupboard under the sink. Reaching down, I grab the handle and pull it open.
My eyes widen, my entire body stiffening to stone.
