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If there was ever a time when I ought to keep my mouth shut this is it.
But I just can’t seem to help myself.
“Yup. And guess what? I’m going to burn down your whole fucking kingdom.”
Not far away, the snakes flop around and hiss within their clear container. They seem to enjoy the tension.
Sophie, as if summoned by a need for oblivious comic relief, has retrieved my purse and digs through it avidly. “You don’t even have any gum in here.” She gives up her search, drops the purse on the floor and nibbles on her lip. “Honey, you’re not mad at me, right?”
It would make sense if she was speaking to Jared. After all, he’s married to her.
But it’s not her husband she cozies up to. Not his crotch she starts rubbing. Not his neck she begins slobbering on.
“We’re gonna rule everything.” She reaches into Talon’s pants and moans when she finds what she’s looking for. “Just wait until my father hears. He’ll be sorry.”
Tearing my eyes away from this episode of some porno version of the Twilight Zone, I look over at Jared to see how he’s taking the news that his wife is cuddling his brother’s dick.
Jared checks the status of his diamond cufflinks and finally frowns at the sight of his wife giving out a hand job. “Knock that shit off before I lose my temper.”
Talon snorts but he yanks Sophie’s hand out of his pants. “Since when do you care?”
Jared rolls his eyes. “I don’t. Like I told you, go ahead and fuck her until her pussy breaks if it keeps her quiet and out of my face.”
“Hey!” Sophie complains. “You can’t talk to me like that. I’m part of this family too.”
“Shut the hell up.” Talon pushes her away. “I’ll get you off after we sort out some business. Until then, stay out of the way.”
The news cheers Sophie up. She plays with her hair and gives her lover a dreamy grin. “I want to have both of you. At the same time. Like we did that one night.”
I may be about to die but apparently that’s no buffer from getting completely grossed out. If she says another word I will throw up in my lap.
Still, this is preferable to the surge of sick fear that engulfs my senses when Talon remembers I’m in the room. He folds his arms and gives me a cold appraisal, clearly making plans inside his twisted mind. He unfolds his arms and roughly grips the neckline of my shirt.
“This,” he says with a cold grin, “is something I’ve been dying to do for years.”
With a savage yank, he tears the fabric in half, exposing my lace bra and my belly.
A different kind of panic steals my breath.
Jared shifts his weight and sweats. “Tal, what the fuck? Too far.”
Talon ignores his brother and steps away. He shakes out my purse and examines the contents.
“You could have just asked for a tampon if you needed one,” I mutter.
He finds something in the pile and plucks it free. It’s the lighter I used to set fire to the club. He flicks the wheel and a flame ignites. Watching my face, he’s pleased when I cringe. Of all the ways to die, I’ve decided that being burned to death sounds the least appealing.
But that’s not what he has in mind. At least, not yet.
Talon slips his insignia ring from his finger and holds it under the flame. Sophie has taken an interest in this sequence of events and inches closer. Her eyes are wide and shining. I’d happily scratch them out of her demented head.
“Ooh,” she breathes as Jared heats the metal.
My plan to kick him in the nuts is thwarted when he clamps my legs between his knees. I punch him with my free hand and he laughs, painfully seizing my wrist as he presses the hot metal to my skin just above my breast. Right at the edge of my tattoo.
I’m unprepared for the pain. The ring digs into my flesh, twisting and turning. The acrid smell of my own scorched skin brings the taste of bile to my tongue. I bite my lip and refuse to cry out.
Talon takes the ring away and admires his work.
