Clutching onto the white walls, I leave my mark with every small step I take, holding in each grunt of pain. Finally breaking out of the ballroom, I see the long hallway ahead, the very hallway that leads right to the front door. “Come on,” I mutter to myself, willing myself to keep going.
My knees fight me with every step, desperately needing to give out. Hell, if that happens, I’ll be worming my way to the door and down the fucking steps. All I know is that I cannot stop.
To hell with Roman and Levi. Adios, motherfuckers. I’m getting out of here today. Levi can take his hot as fuck roof sex and his ginormous cock and shove it up his goddamn ass. And as I ride off into the sunset, I hope he’s watching me from the window as I flip him off and bolt out of their reach like my ass is on fire.
The mental image puts an oomph in my step and I stumble down the hallway, my gaze locked on the front door.
“Only a little bit further,” I mutter to myself. “Come on.”
I’m going to do it. I’m going to get out of here, and when I do, the world is mine for the taking. I won’t be sitting back and hiding for the rest of my life. I’m going to lie in wait, and when the time is right, I’ll fuck them up like never before. They’re fools to think their father is their biggest threat because they’ll never see me coming.
Taking my final step, I reach the front door, relief pounding heavily through my veins. Whatever pills I took before are making me feel like I can do the impossible, and while the pain is still in the forefront of my head, my ability to push through has risen.
My bloody fingers curl around the door handle as I taste the sweet smell of freedom on my lips, but when I yank down on it, it jars, locking me in. I try again and again and the panic surges through me. “No,” I breathe, my gaze shifting over the massive door. “NO!”
Hot tears spring in my eyes as my chest heaves with heavy pants. I forgot about the keypad, Giovanni’s electrical lock keeping the brothers trapped like prisoners in their own home, keeping them trapped in here with me.
FUCK!
I sink to my knees, the devastation hitting me like a fucking freight train as thick sobs get caught in my throat. My head falls forward, slamming against the heavy door. “Fuck. Fuck, fuck, fuck.”
A chill sails down my spine as two large shadows fall over me. “Well, well,” I hear Roman’s gruff tone piercing through the silence. “It seems that someone hasn’t learned her lesson.”
I spin around, pressing my aching back up against the door just in time to see Levi bending low, his arms curling around my waist like two impenetrable forces. “NOOOOOO,” I scream, trying to get away, but it’s too late. He hauls me over his big shoulder and locks me down with his arms over the back of my legs.
“Don’t worry, little one,” Levi chimes, excitement brewing in his deep tone. “I promise, we’re going to have so much fun.”
5
LEVI
The rhythmic beep of Marcus’ heart monitor flows through the room, the single noise the only thing managing to keep me calm. My fingers itch for my drumsticks, but not even they can ease the rage burning through my veins.
How the fuck could she do this to him? Was this all part of her sick game? Get close enough to strike? Get us when we’re down? It’s fucking dirty, but we shouldn’t have been so surprised. In this world, the only people I can rely on are my brothers.
Fuck, Marcus never saw her coming, but I’ll be fucking damned if I let her play that same shit on me. It’ll never fucking happen. Hell, if she doesn’t learn her lesson after attempting to kill my brother, then I’ll make fucking sure that she knows to never step out against us again.
Shayne Fucking Mariano. I’m not going to lie, that little bitch has balls of fucking steel. If I wasn’t so damn furious with her, I would have bent her over that fucking surgical table and fucked that tight ass until she came.
Damn her. This bullshit hold that she has over me is going to hell, right along with that tight little cunt of hers. Hell, she’ll be right in her element there. I bet she’d even get on her hands and knees for the devil and let him have his wicked way with her. But joke’s on him because a girl like Shayne Mariano is going to sink her precious little claws in and rule over his goddamn kingdom until she’s burned it all to ashes around him.