VIOLA
After Lorcan leaves, I take my phone out of its hiding place and check for any messages in the vault. I’m about to call Dante when the door bursts open. Dino and Finn are back already, minus Lily. They haven’t even been gone ten minutes.
“Viola, your cousin gave us the slip,” Dino says, coming in, running his hand through his hair as he looks around the room.
“She didn’t by any chance come back here, did she?” asks Finn, coming in and closing the door behind him.
I place a hand on my hip. “Why would she come back here?” They both look at me blankly. I feel my pocket for the vial of drugs. It’s gone.
“For fuck’s sake. She’s underage and she’s walking around armed with liquid E.”
Dino glares at me. “Fucking hell, Viola. You said she was sixteen.”
“Why does she have E?” Finn asks.
“She’s planning to date rape Lorcan,” I say, ignoring Dino’s remark.
“You Hawkes girls are fucking crazy bitches.” Finn chuckles.
“Just find her so I don’t have to fucking worry about her.” I chase them out and then walk back into my room to call Dante. It goes through to voicemail so I leave a message.
“Where the fuck are you? Lily’s here and Griffin knows where Rebecca is,” I hiss into the recorder.
“I’m right here,” says a deep voice. I spin around, seeing him close the door behind him and lean against it, casually holding some chicken wire and electrical tape.
Kristian.
“Well that was fun.” He smirks. “You don’t look like you scare easily.”
“You just startled me.” I indicate to the items in his hands. “Been raiding the garden shed have you?”
He takes the chicken wire and starts looping it over the door handle to lock it. He’s humming while he does it, flashing me dashing smiles every once in a while, as he looks up. Then he starts walking toward me, still fucking humming.
“Adrien warned you not to do this.” I take a step back, slipping my phone into my pocket.
“He did. But the deal is pretty much done. You’re as good as mine,” he says softly.
I could fight him, but I’m not dumb enough to think he won’t overpower me easily. The window is behind me. That would be a better choice. It’s not too much of a drop to the ground floor and once I’m out I can make a run for it.
He lunges just as I reach the window and drags me back. I throw my head back, breaking his nose but he picks me up and throws me onto the bed.
I don’t waste time catching my breath, I reach for the blade in my ponytail and slash it at him as soon as he comes near me, cutting some of my hair off in the process. I feel it kiss flesh as I shove myself as far as I can go, against the headboard.
“You fucking bitch,” Kristian snarls. There’s blood down one side of his cheek, messing his pretty face up. “I’m so going to enjoy fucking you up.”
“That should be my line,” I say, finally allowing the red rage in to cloud my vision. I’ve been keeping it at bay for so long, I’ve forgotten how good it feels.
Kristian reaches for my legs and yanks me toward him, grabbing my hand as he does. He twists my wrist hard, and the crack of bone comes before the stabbing pain. I drop the knife and he pins me to the bed by sitting on my fucking chest, unmovable no matter how hard I try to buck him off. As he hauls my arms above my head, holding me down, I start to scream.
I’m not above screaming.
It’s useful.
Like now.
The door to my room kicks open and several of Adrien’s men barge in, all with guns aimed at Kristian’s head. As they demand he lets me go, he starts laughing. He leans close and bites my ear hard enough to leave teeth marks. “On our wedding night, I’m going to rape you and make Dino watch,” he says.
“That’ll be hard to do if Adrien kills you.”