Page 22 of All I want for Christmas is Boo
I struggled to my feet and glared at her.
“Tobias would never touch you.”
She laughed. “Really? Because he already has. We’ve been together this whole time. Why do you think he was so quick to do what I ordered? Tobias was never yours. You might want to move before I stab you again.”
We didn’t speak for a moment, so I turned and limped away. I couldn’t run like before. My back was on fire, and I could hardly breathe. The further I got, the easier it became. I was able to walk slowly.
Tobias and Neve? I didn’t want to think about that. He couldn’t have done what he did with me and also do it with her.
But he also did kill my family.
I saw the video, my parents, then my sisters. He spared no one, and like Neve said, he’d been smiling the entire time. Why did he do it? And why was I conflicted over it?
I should hate him for what he did, but... I wasn’t sure I could.
“Lumen…” His voice in the darkness startled me. I spun around and glared.
“Go away!” I demanded, even though I didn’t want him too. I wanted to ask for his help. I was freezing, my fingers and toes numb. My clothes and face were covered in wet snow and mud, and I had a gaping wound in my back.
“Lumen.” Tobias stepped out from the trees. My heart squeezed with yearning to run into his arms, but instead I stepped back.
“Don’t come near me. You’ve been on her side this whole time, haven’t you?”
“What are you talking about? Lumen, watch?—”
“Watch what? That video of you stabbing my mom and dad and then my sisters to death? I don’t need to see it again. Once was enough. You’re a sick bastard.”
His face fell, shattering my resolve. He was so handsome, and his hands had been so kind to me. Was this the same man from that video? I continued backing up, until I stumbled on something slick.
I turned but the movement made me fall completely, and I realized I was on ice. I’d made it to the lake.
Oh no.
My body shook as I tried to scoot carefully back to land. I’d never been on ice like this? Could it hold my weight?
“Jesus Christ,” Tobias snarled and stomped out of the trees. I pivoted, deciding the ice was safer, but I was too slow, and a second later Tobias’s hand was on my pajama shirt, yanking me back to land. I screamed as pain shot through my shoulder. It was blinding hot and I couldn’t breathe for a moment.
My body was going through shock, hot from the stab wound, yet trembling from the cold. I feared it was also from being this close to Tobias again. My body revolted against my mind. His warm breath on my neck sent delicious shivers down my body straight to my core. After all I’d experienced tonight, I still craved more. I hated him, and yet... needed him. I groaned and pushed my ass against his groin. He was hard.
He wanted me too.
“There’s no escaping, Lumen. You’re going to finally fucking listen, and then you’re going to be mine.”
Rule 12 - Lumen
DRESS FOR THE WEATHER.
“Let me go!” I struggled against Tobias’s hold. He had one hand wrapped around my throat, and the other was sliding down my torso, heading to my groin. His fingers slid under the band of my pajamas and went down to my heat. Expertly, he parted my lips and leaned into me.
“Are you wet from before, or did this just happen?”
“You bastard!” I snarled as he pushed a finger inside me and swirled my wetness around my clit, eliciting a moan from my throat. I should be sore, worn out, and too sensitive, but I wasn’t. I needed more.
Suddenly, he removed his hands and pushed me forward. I was unprepared and threw my hands out in front of me to catch myself, landing on all fours on the freezing cold ice. My shoulders were pushed back and I bit my lip, trying to not collapse from the pain. My wound was wide open and bleeding, causing silent tears to fall down my face onto the ice.
A second later, Tobias was directly behind me, his hand placed firmly on my lower back.“What are you doing?” I tried to scurry further onto the ice, but he grabbed my top and held me in place. “It’s cold, please!”
“No. You’re going to fucking see why I did what I did.” Tobias leaned over me, pressing his warm body to my shivering one. His hand went around and a cell phone was placed on the ice, directly under my head. My stomach tightened as I saw the familiar video. It was the same one Neve had shown me.
