Page 18 of Deviants
“Go fuck yourself.”
The grin he gave me was full of devilry. He laughed and took hold of my chin, forcing me to maintain eye contact.“Not only is she a fucking idiot, but she’s mouthy, too? Huh.
Guess I shouldn’t be surprised, though. All that beauty and no brains,” he sighed with forced exasperation.
It was almost verbatim of what he’d said when we first met.
He moved his hand, rubbing the pad of his thumb across my bottom lip. If my mouth didn’t hurt, I would have bitten him.
“Since you don’t need me, you shouldn’t have any problems breaking free,” he taunted. “I have to go handle something. You wait here.” He winked at me before walking off.
I was tied up. Where the hell was I going to go?
“Fucking asshole!” I called after him, getting a laugh in response.
CHAPTER TEN
Ibanged on the steel door twice and waited.
I listened to the running water, the scraping of graters, and the hum of an old ventilation system. Bugs repeatedly flew into the bulb of the floodlight hanging above me.
Not a full minute later, the heavy door was slid open just enough for the noxious fumes inside to escape and for me to see inside.
Piles of human skin sat ready to be processed and either discarded in the old dumpster I knew was out back, orun-haired, degreased, desalted, and then soaked in water.
Luther stepped out and quickly closed the large room off again, still wearing his plastic overalls and face mask.
“Didn’t I tell you it would work?” He pulled his mask down to reveal a wide ass grin.
“You should probably commit this moment in history to memory, considering it’s the first time you’ve been right about anything in sixteen fucking years.”
He threw his head back and laughed.
“Actually,My Liege, if the blonde chained up outside my stable is the infamous Calista, I’ve been right about two things. If I remember correctly, I was adamant you’d find her eventually.”
“You’re right. I’ll add a golden star to your special chart.”
“I’ve sincerely missed you and all your royal asshole remarks.” He laughed again, holding a gloved hand over his heart.
“Yeah, now we’ve caught up, go take those fucking chains off my girl.”
“Come on, Dhal has the key.” He grinned and set off towards his house. “You sure you don’t wanna leave Tito behind?”
There was no love lost between the two of them. Tito just wasn’t a well-liked individual these days. I smirked in amusement at his anger on my behalf.
“Nah, his ass is mine to handle. I’ll send Grimm to collect him. And I want whoever it was that knocked Cali’s tooth out. You can have Janice for the kid. It’ll save you a body.”
He stroked his chin and nodded. “Yeah, that works for me.” I knew he would accept the offer. He’d been teaching his niece how to flay on cadavers and could always use another one.
We walked in silence. I laughed to myself. Cali would be mad as fuck. Knowing she was safe and would soon be back by my side where she belonged calmed the beast inside me.
I swear I could breathe easier, knowing my beautiful girl was coming home.
I should have come to see Luther first, but my feet had carried me to her. The pull was magnetic. It was only after I checked her over that I realized I needed a key to get her chains off. If I didn’t already know Luther had only done what was necessary, I would have crushed his fucking spine for tying her up.
“I like her.”
“Uh huh, so do I,” I replied, feeling the need to state what was plain as fucking day.
