Page 78 of Oblivion
“Kais—” But I never managed to finish the sentence, because Kaiser came straight at me, jumping up and pushing me down on the ground.
His tongue lolled out, licking all over my face, as if he hadn’t seen me in weeks, when in reality we were separated only one night.
“I missed you too, buddy. Oh yes, I did. Yes, I did,” I cooed, my fingers rubbing behind his ears, over his thick neck, and all over his body.
The moment he saw Atlas, he rushed toward him, jumping up and trying to do the same thing.
“Oh no.” Atlas stepped backward, but Kaiser wanted to play with him. “Phee, get him away from me.”
The frantic look on Atlas’s face was comical, and I had no intention of stopping Kaiser from playing with him.
“He likes you,” I said as I stood up, pulling the T-shirt down and covering my upper thighs. “You should be happy.”
“Yeah, well, I would like him a lot more if he stayed away from me.”
“You know…” I came closer to them and pulled Kaiser away from Atlas, holding him by his collar. “Cillian had the same reaction initially, and it turned out that he really loved animals but didn’t know what to do with them. Is that the situation here? Or are you scared of him?”
“I’m not scared,” Atlas exclaimed. “I’m not scared of anything.”
“Except of him.” I pointed at the last person I wanted to see today, strolling toward us.
Kaiser immediately turned his body in front of me, his teeth coming out as he growled at an angry-looking Indigo.
“Look who’s back,” he said as he came closer to us. “The queen of darkness herself.”
“Awww, and here I thought that you'd missed me.”
“I see you got your dog.” Indigo looked at Kaiser who was trying to get away from me and go straight at him. “He almost bit my arm off last night.”
“Well, maybe you shouldn’t have kidnapped his master and separated him from me. Did you think about that?”
“I think that he needs to be put down, just like some people I know.” He pointedly looked at me, the hatred shining through his irises.
“I can also let him go and we will put you down immediately. I have a list of people who need to be eliminated and your name is underlined in red,” I said, loving the fear taking over his face. “If you’re going to say something, say it, Indigo. This whole,let me be sarcasticbullshit, doesn’t really work on me. You don’t want me here? That’s dandy, because I don’t want to be here, but if you want someone to blame, you should look at your boss and blame him, not me. But if you ever try to threaten my dog or me.” I took a step forward along with Kaiser, while Indigo took one backward, flinching as Kaiser pulled to go after him even harder. “You should think twice. You might be part of Sons of Hades, you might be Storm’s friend, and I might act tamer now than I did before, but don’t think that I wouldn’t slaughter you and everyone you love if you cross me.”
“Okay, okay.” Atlas stepped in, trying to defuse the situation, but it was already too late.
Indigo was shitting on me ever since I came to the Club a couple of months ago, and while I understood that people had issues with who I was and what I did, they never voiced it in the way he did.
“You both need to chill,” Atlas commanded, but I wasn’t listening to that bullshit. I’d been trying to be chill since I came here, suppressing everything I was to appease others.
“I’m going to be chill as long as he stays away from me. You might think you’re a hot shit around here, Indigo, but the things I’ve seen and the people I know.” I chuckled. “You would never see them coming. Trust. Me.”
“Fuck you,” Indigo spat out. “You’re walking around here as if you own the place, when in reality, you’re just a filthy Aster whore, only good for fucking and using to get what we want. You mean nothing to him.” He smiled.
But men like Indigo had no idea that their words couldn’t harm me. They entered through one ear and exited through the other.
“That’s enough, Indigo!” Storm thundered, shutting him up immediately.
I had no idea when he came, but I was grateful for him. If he hadn't shown up, his man would’ve been missing a limb or two if he continued talking.
“Prez.” Indigo’s eyes widened, looking at Storm. “I didn’t—”
“I think you’ve said enough,” Storm answered, his words clipped. “Get back inside.”
“Oh no,” I intercepted. “Please let him stay. It’s been a long time since I made someone bleed and I wouldn’t mind seeing his fucking body on the ground,” I bit out, ignoring the tempest behind Storm’s eyes.
“Ophelia,” Storm warned.
