Page 3 of My Unhinged Alphas
“Somewhere temporary,” the calm one says.
“Wow. Love that. Very Airbnb.”
What the hell do you think you’re doing, Lena.
But it’s like my brain is on autopilot. It’s not every day you find yourself tied to a chair, talking to three masked murderers, with a dead body just a few feet away.
Biles rises up my throat as I finally realize what the smell is. It’s a dead man. I’m literally smelling a very dead person.
The one with the blade tilts his head at me. “You’re in a basement,” he clarifies helpfully. He’s the amused one. “But we weren’t here for you.”
Oh. Great.
“So this is like… a wrong place, wrong time situation?” I ask. “Because I’d love to opt out.”
The calm one steps closer. His presence fills the space without raising his voice. “We’re not going to hurt you.”
Behind him, the amused one adds, “Unless you make this complicated.”
I blink. “Define complicated.”
The blond one shifts. He’s staring at me like he’s trying to figure out if I’m real.
His eyes are blue. Devastatingly blue. That seems unfair.
“What did you do to me?” I ask.
The calm one crouches slightly so we’re eye level. “We didn’t do anything. You were drugged,” he says. “You were taken. But it’s okay, the men who did it are dead.” He delivers the news like he’s telling me the weather report.
My brain stutters.
Drugged. Taken. Dead.
That explains… nothing.
“I didn’t order that,” I say faintly.
The amused one snorts. “Good. I’d hate to think you orchestrated this just to meet us.”
My pulse spikes.
Meet us.
Oh. So they’re… together.
Fantastic. A murder trio.
That feels statistically rare. And I’m stuck here with them. Sounds about right.
I blink at the three masked men and swallow. “If you’re not planning to rob a bank, you guys are seriously overcommitted to the drama. What’s with the masks?”
The amused one huffs out a laugh. “She’s funny.”
“Answer her,” the tall, calm one says quietly.
“No,” the amused one replies. “Mystery is half the brand.”
The blond doesn’t laugh. His eyes narrow slightly, studying me like I’m a problem he hasn’t decided how to solve.
