Ruby Revenge: A Dark Romance by Kay Riley

Author:Kay Riley [Riley, Kay]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Kay Riley
Published: 2022-05-05T16:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER THIRTY

SAGE

My stomach rumbled loud enough for me to hear it, and I groaned as I rolled onto my side. I told Alex I had a headache and went to the bedroom to go to sleep hours ago. It seemed like a good idea at the time. I really should have eaten dinner first. I’d been stuck with Alex all weekend because he decided he was working too much and wanted to spend time with me.

I’d gone through two bottles of wine in the last two days, and it still wasn’t enough to keep my skin from crawling every time he got too close. He was trying to make things normal. He took me out to dinner and then to the movies. The conversation was stagnant.

What were we supposed to talk about? The time I stabbed him? Or about watching my sister die? Maybe we could talk about how I was tethered to him for the rest of my life unless I somehow found out enough about the society. Or I could bring up the thought that’s been consuming my mind the most.

That I’d rather spend all day fighting with Niko than pretend for one more second that I was enjoying Alex’s company.

Shaking my head, I rolled onto my stomach and buried my face in the pillow. How could I detest Alex with my whole heart but not feel the same about Niko? They both shared the same secret. Both part of the same fucked-up society. They were family. Brothers. I mean, I didn’t particularly like Niko. He made my blood boil every time we were in the same room.

Speaking of the asshole. My eyes went to my closed door when I heard voices in the living room. Niko had made himself scarce the entire weekend. We’d barely talked since that whole conversation a few days ago. I brought my hand to my chest and felt for the key I had stashed in my sports bra. Keeping it on me at all times was the best way to hide it. I had no intention of taking my clothes off in front of anybody who lived in this house.

Cupboards slammed in the kitchen, and I wondered where Niko had been. He’d left early this morning and was gone all day. Footsteps clamored down the hall, making me tense. I blew out a long breath when the bathroom door shut. Every time someone came down the hall, I was worried it was Alex coming to talk to me. My stomach growled again, and I downed my water bottle, hoping it would satisfy me.

“Yeah, I’m going to bed,” Alex said as the bathroom door opened. “See you tomorrow.”

“Night, man,” Niko called out from somewhere else in the house.

The other bedroom door closed, and a calm washed over me, knowing I was free from him for the rest of the night. Flicking on the TV, I watched a few episodes of an old sitcom with the volume muted, ignoring my hunger pangs.

“Shit,” I muttered as a new pain shot through my lower stomach.

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