Spiked Roses: The Complete Top Shelf Series by Alta Hensley

Author:Alta Hensley [Hensley, Alta]
Language: eng
Format: azw3, epub
Published: 2020-11-04T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Seventeen

Victor

“Where is she?” I demanded as I stormed into the house and saw Harley waiting for me, covered in blood, using a towel to try to wipe his hands and arms clean. Whose blood it was, I had no idea. But it was enough to make me sick with fear. “Where’s Ivy?”

Harley raised his hands to try to calm me. “Ivy’s fine. She’s shaken up pretty badly, but she’s okay. Minus a few bruises and scrapes, she’s fucking lucky to be alive. She’s a fighter, but I’m not sure she would have survived had I not arrived.” His face darkened. “The others weren’t so lucky. The other three are dead.”

I nodded as I was already aware. I had been briefed on the situation quickly as I was on the jet on our way to Berlin. I had immediately turned the jet around in a panic. Armed men were waiting for us at the airport to make sure the dolls were escorted back to The Dollhouse safely. The plan was to gather our belongings and leave The Dollhouse immediately. But all I could focus on as we rushed home was Ivy. I had to make sure she was all right, and that nothing would happen to her, and I needed to handle it myself. I didn’t trust anyone but me to be with her.

The dolls came into the foyer, all looking terrified at the bloody mess before them. Some gasped, others cried, and I knew they were all terrified. “Pack up your belongings. We’ll be leaving here within the hour,” I instructed.

“Oh my God,” Amber said. “Are they really dead? Janie and the new girls? I can’t believe this happened.”

“Like I told you all on the plane,” I said, trying to be sensitive to the terror I knew they all must have been feeling seeing the blood of people they once cared for all over the house. “The only survivor was Ivy. I’m going to go check on her now. But it’s important we leave this house as soon as possible and get to a safe location. So please act fast. We’ll discuss this further once we leave. I promise you. Just go now.”

I wasn’t sure if it was that the dolls were just trained to take my commands and follow them, or if they were all too stunned to object, but they all scurried off to do as I asked.

“Where is she,” I asked Harley again.

“She’s in the bathroom trying to get cleaned up.”

I glanced around and noticed that though I saw a lot of blood, I didn’t see any bodies. “Where are all the dead? You said you killed three men? Where are they? Where are the women?”

“I have people taking care of the bodies for now. We’ll deal with all of that later, but I think we should leave the authorities out of this. It’s messy, and it’s best to let my cleaner take it from here. Trust me to handle all this, Victor. Though I’m trying to step away from that dark world because of Marlowe, I’m still the one to fix this for you.

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