The Other Brother Part 3: Illicit by Lauren Hawkeye & Tawny Stokes

Author:Lauren Hawkeye & Tawny Stokes [Hawkeye, Lauren]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: alpha male, bad boy, alpha billionaire, billionaire, stepbrother, taboo, new adult
Publisher: TL Books
Published: 2015-03-10T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter Six

ALLEGRA

I feel like I did the time I had my wisdom teeth out—that disorientation that comes from waking from a drug-induced haze. Every time I move, my head pounds and my stomach roils. My body doesn’t even feel like my own. I’m curled into a fetal position on the floor—a hard floor, if the ache in my side is any indication. When I try to move my leg, my head twitches. It’s as if all my brain messages are going to the wrong places.

My lips are swollen and dry, and there is a horrid taste in my mouth. What the hell did I consume that made me feel this way? Did I relapse and drink? Am I now lying on the hard ceramic in the hotel bathroom?

The understanding comes slowly, a determined root working its way through the softness of my mind. There was no relapse—this isn’t the aftermath of some big party. I’m not in Seth’s hotel room. I’ve been drugged.

Drugged and kidnapped by my own brother.

No, Theo. No. I don’t want to believe that Seth was right all along, that the brother who once pushed me on the swings has taken me with the intent to harm. The thought revolts me and I shudder. It takes everything I have not to turn my head and vomit. Instead, I roll onto my back and try to gather my wits. I’m going to need them to get out of this situation, though it’s not yet apparent what that situation might be.

By the look of the ceiling and walls, I’m in an old rundown house. Wooden beams are visible through the holes in the stucco. Ripped and torn ribbons of wallpaper hang down from all the walls. I run my hand on the floor next to me. It comes away dirty, flecked with dust and grime and God knows what else. From the looks of things, I’d say I am in some abandoned house that was boarded up and forgotten long ago.

Swallowing down the bile rising in my throat, I try to sit. I lift up with my head, and then fall back down. My eyesight swims and I see black and white spots dancing before me. I try again, engaging my core to lift me. It’s a good thing I do a hundred crunches a day to stay fit. I’m finally sitting, which enables me to see the entire picture.

It isn’t pretty.

“Do you want some water?” From his chair in front of me, Theo reaches over with a bottle of water.

“Not from you.” My voice cracks. I rub at my throat. It’s strained and dry, but I’m not drinking anything he gives me.

“There’s nothing in it. I promise.”

I glare at him. How dare he promise me anything?

He takes a drink from the bottle, and then hands it to me. “See? It’s fine.”

I don’t want to take it, but I need to flush this drug out of my system. I need my strength if I’m going to fight back. My

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