Beauty and the Villain : A Dark Age Gap Enemies to Lovers Romance (Beauty and the Villain Duet Book 1) by V.F. Mason

Author:V.F. Mason [Mason, V.F.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2022-09-15T16:00:00+00:00

Rush

I enter my spacious office with a huge window that brightens up the entire room, emphasizing the expensive dark oak furniture consisting of a wide desk, three chairs, and a leather couch in the corner.

A small bar stands in the right corner, holding a wide selection of alcohol, which every night club would be jealous of.

I go to it, grabbing a glass and pouring myself a drink while ordering, “Let’s hear it.” George opens his mouth but pauses at my lifted finger. “Make it short. My patience is already wearing thin.” Putting a few ice cubes in the glass, I march toward a chair and drop on it, then place my feet on the desk and lean back.

Amusement flicks inside me, already anticipating their usual scolding.

The only reason they are even allowed to say anything is because, to my astonishment, I still respect them. A rare emotion almost no one in this world gets from me.

Or maybe it’s the deep gratitude for what they have done for me?

William grabs my elbow, pulling me out of my room into the dark hallway, as screams echo in the distance accompanied by a horrible smell polluting the air and making me cough into my arm. “Hide your nose, Rush,” he instructs me, and I do as he says, his splayed palm pushing me toward the stairs as heat surrounds us.

My brows furrow, and I wipe my eyes. Why, all of a sudden, has it become so hot inside the castle? Aren’t we in the middle of a tropical storm during which everything blooms and gives temporary reprieve to the sweltering land?

William doesn’t let me dwell on it though. When another piercing scream fills the night, accompanied by several gunfire-like sounds, he orders, “Run, Rush. Run!” Quickly racing down the stairs, gasping at the destruction awaiting me there, I end up in George’s strong arms. He lifts me up just before the orange-blue flames envelop my body. More shouts and screams echo in the space.

The glass in my hand cracks a little, the sound snapping me back to the present and away from the painful memories eating at my soul every single day.

I let the liquid mix with the blood on my palm, enjoying how it slowly glides down my skin, leaving stinging sensations in its path.

Only pain makes me feel alive and takes away the hurtful screams permanently residing in my ears.

George narrows his eyes at me, puffing his chest out. “I cannot believe you went through with this idea and brought that poor girl here.” He glares at William, who sighs heavily. The old man needs to check his lungs or something; he’s been fucking sighing since yesterday. “You should be ashamed of yourself. You told me she’s the sweetest!”

“I tried,” William defends himself to his husband, sinking into the opposite chair, his gaze still glued to the floor. “I gave her many hints to go somewhere. But she refused to listen to me. And he—” He motions at me with his head.

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