Hunted by My Stepbrothers : Family Confessions by Angel Lawson & AK Rose

Author:Angel Lawson & AK Rose [Lawson, Angel]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2022-07-11T16:00:00+00:00

12

Kate

The house in front of me is in complete darkness. I sit in my car and try to slow the pounding of my heart. I don’t want to be home this late, but after meeting with Paul, Henry had me running down a dozen other leads for the Gazette. I don’t want to climb out of this car and enter the lion’s den. But of course, what I want and what I have to do are very different things.

It’s not like there isn’t a damn serial rapist loose in the city. I lift my gaze to the darkened windows of my stepbrother's rooms. A rapist isn’t the only monster I have to worry about. Getting home late means less time for me to lock myself in my room before they return.

I inhale, gather my nerves and exit the car. With any hope, I can be showered, in my pajamas, and barricaded in my room before my stepbrothers get home.

I grip my keys between my fingers like a weapon and race for the porch. Locks and cupboards barricaded against my bedroom door didn’t seem to protect me before, so how did I think anything else short of my own demise would now?

Nothing stops them from coming after me. Not even being exposed to others during the day.

Still I have to try.

I insert my key into the lock and turn. I’m inside in a heartbeat, making my way through the house in darkness.

“You’re late.”

I freeze at the chilling tone and a quick movement comes from my right. I spin, my heart slamming against my chest as out of the darkness, evil lurks. Jack’s dark eyes glint like shards of broken glass as he strides toward me.

I spin and stumble backward, hitting the hard banister of the stairs. “I... had to work late. Henry made me–”

“I don’t give a shit what Henry made you do.”

A scream echoes down the staircase. Or I think it’s a scream, I barely hear it... still, the hair rising on the back of my neck confirms that it’s real. I know because that’s the entire reason Jack is here, grabbing my arm and yanking me against his hard body. I look down as I slam against him, terrified there’s a weapon in his hand. But there isn’t. There’s just him. His muscular, intimidating, body. His scent... dark and tormenting, fetid and raw, with undertones of woodsy pine.

“We’ve been waiting.”

“Waiting?” I barely force a whisper.

“Yes, Katie... waiting.” He looks up the stairs. “Since you were late, Oliver had to draw it out.”

He drags me up the stairs, and I cry out at the sudden movement. My core still aches from Davis’ assault. I grab the railing, not just to stop myself from falling but because I realize what’s happening.

“No.” I jerk my arm, trying desperately to escape from his cruel hold. “I’m not going in there.”

His fingers dig in, bruising as he pulls me after him. He’s so much stronger and I have no choice but to stumble after him.

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