Little Demon in the Details by Nordika Night

Author:Nordika Night [Night, Nordika]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2023-08-14T16:00:00+00:00

If Will has it, I hope he sees it, and I hope he fucking sweats.

19

I hate that my fingers are in my mouth. I hate it even more that my dad sees it. No matter how hard I try, I can’t pull them out, though.

My mind belongs to me, but it isn’t my own. Weird questions and memories are fleeting by too fast for me to come up with answers to them. Like why Blake’s apartment is music themed, but I’ve never seen him play an instrument, or if Dee’s open invitation to hang out was a taunt or a genuine offer. But mostly, I’m just wondering if I really was a job to Blake Carter. Was this the end goal? Help me, earn my trust, break down my walls, and then send me back to my dad so his psychotherapy finally works?

I suck on my fingers and blink through the grogginess of my mind. I’m aware but not alert, and I’m scared without being able to do anything about it. My legs don’t want to move and my panic attack can’t fully come because my body is too lazy to let it.

Through blurred vision, I squint one eye to look around. It’s a familiar room, somewhere I’ve spent a lot of time, but it’s also different this time. My dad is here, and I don’t think I’ve ever seen him here before.

“Baby,” Dad says, looking at a phone. “He calls you baby. Suits you, since you’re sucking your fucking thumb like one.”

I force myself to pull my fingers from my mouth. Is that my phone? Did Blake text me?

“I admire your persistence and your ability to bounce back,” Dad says. “It’s just coming at the wrong time, Ben.”

Mercer.

“I’ve had plans in place for a very long time, and you being with the youngest Carter boy isn’t good for those plans. I admit, you’ve been dealt a terrible hand in life. This mess started long before you were born, and I am sorry you got caught in the crossfire, but I can’t have you earning a backbone right now.”

“Why?” My voice isn’t powerful, reminding me how useless and weak I am. “What do I have to do with any of it?”

Dad smiles at my phone and then puts it into his jacket pocket. He looks at me for the first time, really scrutinizing my appearance. I’m still wearing the suit from the gala, but it’s rumpled and damp, and ruining the couch I’ve been placed on. This living room sits in a cabin, one I’ve been kept at many times before, guarded and secure while my family does something important they don’t want me fucking up. Wonder what it is this time?

Through the haze of the drugs, I’m terrified. More terrified than I’ve ever been before because this is the first time I’ve ever stood up to my dad. I put on a show tonight, blending into his world to goad him, and look how it turned out. I asked for this.

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