No Place To Hide: A Dark Romance Halloween Novella by Harper Ashley & Wren Hawthorne

Author:Harper Ashley & Wren Hawthorne [Ashley, Harper & Hawthorne, Wren]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2023-09-06T18:30:00+00:00

CHAPTER TEN

blair

“Besides tonight?”

Jackson narrows his eyes and takes a warning step toward me. “Blair.”

What the fuck is going on? Now he wants to talk?

“I’m sorry, but you have to give me some grace here Jackson. A few minutes ago you were saying horrible things to me and treating me like some cheap whore, now you’re casually trying to get to know me?”

He shifts. “I’m failing to see your point. Are you not a cheap whore?”

My jaw drops open, not one bit of this making a lick of sense.

“Close your mouth, B. And stop looking at me like I’m speaking a different language.”

“A different language might make more sense. Your multiple personalities are giving me whiplash!” I throw my hands up and lean against the cold metal railing.

One side of Jackson’s mouth turns upward into a boyish grin. “Is that so?”

“Yes, yes it is. I know absolutely nothing about you, other than your penchant for turning schoolyard games into something deeply disturbing. One second you’re making me experience more pleasure than I could have ever imagined, and in the next you’re making me question every single fucking thing about myself.” I cross my arms and let out a deep sigh. “A few hours ago I was Blair, a girl who never took risks and had only ever given my body to one person. A person I’d dated for years. And now I’m running through a dirty carnival being chased by a man who wants to punish me, and liking it. You’re reading me like a book and instead of using that to—I don’t know—be nice to me, you’re breaking me down.”

My mind races as I start to really think about what has happened tonight and what I’ve done. My mouth goes dry and a tightness fills my chest, the world around me suddenly feeling like it’s running out of air.

“So let’s get to know one another,” Jackson says in a soft voice, taking a step toward me. “You answer my questions and I’ll answer yours.”

I look up at him through my lashes, his closeness bringing a strange sense of comfort that I can’t explain.

“A game within a game,” Jackson laughs, the first time I think I’ve heard a real laugh come from him. “Like Saw.”

“Huh?”

His brow shoots up. “You know, Saw. A game within a game?”

I shake my head slowly, no idea what the hell he is talking about.

“You’ve got to be fucking kidding me. Jigsaw? Puppet on a tricycle?”

“Is that a friend of yours or something?”

He looks appalled at my lack of understanding for whatever weird reference he’s making.

“Oh, Blair. So many things I would teach you if I had the time.” His hand rests on the side of my cheek. “Forget it. Back to the questions. Do we have a deal?”

I nod, and he joins me at my side.

“The worst thing that has ever happened to me was losing my twin sister,” I say, my voice barely a whisper. “She died when I was twelve, and I don’t think there will ever be any pain that can hurt more than that.

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