Titan (Dark Kings 1)

We all pile into the elevator, and it starts to descend. The last drink I had begins to hit me harder. I’m blinking rapidly, unable to keep my heavy eyes open. My ankles give, and I fall to my right.

“Whoa. Be careful.” It’s the kid. I can smell his breath on my face, and it reeks of vodka.

“I’m fine.” I push him off me.

Jacob sees me out of the corner of his eye and wraps his arm around my shoulders, pinning me into his side. I allow it. I’d rather be close to him than the young pervert.

When the elevator dings and comes to a stop, the door opens, and we all step off into the hot summer night. “Wait right here. I’m going to walk Mr. Links to his car,” Jacob tells me.

“What?” I ask confused as to why he would walk the man we had dinner with to his car, but they’re already walking away.

The elevator is in the alley. And you can either go left or right. We came from the right, I think. The limo is parked out on the street nearby. I begin to walk in that direction.

“Hey, wait up,” the kid calls out.

“Go away,” I say over my shoulder.

“You don’t really mean that,” he says. Coming up behind me, he wraps his arms around me, pinning my arms to my sides.

“Get off me,” I growl, trying to free myself but unsuccessful.

“I’ll pay you double if you let me fuck you without a rubber,” he whispers.

“I’m not going to …”

He buries his head into my neck and sucks on it. Hard. I cry out when his teeth bite into my skin.

He’s ripped from me, the momentum knocking me to the ground, scraping my legs and hands on the asphalt. I scramble backward until my back hits the concrete wall. “Nite?” I gasp, looking at him standing over the kid in front of me.

His eyes meet mine for a brief second before he kicks the kid, knocking him onto his stomach.

“Where did you come from?” I ask, looking around quickly. “What are you doing here?” I ask as if the mute will answer me.

“I sent him.”

I look to my right and see Titan walking toward us. I use the side of the building to push myself up. “Titan …”

“Save it, Em. You can yell at me later.” He comes up to me and cups my cheeks. “Are you okay?” he asks.

“I … I think.” I’m breathing heavy, my knees are skinned, and my hands burn from catching myself when I fell, but other than that, I’m physically okay.

He tilts my head to the side and lets out a growl when he sees my neck. My hands instantly go to the tender area. “What did he say to you?” Titan demands.

I swallow but don’t make him wait. “That he would pay me double if I let him fuck me without a rubber.”

He lets go of me, steps back, and spins around. Just as the kid makes it to his feet, Titan nails him in the face with his fist. The guy stumbles back, and Titan hits him again before he can recover.

I stand back and watch Titan put all those fights I watched Grave do in the ring to shame. Titan is a force like nothing I’ve ever seen. The kid never even gets a shot in.

“What the fuck is going on?” Jacob snaps, walking up to us.

Titan turns to face him, and Jacob stops when he sees the blood splattered all over his clothes and an unconscious kid on the ground.

“What the fuck, Titan?” he demands. “Do you have any idea who that is?”

“I don’t give a fuck who he is,” Titan growls.

“You can’t do that.” He shakes his head. His eyes still on the guy lying at an odd angle. I’m not even sure he’s still alive.

“I can.” Titan drops to his knees and holds out his hand to Nite who has been standing there quiet this entire time just watching. He places a knife in Titan’s hand.

He grips the kid’s hair and pulls his head up and stretches the back of it across Titan’s leg. He takes the knife and slices it across the kid’s throat. I cover my mouth as the blood pours from the open wound and all over Titan’s jeans.

Jacob just stands there, his body shaking, eyes wide. I think he’s in shock. “What …? What did you do?” he whispers in horror.

Titan closes the knife and hands it back to Nite, who puts it in his pocket. He immediately pulls out his cell and starts typing away on it.

Titan steps up to Jacob. “You left Emilee unattended. He pinned her arms down to her side and bit her.” He points at me. “Told her he’d pay double if she’d fuck him raw.” His voice rises.