“I don’t know what happened with Eugenie.”
“Don’t you want to know the truth?” I took a deep breath. “I don’t want this—”
“Are you prepared for what happens if you stay?” He cut me off and pulled me towards him urgently. “This isn’t a game Evie. This is real. There’s a possibility that...” His voice trailed off and he shook his head. “No, you should leave. I want you to leave.”
“What about Grant?”
“What about him?”
“Won’t he ask where I went?”
“I can deal with him.” He pulled me towards him and hugged me tight. “There’s a woman that once told me that you are what you are and you only are if you do and if you don’t do then you’re nothing.”
“What?” I frowned, confused by his words.
“There’s nothing more important to me than you leaving here safely.” He stroked the top of my head. “Unless you think you can handle staying.”
“What do you mean?”
“If you stay…” He paused. “There are things that you might have to do.”
“What sort of things?”
“I don’t know.” He grabbed my hands and pulled me towards him and whispered in my ear. “There are things you might have to do that might make you uncomfortable.”
“What?” I asked and I felt his hands digging into my side hard.
“Don’t move.” He whispered again. “He’s back.”
I didn’t need to ask who. I froze as I heard the door open slightly. The room was dead quiet as we all stood there waiting for someone to speak.
“Someone found her wings.” Grant’s voice was husky and I heard the rustle of chains in his hands. I stood there next to Tyler and shivered as his grip tightened.
“Can we help you, Grant?” Tyler’s voice sounded stiff.
“I thought we could all play a little game.” Grant walked towards us. “What do you say, Evie?”
“What?” I turned around slowly, trying to cover my body from him and he laughed.
“Why are you being modest?” He frowned. “It’s not as if I haven’t seen it.”
“Grant.” Tyler’s voice was angry.
“I know you’re not getting angry at me.” Grant snapped and held his chain up. “I found her Tyler. She’s mine.”
“She doesn’t want to be with you, Sir.” Tyler took a step towards Grant.
“Let’s play a game and see.” Grant smiled at me. “What do you think Evie?”
“What game?”
“We’re not playing any games?” Tyler took another step forward.
“Why not?” Grant’s smile dropped. “You never minded the games before. In fact, I thought you quite liked them.”
“What games?” I asked again, my head feeling heavy.
“We can go in the hot tub.” Grant said again. “Tyler likes the hot tub, don’t you Tyler.”
“Fuck off.” Tyler growled.
“Should you really be talking to me that way, Tyler?”
“Evie found some letters.” Tyler said softly. “Letters written by Eugenie.”
Grant’s eyes narrowed and he stared at me. “What did they say?”
“What did you do to her?” I said loudly. “What are you trying to do to me? Why won’t you let me leave?”
“This is a game.” Grant frowned. “This is just a game.”
“A game where she can’t leave?” Tyler grabbed my hand. “Why did you—”
“Where are the letters?” Grant looked around the room.
“I want to know what happened to Eugenie!” I screamed out in frustration and both men turned to look at me. I stood there and I could feel my body regaining strength and power. “What the f**k is going on here?”
“You want answers?” Grant said softly and I nodded. He smiled for a few seconds and then took a step towards me. “What else do you want, Evie?”
“Excuse me?” I said, my breathing coming hard.
“What else or who else do you want?” His eyes surveyed my body and I could feel my ni**les hardening involuntarily. Why was my body still reacting to him still?
“Grant.” Tyler’s voice was husky as he stood next to his boss. He looked at me then and surveyed my na**d body in silence. I stood there frozen to the spot, my heart racing and my head spinning. Both men were in front of me, looking at me with questions in my eyes. All of a sudden I didn’t know which way was left and which way was right. All of a sudden the room felt a lot smaller and a lot darker. All of a sudden both men suddenly appeared a lot larger and more dangerous than before. As I looked back and forth at Grant and Tyler’s faces I wasn’t sure which one to trust. Or if I could trust either of them? Was this all just some elaborate game and plan to them? Was I really safe with either of them? My head pounded as I stood there thinking about everything that I knew. I really had no reason to believe that either of them had my best interests at heart.
“Let’s see what Evie wants, Tyler.” Grant’s voice was low and he had a snarl on his face as he stared at me. In that moment, he looked very much like the wolf Tyler had called him.
“What I want?” I swallowed hard as he reached out and touched my shoulder. I took a step back and Tyler took a step towards me and touched my other shoulder. I felt both of their hands massaging me and I melted a little inside.
“What do you want Evie?” Tyler’s voice was rough and he wouldn’t make eye contact with me. I felt his hand slide down to my lower back and I froze and turned to look at him. He finally turned towards me and I could see a look in his eyes. I knew from his look that this wasn’t a part of his plan. This wasn’t something he wanted to happen.
“What do you think I want?” I asked softly and froze as Grant’s hand moved to my ass and squeezed it softly.
“I know what I want.” Grant whispered in my ear. “And I think you want it too.” His finger slipped in-between my legs and ran up my butt-crack lightly, before going back down and rubbing me between the legs. My body reacted immediately to his touch and I trembled for a few seconds before stepping back.
“Don’t.” Tyler stepped forward and pushed Grant back. “Don’t touch her.”
“But...” Grant frowned and Tyler grabbed him and they left the room. My body was trembling in shock as I realized how close I’d come to being in a situation that left me breathless and confused. I quickly grabbed the clothes I’d been wearing, before Tyler had given me the sexy underwear, and pulled them on. I heard Grant and Tyler arguing as they walked down the corridor and I stood in the doorway and waited for them to be out of sight. There was no doubt in my mind now. I wanted to leave. I didn’t care what connection Tyler and I had. This was just a little too much for me. I was finally coming to my senses and I knew that this was not the place for me to be. I didn’t even care about finding out how Eugenie had died. I was past the detective mode stage. I could still feel Grant’s fingers between my legs as Tyler massaged my lower back. I’d been this close to doing who knows what. I felt like I was going out of my mind. And I needed to leave.