Den of Vipers

in the room. What they don’t realise? When you hit bottom, you only have
one way to go, and that’s up.
They took everything, including me.
I have nothing left to lose.
They have everything.
“You must be hungry. Come on, we’re having breakfast and thought you
might like to join us,” he offers, his hands tucking into his pockets as he tries
to make himself seem friendly. It might work on others, but not on me. I see
behind that mask to the monster hiding beneath.
“Will I be chained like a dog?” I snarl, and he smirks.
“Do you want to be? It can be arranged, I’m sure,” he retorts smugly, and
I narrow my eyes. “Come, eat.”
“And if I say no?”
He loses his smirk, his face going cold. “You better realise now that you
have no power here, love. It will make it easier for you. If I wanted you
chained like a dog, you would be. I’m being polite, so do not throw it in my
face, or we might not be so polite in the future.”
Then, he goes back to grinning. “Come.” He nods his head and leaves the
room.
I struggle for a moment before following after him. He’s waiting right
outside, giving me no time to try and escape. Like he can hear my thoughts,
he chuckles, his hand going to the base of my spine, warming the skin there.
He leans down, murmuring in my ear, “I wouldn’t. D is looking for an excuse
to rough you up. Don’t tempt him to chase you, because when he gets you…
well, you will have wished he was as nice as us.”
“Do you always threaten people with death and torture over breakfast?” I
snap, moving away from his hand.
He laughs behind me. “Of course, it isn’t a good morning without at least
one death threat or fight.”
I stomp down the hallway, noting the other doors for later. It cuts off,
opening up into the rest of the apartment, and I stop, gawking. “You’re all
crazy,” I mutter distractedly.
He presses against my back, his heat and hard body making me freeze. I
feel his lips at my ear, his breath wafting through my hair. “You have no
idea.”
I ignore him, too busy staring at the grandeur around me. If I thought that
bedroom looked like something out of a showroom, I had no idea…fuck, I