Kill Switch by Penelope Douglas

tight, containing some anger I was totally responsible for. Alex
smiled and waved, and I saw Rika approach and grab Alex in
an excited hug.
What?
And then I noticed someone coming toward me out of the
corner of my eye and turned my head to see Michael, Kai, and
Will head straight for me.
“Oh, fucking great,” I grumbled, throwing the cigarette
away.
Michael came up right into my face, all of them dressed
casually in jeans and T-shirts. “I want to talk to you in
private,” he said.
I straightened my spine, meeting him eye to eye.
“Private?” I teased. “Like steam-room private? I’m game.”
He folded his arms over his chest, his hazel eyes, piercing
me. “Speaking of which, pay any visits to Hunter-Bailey
recently?”
I laughed under my breath. “Ask Erika,” I taunted him.
“Or is she keeping things from you?”
His face was frozen, but I knew the storm that raged under
his skin. I wasn’t saying shit. I loved that his girl kept me a
secret from him.
“I trust her,” he said. “I don’t trust you. What are you
hanging over her head?”
Me? Oh, so that was it. The only way she’d give me the
time of day was if I were blackmailing her?
“Believe it or not,” I told him, “she’s the one who has my
neck in a noose. Quite the little dominant, your monster is. I’m
kind of digging it. If you want to share.” And then I shot my
eyes to Kai. “With everyone, I mean.”
“Jesus,” Kai muttered.
Yeah, I was definitely pissed when I heard about the three
of them. It was just another time the two of them made all the