I gasp hard as it flees me completely, and the rain hides the tears that start to fall.
"Don't ever,everspeak to me again," I choke out through strained emotion.
I turn away, ready to walk back to Edgebrook even if it takes me days. I refuse to stay here.
"What the hell?" Kane asks as he rushes over to Gage.
"I justreallyfucked up. Stop her. Don't let her go alone."
I don't want the night stalker who broke my heart seeing me fall apart at the hands of another follower of the dark. I decide to run and leave them behind. I can find a car on the way. I need out of all of this.
"Alyssa!" The very sound of Kane yelling for me threatens to infuriate me all the more.
"No! Go away!"
He grabs me from behind and whirls me around.
"It's too fucking dangerous for you to go storming off into the night. Get in the car, and I'll drive you home."
My teeth grind together as I shake my head, wiping my tears as I let an exasperated, exhausted, and bitter laugh free. "You just love this, don’t you?"
"Alyssa, I don't even know what the hell is going on. Just get in the car, and you can tell me on the way back."
I push his hand away when he tries to tug me at the elbow, and Zee runs up to join us.
"Someone want to clue me in?" he asks, looking from me to Gage who is working hard to knock out the humans' memories from the last few minutes.
"Mr. Magic got frisky with the wrong girl," Dice chirps, acting as though he's getting high right now.
"Shut your mouth, Dice," Gage interjects when he joins us, then he turns to me. "Alyssa, please. I swear this is business."
I cross my arms, my heart beating too fast to keep a rhythm. "It sure as hell looked more like pleasure to me." Then I turn back to Kane who seems to be piecing it all together. "Zee can drive me back. You can take that twisted freak with you."
"Hey," Dice spews, feigning offense.
"Why are you taking this out on me?" Kane gripes, glancing over at Gage who is gripping his head.
"Because the two of you are the worst things that ever happened to me." Kane's face drops, as though I've wounded him. I don't care. I don't care that Gage looks like I've just ripped his heart out. "I want both of you gone. I can take care of myself."
Zee tightens his lips, but he nods - reluctantly so. Apparently I've also insulted him by taking a shot at Kane.
"Forget it. I'll call a cab. None of you had better return to my house. Your shit will be in the yard in a few hours. You can get it from there."
I start walking off, but Zee grabs my hand this time. "What did I do?"
I glare at him while he feigns innocence.
"You're with Kane. That's obvious. Right now, I'm alone. I'd rather be alonewhile I'm alone."
"What did I do?" Dice asks in confusion, like the idiot he is.
"You love this. You're feeding off of it. I know an incubus loves a good argument between lovers. It fuels you more than feeding. Go. To. Hell."
He raises his arms up, genuinely perplexed. "It's my nature. Don't hold that against me. Right now, I'm almost buzzing because it's so thick with sexual energy being released from your anger."
Gage starts to touch me, but I jerk back, leaving him to grab only air. "I mean it. I want all of you out."
I walk off, pulling out my phone and scrolling through web to find the number to a cab company. Screw them all. I'd rather die alone than with people so willing to break me around every turn.
