Total pages in book: 37
Estimated words: 32429 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 162(@200wpm)___ 130(@250wpm)___ 108(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 32429 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 162(@200wpm)___ 130(@250wpm)___ 108(@300wpm)
"I can't tell you," she whispers, a tear rolling down her cheek. Finally one that's not absorbed by the blindfold. "I can't tell you the truth."
"Why not, angel?" I bite my tongue. Does she know it's me yet? I kiss the streaks left over by her tears falling.
"Because if I do, I'll give you every weapon in the arsenal to hurt me," she says and this time I can imagine her eyes filled with disgust as she struggles to get away from me.
She won't.
I grab her by the cheeks, forcing her to kiss me for the very first time as Xander. Her mouth resists, body fighting me, and I can feel the way her mind is pulling at her heartstrings, trying to convince her whether or not to do this. I don't think she's sure what she wants. I think her pussy wants me, but her mind hates me. But where is her heart?
With Xander?
With me?
"Do I kiss you better than he does?" I ask her. "Do I kiss you better than my brother did?"
She shakes her head weakly, but I can tell I'm getting to her.
"Let me tell you all the other awful things he's done. You really think you're the first one he's done this to? He had a girl before you, maybe remember her? I think you've met. She had red hair."
I can see the realization dawning on her. When I met her when she was younger, before I took her to my home, the redhead was with me at their house. I don't even fucking remember her name right now, but I'm sure Tallulah does.
That jealousy inside her makes her grit her teeth together, angrily biting down on what I assume she wants to spit back into my face.
" You don't think he did the same things to her that he did to you?" I ask her next. "You don't think she was subjected to his cruel love? You are just something for him to get off with. A toy. A cock sleeve he cums into. You're no different than the others, Tallulah. He probably hates you. He hates women. He hasn't done a nice thing for one in decades. And he even gave up his own brother. He's a monster. Do you love a monster, Tallulah?"
Her body crumbles in on itself with what I'm telling her. It's too much for her to hear. She keeps whimpering, crying out loud, and begging for the one man who isn't here right now because I fully stepped into the role of my brother.
She keeps calling out Xavier's name.
No.
My name.
Fuck.
Over and over again.
Screaming into the void is if someone's going to save her. But I don't think I'm capable of taking a step back. No, not until she says it herself. Not unless she begs for me. Only then will I save her from this. If I can ever break my role...
Xander and I changed places too many times to count, which means it's too easy for me to go back into playing my younger brother's role.
"Tell me, Tallulah," I whisper in her ear, gently running my fingertips all over her body and pulling on the weights that make her sob in a panic. "Tell me you love him. Tell me you don't give a shit about me, and you hate the way I put my cock inside you. Tell me you hate it every time I put loads of cum deep inside your cunt. Tell me there's only one man for you, tell me you only want one thing. Xavier. You want Xavier, don't you? Tell me I'll never have you. You'll only break for him."
"How can I do that?" Tallulah whispers. "When admitting it means breaking for you..."
Her words are surprisingly fast and snappy for someone who has been kept on the edge for so long. She makes me laugh out halfheartedly and I feel a moment of kinship with her I haven't felt in a very long fucking time.
Then, I feel myself getting soft for her again and I can't fucking bear that.
Instead of going off her words I slap her hard. This time hard enough to make her swing in her chains.
I pull my hand back, almost regretting what I've done. It burns from the impact of her skin against mine. I'm starting to think I really have turned into the monster Tallulah believed me to be all that time ago. I can't believe I just did that to her. Slapped her right on her face so hard her blindfold slipped off.
It's not covering her eyes any longer, but she still hasn't opened them. They remain firmly closed as she tries to catch her breath again.
"I hate you," she finally spits out. "I hate you so much. I've never hated anyone more in my entire life. I belong to Xavier. Xavier Gunn, not you. You will never own me. You will never have me. I will always be his property."