Four or Dead by G O A

Four or Dead

Angel's screams still echo in my head, her yelling for me to save her

Why the fuck did I wait until now to tell the truth? Because I was scared of what Alekos and Reyes would do and because I didn't want to ruin the friendship we had. Angel was tortured because I didn't open my mouth when I was supposed to. If I weren't such a piece of shit, we would have gotten her out before anything happened to her

Angel being beaten with a leather paddle until she is covered in blood

What if Carlos had killed her? My demon growls so loud I have the impression he will consume me

The hunting vest I wear over my t-shirt is undone, Reyes slashes my chest, and the acid from the knife's handle spreads across my body, unbearable pain bringing me to my knees. It won't kill me, but I will experience extreme pain in the days that follow

Reyes is about to plunge the knife into my heart, but Alekos stops himThis content © Nôv/elDr(a)m/a.Org.

"Do you really want to kill him so fast?"

"You are right. He deserves to suffer," Reyes says and spits on my face

Alekos grabs the collar of my vest and yanks me up. "I trusted you, and what did you do?" he snarls

"Tm sorry," I mumble

Alekos takes the knife from Reyes. "You better be because I will kill you slowly and painfully."

He cuts me across my stomach, more acid entering my body, the pain knocking the breath out of me. Alekos puts the tip of the knife to the base of my neck, and I don't move, knowing that I deserve to be killed by my blood-brothers

"You knew how I felt about her, what Reyes and I feel for her, and you still kicked her out, lying to her and us! It was not your decision but hers if she wanted to leave! Not that I would have really let her leave."

Reyes trembles with rage, his eyes turning entirely red. "You were like a brother to me. And you took my mate away from me," he growls every word, making me believe it is his demon who is speaking

I knew Reyes was on the verge of madness, but since meeting Angel, his mind was clearer than ever. I let everyone down because I wasn't willing

to give up on Emily, and she ended up being a treacherous snake

Reyes's nails and canines start to elongate. Is he going to shift? Goddam

Alekos grabs his shoulder. "Keep it together. We will find her."

Reyes moves away from me and starts hitting his head against the wall

He does this when the dark whisper is too loud. Angel kept his darkness

at bay, and now he is self-harming again

Blood gushes out from the cuts made by Reyes, the acid running through my veins, making every part of my body scream in pain

"T will bring her back," I promise

"Bring her back?" Alekos asks sarcastically. "While you were here hunting rats like you, she was saved."

I let out a breath of relief. Angel is alive and safe. "Where is she? I need to apologize to her."

"If we knew where she was, do you think we would be here?" Reyes roars

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My gaze goes to Reyes, who is still banging his head against the wall

Alekos and I would always stop him, not wanting anything to happen to him, but Alekos is holding my vest tight, almost like he is afraid that I will run away the moment he lets go. I wouldn't. I might be many things, but I am not a coward

"What do you mean you don't know where she is? You saved her." Neither Alekos nor Reyes say anything. I am starting to panic. While in the forest, I've had time to think about Angel and how I've treated her since she threw away Emily's engagement ring. Now that the rose- tinted glasses regarding Emily are gone, I can see Angel is the one for me. When I took her shopping, I loved every second I spent with her

And each time I saw her with Reyes and Alekos, I imagined I was the

one inside her

"Right?" I ask

"You lost your right to know shit about Angel the moment you went behind our backs and made a decision without talking to us," Alekos snarls. "The most important rule of being a blood-brother is never betray the others and never make decisions on your own. You not only broke that one but also the one that demands us to take care of our bonded when you threw her on the street."

"But she is not our bonded anymore." What a stupid thing to say because I want her to be my bonded. And she is more than that. She is my hellstar. I want to let that sink in, but the pain from the acid makes it hard to think rationally

Reyes finally stops slamming his head into the wall and looks at me

Blood covers his forehead from the force in which he has inflicted the damage to himself. "Because you refused to do your part despite knowing she is our hellstar. You kept pushing her away, never fucking her or taking care of her emotional needs. You failed her and us over and over again."

I failed Angel and my blood-brothers. I don't deserve any of them, but even if it takes me a lifetime, I will work hard to show them I am worthy of forgiveness

"If there were a way to sever the bond that binds us as blood-brother

without risking Reyes's sanity, I wouldn't hesitate to do it," Alekos

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sneers

Alekos doesn't want me as his blood-brother anymore

I fucked up everything because I wasn't willing to let go of Emily because of what she represented my first love. It took me seeing the videos of her and Jason to wake up to reality and the videos of Angel's torture to know what I lost

"Give me a chance to prove how sorry I am for everything," I beg

Alekos snorts. "Excuse me? You want to prove you are sorry?" His sarcastic tone lets me know he does not believe me. "How can I trust you are sorry when you were up here for four days while our bonded, our hellstar, was tortured because you were a fucking coward who wouldn't take responsibility for what you did!" he roars

I needed to clear my head, but I didn't really think through what would happen to Angel

"If not for you, none of this would have happened," Reyes growls

"I know," I whisper. "But I am truly sorry. How can I prove that I am not lying?"

Alekos's jaw is set hard. "Tell me the truth about the woman in the hospital."

I don't want to tell them about Emily, but if I keep quiet, I will lose my

only chance to set things right. Will Alekos accuse me of knowing of Emily's plans? Surely, he knows Nikolas was like a father to me. But he will question why I let Emily get away with everything she did, and I don't have a clear answer myself

Not wanting to make my blood-brothers wait, I take my phone out of my pocket. "The battery is dead, but allow me to charge it, and then I will show you something important."

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