Page 3 of Alluring Darkness
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ELI
There’s a mass of people standing around my car by the time my brothers and I reach the parking lot. I narrow my eyes in suspicion. There are lots of fancy cars here, and even though it is the latest model, it’s not like my Range Rover is anything remarkable. Not to mention that there are three identical ones parked right next to it.
It sounds as though some of the people are laughing. Or maybe gasping. But it’s hard to tell because of the strong winds that whoosh across the pavement.
On my left, Kaden and Jace are still arguing about who actually won the informal marksman competition they decided to have this afternoon. But on my right, Rico slides his dark eyes towards me.
“What’s going on?” he asks, keeping his voice low.
“I’m not sure,” I reply without taking my eyes off the crowd.
One of them turns around, and his eyes go wide as he spots us. His mouth moves. The others snap their gazes to us.
Then they all scatter like fucking cockroaches.
Now, Jace and Kaden at last notice that something is going on. They cease arguing to whip their heads around, looking at the people sprinting away.
“What the fuck?” Jace very eloquently declares.
Kaden looks to me. “Eli?”
Since I don’t know what’s going on either, I say nothing as we close the final distance to our cars. I study my car as I pass by the other three. It looks fine.
Then I round the back of it and come up on the driver’s side.
I stop.
For a moment, I can’t comprehend what I’m seeing.
My brothers come to a halt next to me as well, their eyes also locked on the doors before us.
I blink. Slowly.
Someone has keyed my car.
And not just keyed it. Someone has carved the wordsSmall Dick Energyin massive letters across both the driver’s side door and the back door.
Then Jace erupts into laughter, and reality comes rushing back to me. While he’s doubled over, gasping for breath between waves of laughter, I whip my head around in search of the people who were standing around my car less than a minute ago.
My eyes land on the guy who was the first to spot us. He has just made it to his car and is frantically trying to get inside and start it. Rico and Kaden follow my gaze. I jerk my chin.
Both of them take off towards the car. I start towards it as well while Jace jerks his head up and straightens. Raking a hand through his dark brown curls, he blinks as if trying to figure out why we all left.
“Aw shit,” he says. “Right.”
He sprints past me right as the guy gets his car started. Panic pulses across the guy’s whole face as he swerves his car out of the parking space. But he doesn’t make it more than ten feet before Jace leaps into the way and slams his palms down on the hood of the car. It screeches to a halt before it can mow him down.
The guy reaches for the door handle, but before he can grab it, Rico yanks the door open. Terror washes over the guy’s features, and he tries to scramble over to the passenger side, only to find Kaden pulling open the door and sliding into that seat. I stalk the final bit to the driver’s side and stop next to Rico.
“It wasn’t me,” the guy blurts out, his terrified eyes darting between the four of us. “It wasn’t me. I swear to God, it wasn’t me.”
I cock my head. “Really?”
“Yes. Yes. I swear it.”
“Then who?”