Heartbreak hotel

Chapter 15

Isaiah half expected Amethyst to stop and glare at him. But instead, she reached inside her jacket and pulled out a knife, glaring at him as she twirled it around in her hands. Of course, when everyone saw the knife, guns appeared out of thin air, and they were all pointed at her this time. She didn’t seem to care as she glared at Isaiah, who now had a knife in his own hands, daring her to make the first move.

Luca groaned, but Isaiah didn’t look at him, not when he had so many thoughts about Jamie standing beside his girlfriend. “Okay, right in front of me, too. And we’re doing the same s**t as yesterday again too? I knew becoming a detective was a mistake. Can you put the f*****g weapons away? And they better be registered. Most of you don’t even have a license; I'm f*****g leaving.”

“Not without food, you’re not,” Rick deadpanned. He had been leaning against the archway that led into the kitchen, watching the entire scenario play out. Isaiah stared at him. Rick was leaner than his brother and slightly taller than him, too, but they both wore all black and liked leather; he looked back over at Amethyst and instead focused on Jamie, who looked the same as the day he had left. “And this is your home. You don’t storm out, Luca.”

“But-”

Rick rolled his eyes. “But nothing. We’re going to finish making food again,” he tacked on.

“It was the deal,” Ash deadpanned. “Don’t get bitchy.”

“We’re going to finish making food. The rest of you split into groups with people you don’t want to kill and talk like normal humans. You’re all just hangry. And once everyone’s eaten, only the people who need to be here stay here; the rest can go, and the remaining lot can talk; we clear?”

Isaiah didn’t like the arrangement, and he agreed but didn’t hide away his knife until Amethyst slid hers back into her jacket. He turned on his heel and walked back over to Royal, standing beside Midnight, and he grabbed him by his pale hair and kissed him.

Although Luca had one of the smallest lounge spaces, everyone managed to fit in, but it had been a tight fit.

Melody was with Wendy, Isaac, and Ace, the three of whom were talking about something he couldn’t quite hear, but he wasn’t interested in them as much.

The gummies Isaiah had taken had finally taken effect, and he grinned as he closed his eyes and relaxed. He opened his eyes when he knew he was high after the gummies had finally kicked in, and his eyes landed on Jamie, who was with Amethyst across the room.

Jamie’s dirty blonde hair looked dishevelled, he must have run his hands through it multiple times, and he was quite tall too, almost 6’4, and it was apparent he had been working out wherever the f**k he had been; he had built some muscle up while away. Isaiah recognised the purple sweater he was in, the two had gone to the mall, and it had caught his eye; he knew purple looked on Jamie and so had bought it for him. And when Jamie smiled at something Amethyst said, his canine teeth peeked over his lips.

“What are you thinking about?” Royal asked, leaning down to whisper in his ear. At some point, they slid to the ground and leaned on the wall.

“Not much,” he replied, peeling his eyes away from Jamie to look at Royal.

Royal didn’t get to ask any more questions, as Roman had called out from the kitchen that food was ready, and of course, everyone began piling into the kitchen. Once the trio had gotten their food and were seated by the wall, they didn’t expect the door to fly open, and Thea would come in with a frown while helping Ravi stumble inside.

“We have a problem,” Thea muttered as she dropped Ravi on the couch, wiping the imaginary dust off her hands. Ravi had fallen with an audible thump, and Isaiah heard Julian snicker somewhere in the room.

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