ALL FAITHS SINS

Chapter Eight

Faith

I couldn’t help it , I wasn’t usually so much of a screamer but when I opened my mouth that’s what came out. Scream after scream. Each more high pitched and wailing than the one before.

The last thing I remembered before waking up in a room, that oddly looked like the love child of a medieval castle and a frat boy was sneaking into one of the Sins bedrooms. And strong arms clamping round my body, a hand that smelt oddly like baby powder covering my mouth as we fell into nothingness. Which made no sense at all.

How could we have been falling?

How could I fall and end up in a totally different room. With daylight streaming through the high windows?

How long had I been to sleep?

And more importantly why was one of the sins glowering at me , his face screwed up in anger as the wailing kept flowing from my lips.

“Do you want to shut up for just a minute” He sounded angry and something more than that. Bored. He kidnapped me and he sounded bored. “Hunter and Seb said you were pretty cool, just goes to show how wrong those two can be”

“Wh…” the mention of the two sins I had any contact with made the sound die on my lips. “Was this there idea? Is this some hazing thing? Kidnap the first year? Where am I?” It all came out in a jumbled rush and I saw his eye brows raise into his blonde hair.

“Their idea? As if either of them would think to do something so pro active. They wanted to woo…” he shook his head, settling himself down on the bed as if this was the most normal thing in the world. He must have seen my confused expression because he continued with a lop sided grin. “Date, they wanted to date you. Butter you up that way”

Butter me up? Why would Hunter and Sebastian need to butter me up and why the hell would they want to be date me?

Guys like them didn’t date girls like me.

“What?”

“You’re not very bright are you? They said you were clever”

“f**k you” I flicked him the bird, moving on bare feet towards the door I had spotted when he had been talking. Tugging the hem of the ridiculous short dress in a futile attempt to at least cover my ass a little bit.

“The doors locked”

I froze, hand already stretched towards the handle. “Locked?”

“Yes, why don’t you sit down so we can talk.. like civilised people”

My eyes narrowed as I whirled to him, civilised people? How could he sit there so casually when he had kidnapped me.

“I would like you to open this door” placing my hands on my hips I gave him what I hoped was my most severe look. “I would like to leave”

“No”

I gulped back the panic that bubbled up in my chest .

“I would like to go home”

“No”

“What do you mean no?”

He groaned, as if my questions were unfounded. As if I was the one being unreasonable.

“I mean you are my guest? You just be hungry shall we go and eat?”

I blinked at him in surprise? Was he a total lunatic? Who in their right mind would be talking about food with the girl he had just kidnapped, as if it was totally normal?

“Guests get invited , they get to say no thanks”

“You are being rude”

My fists clenched by my sides. “I am being rude? Me? I am not the one who kidnapped someone from a party and locked them in some strange room?”

“It seemed the easiest way to get to know you without my brothers getting in the way” he shrugged as I narrowed my eyes at him. Brothers? Who were his brothers? The sins?

There were only two of them that could possibly be actually related . What had Missy said their names were?

Declan and Dillon?

Maybe.

“You could have just came up to me and had a conversation” forcing myself to relax my shoulders I blew out a breath. Anger wasn’t going to work in this situation , I needed to put him at ease if I was going to get out of here.

“Like that worked out so well for Seb and Hunter” he scoffed but finally he wasn’t looking so relaxed. It was as if me relaxing had put him more on edge. Which was the opposite of what I wanted. “No” it didn’t even sound like he was talking to me anymore. “Much better to get you here and get to know you better alone. After all this is going to be your home”

My home? I swallowed the lump in my throat.

Total crazy person.

He didn’t even seem to notice the look of horror on my face.

“Much better this way”

“Which one are you?” I couldn’t stand to listen to another moment of his ridiculous monologue. “Declan or Dillon?”

His face split into a wide grin and he was off the bed in a second, moving so fast my eyes couldn’t track it. One moment he was on the bed and the next he was in front of me, my backwards stumble had me pressed up against the closed door. And a small cry escaped my lips.

How had he moved so fast?

“You know my name?” It seemed to make him happy if his face was anything to go by so I nodded eagerly. Even as he pressed up close, not even an inche between our bodies.

“I…” I sucked in a breath. He smelt of something rich beneath the baby powder. But I couldn’t quite place it.

“I’m Dillon” he smiled, his white grin making his face glow. “Declan is my twin. But don’t worry about him. All that matters is me and you”

“Me and you?” Why were the handsome ones so bat s**t crazy? And why did I seem to attract? “Maybe we could go and grab a coffee sometimes or a movie. I would need to change out of my costume first . But I am free tonight if you are?” I tried for casual but my voice was shaking.

“We can get something to eat now if you like? No one will say anything about your dress” his hand froze just an inche from my bare arm. “I’ll kill them if they do. I quite like you my little angel”

“I need a shower” I tried again. I wanted out of this room. Out of this nightmare.

“I can have someone draw you a bath after we have eaten. Portal travel always has such a impact on the human body so I know you must be hungry”

I opened my mouth to deny it when my stomach grumbled loudly. I snapped them shut at his knowing look.

Portal travel? Ok it was official he was a total nut job. A certifiable crazy person.

“I am a little yes” Lowering my eyes I made myself look as small as possible. I had to be smart if I was going to get out of this alive. And first part of the plan was getting out of this room. “Food would be great thank you … Dillon”

“It’s my pleasure Faith” He held out his arm and I slipped my hand into the crook of his elbow , trying not to hyperventilate as the door clicked open. I hadn’t seen him produce a key.

“This way” he made a step to lead me through the door when a loud crash came from the end of the hallway.

“Dillon” a loud voice boomed, echoing over the roughly hewn stone walls. “Dillon I’m going to f*****g kill you”

“Wh…”

I pulled my hand from his grasp, launching myself forward. Bare feet slapping on the flagstones. I knew that voice . “Faith” Dillon’s voice was closer as he chased after me.

Hunter appeared at the corner, his face murderous . Sebastian and the other sins close on his heels. He didn’t even pause as he swept past me.

His cry as he tackled Dillon to the ground was animalistic.

“It’s ok now Faith, I got you” Sebastian’s arm was heavy as he wrapped it around my shoulders , drawing me to his side.

“What the f**k were you thinking? Taking her without talking to us? This wasn’t the plan. We had a plan” his first connected with Dillon’s face with the sound of a mallet hitting raw meat. It was a wet sloppy sound.

And my heart fell. What did he mean they had a plan? What plan?

I had thought they were here to rescue me so why did I have the sneaky suspicion that things were just about to get so much worse?