Falling

Mia

Killian was my favorite cousin no matter what people thought of him. He was misunderstood and people never gave him the chance to reveal his true colors. I wasn’t stupid - I knew that he was functioning differently than most people and that he lacked what some others would call decent human empathy but that wasn’t his fault. He was born like this. And yet he never mistreated me or hurt me in any way. On the contrary, he was always the one protecting me when we were younger. When kids tried to bully me for being mute and calling me names Killian was always there even before my siblings. He was like a protective shadow looming around and protecting the ones he loved though some might argue that he didn’t know what that was. Maybe he didn’t have the same definition as most people but he definitely knew how to protect and take care of the people he considered family and friends. Now seeing him with Glyndon it just warmed my pretty dark heart. I’ve never seen a light nor a glint in his eyes growing up. No matter if we did something he supposedly should be enjoying or something that he would find funny he was always … mute in a sense. It’s funny for me to say it but maybe that’s why I understood him. I wasn’t talking and he wasn’t feeling. We were mute on different areas in our lives. And maybe that’s why I understood his oddness. Because some might argue that we were defective but I knew that Kill and I were both just our own prototype. One of a kind. I supported my cousins relationship from the get go so now sitting here at the campus pub with him, his girlfriend and her friends should make me feel at ease. And I was before a certain asshole stepped into the scene. That named asshole happened to be Glyndons older brother and no matter how much I loved Glyn I hated that much that fucking asshole Landon. He was triggering me and for the first time made me wish that I would speak just to cuss and yell at him and to tell him to fuck off.

Our eyes crossed and he gave a provocative smile into my direction that instantly made my blood boil. He was accompanied by his twin brother whom I liked because he was nothing like his twin. How were Glyn and Brandon so nice and he was basically the monstrous invention from hell? I just couldn’t understand. I pulled at Killians shirt and nodded towards the unwelcoming guests. He didn’t give no reaction looking at Landon who’s face became instantly sour. I watched Brandon patting his brothers shoulder and giving him a warning look before he smiled softly in our direction and came towards us. 

„Sorry, Remi texted us and send us a picture. I hope we can join“ Brandon spoke when he reached our table, patting his sisters hair lovingly. 

„Sure, Bran, just uh“ Glyndon looked around searching for extra chairs when she realized that the table was full.

„No worries, we can leave and than they can sit on our chairs“ Killian said, already pulling Glyndons hand to make her stand up. His girlfriend and I pulled both Killian down, me looking angrily at him. Don’t leave me alone with these freaks, I signed when he rolled his eyes and sat back.

„A freak calling us freaks… now I’ve seen it all“

My head shot up at the infuriating voice that was now closer at the table. Landon’s hands were casually in his pocket when he smirked in my direction. „Don’t be scared, mouse, we won’t eat you“ He said with a dangerous undertone that definitely made me believe that he would eat me alive and paint with my blood one of his disgustingly perfect pictures.

„Watch your tone, King“

Landon’s mischievous and playful demeanor changed instantly when Killian spoke, he looked at my cousin like he wanted to choke him to death. „Shut your fucking mouth, Carson“ 

My cousin gave him a sweet smile that I knew he gave him because it made him just more furious. My cousin loved mindfucking with people. Glyndon tensed at the table, the chatter now slowly dying when Kill and Landon watched at each other without one breaking the eye contact. Both stubborn and competitive.

Brandon, who had disappeared for a moment, came back with two chairs suddenly and pushed them between me and Cecily, who was sitting to my other side. She and her best friend were giggling about some insiders and I was more than happy for the distance as it was annoying to listen to them . Brandon sat down right next to the girls and when Landon realized that the only free space was next to me his eyes lit up with evil now ready to ignore my cousin. He moved around the table, without missing the opportunity to accidentally bump Killian who got quickly distracted by Glyndon so he wouldn’t jump on her brother, and sat right next to me. My whole body stiffened when he turned towards me, that devilish smile present on his lips. „You have anything else to say, mouse?“

Only then it dawned on me that he had understood what I had signed to Killian which made me look up at him in confusion. His smile widened at that as if he understood my questioning face and he leaned closer to whisper in my ear. The hair in my neck rose at that, my whole body shivering. 

„Keep your friends close and your enemies closer, mouse. I’m not a fool - I’ll do anything to know all my enemies. No matter what language they speak“ and then he ever so slightly licked along my ear and it was so soft and so quick that I questioned myself if I had imagined it but his smirk and his instant pokerface when he pulled back, acting like nothing happened, assured me otherwise. I looked at him with wide eyes not being able to believe what he revealed. Did this devil really learn sign language to haunt me? To understand me when I always appreciated the fact that not everyone was able to talk to me. That I could shut off anyone who didn’t belong to my world and wasn’t even worth spending my time with. I’ve learned from a very early age that my muteness was my superpower and I had the control of who was allowed to be in my presence and understand me and who wasn’t. I chose my surrounding and dismissed them with easy silence. Because people were impatient and hated to be ignored. Those two factors made me seclude myself successfully. I was my own protective wall and now this asshole came around and was able to break this wall? How? Why? We had rare encounters and I never felt like I was interesting enough for him to even see me as anything but a side character in his world. An unnecessary stranger. Not an enemy. A person he actively was protecting himself from - no, a person he wanted to destroy.

„What is it, mouse? Do you have your tongue tied in a knot?“ His dark chuckle made me shiver and I swallowed before tugging at Kills shirt again who was deeply lost in Glyndons presence, trying to pull her closer. He looked at me with his emotionless look when I signed him that I was tired and would leave. He asked me if he should accompany me, low key knowing that he wanted to use this chance to disappear also with Glyndon, but I shook my head. I’m sorry cousin, but you and your relationship need to distract Landon so I can disappear.

I didn’t bother saying bye to the others as I didn’t care about them and just stood up, not even looking to my side to see the monster next to me. I rushed outside and took a deep breath when a group of guys past me, obviously drunk, whistling in my direction. I flicked them the finger and looked at them with angry eyes and watched one stumble over his feet. Looking like a princess from hell did have its charm. I called an Uber after texting my sister that I’d be home in a few and drove back to my apartment that I shared with my twin on the campus. It was only a 15min walk from the pub but I just wanted to leave as quick as possible. When I got out after paying the driver I listened into the darkness surrounding me. It was past 2am in the night and something seemed off. I had goosebumps by the heavy silence when I looked around. Something was off and I knew eyes were watching me. I felt someone in my back and I instantly grabbed between my thighs to grab the knife I always carried under my skirts in a suspender belt. I turned but the attacker grabbed my wrist in one quick move, pulling it back that made me whine in pain and let go of the knife and pushed me against the wall, pushing a palm on my mouth.

„Psht little mouse, talking was never your strength“ 

My eyes widened in shock when Landon fucking King stood in front of me, his devilish eyes full of bad intentions and pure wickedness. 

„Carrying a knife between your legs? Now that shit is hot“ 

I tried pushing him off but he was still holding onto my wrist in his one hand and trapped my other hand between our chests. I might’ve as well pushed against a brick wall because he wouldn’t budge one bit. „Why did you run away? We were finally having a conversation“ he whispered into my ear, his voice sounding like crackling campfire. I groaned and bit down in his palm, hard, and I’m pretty sure it didn’t hurt him but it took him definitely by surprise because he hissed and pulled his hand back. I glared up at him and showed him my tongue in a mocking way. He blinked once, twice before I felt his chest against mine shaking because of laughter. „Unfuckingbelieveable“ he chuckled, his hand now gripping my jaw and squeezing my cheeks. „You’re so infuriating it’s almost adorable“ I shook my head trying to get rid of his hand on my face and still feeling immobile by the way he was pressing against me when I managed to move my leg a bit and brushed his very hard dick that made me stop in track. He groaned lowly when his hand moved down my jaw and gripped my throat, making me gasp when I realized in what position I was. He smirked down on me when he suddenly pushed his bottom half against mine and rolled his hips, his eyes fixed on mine, when he hissed in pleasure. „Keep fighting, little mouse, it only makes me harder“

I gulped at that suddenly feeling my whole body heating up at his words. I whimpered when he rolled his hips again and bit down on my bottom lip, not understanding why my fucked up body reacted like this. He was fucking dangerous and I hated him but my body wasn’t listening to the obvious circumstances. Landon leaned down and tugged my bottom lip free from my teeth with his own when I inhaled his breath, warm and poisonous. 

„You shouldn’t have provoked me, little one“ he whispered against my lips „I’m a hunter, I love fighting my prey before I devour them“

And then he claimed my lips like the beast he was, grabbing both of my wrists and pushing them above my head while his hard dick pressed against my stomach. I whined against his lips, refusing to open them when he bit down on my bottom lip harshly, making me whine. He used the opportunity to push his tongue in my mouth and I couldn’t stop the moan that built up in my throat. I tried to push and move as much as I could but it was hopeless. I was trapped by the monster himself. I couldn’t breathe by the way his mouth was consuming me so I trapped his tongue and bit down, hard, until I could taste blood. Landon laughed. This freak fucking laughed when he pulled back, head in his neck mouth open to laugh whole heartedly. This man was crazy. When he was done he looked back at me and I swear I could see Satan himself in his eyes. „I knew that pretty little mouth of yours was good for something“ he leaned down and swiped his tongue over my bottom lip, making me taste his blood when I unconsciously followed the trail with my own tongue. „Now Mia“ I shivered when he said my name like a beautiful curse „what else can that mouth do?“ and then he held onto my wrists with one hand and pulled my head back harshly by tugging my hair and pressing his lips back on mine. I was a Marionette in his arms when I let him kiss, suck and bite me, gnaw on me, swallow me until he pulled back, almost as breathless as me. 

„Shit“ he panted before he leaned down and bit my neck, making me whine loudly. The dark black cloud that surrounded us in this surreal moment suddenly vanished when my phone went off, vibrating in the pocket of my jacket. Landon let go of my hair and took it out, pressing decline when I gave him an angry look. He chuckled only and put the phone back , rolling his hip a last time against mine that made us both groan before he pulled back completely. „You shouldn’t keep your sister waiting, she might be worried“ Landon said and turned around, vanishing into the dark.