Free Devious Revenge by Erin Trejo

business would that be?” Running my hand through my hair, I look into those lost eyes.
    “Drew, you don’t need to do this.” Shaking his head, he finally grabs my wrists.
    “I’ve never had to worry about things, Han. I wasn’t that type. My family didn’t want me after they saw the monster I became. You, you are the only one that has seen through every damn wall I’ve put around myself. I don’t understand how you did it, and you came back. I’m a monster, just like you. The same thoughts that rolled around your head when you had that guy pinned to the floor, those are my thoughts.” Slamming his lips against mine, again, he takes what he wants.
    As much as I want to see Drew in a different light, I see myself in him too.
    “What’s that mean for us? Two heartless people?” Drew’s breath mingles with mine as we stare into each other’s broken souls.
    “There is no meaning for us. We live what we know, and that’s the only way we survive.” Hearing him say it means more to me than he knows.
    We aren’t destined to love. We weren’t put here to be happy nor have children. We were put here solely for the purpose of fixing so many wrongs.
    “We’re ruined, Drew.” Nodding his head as it lies against mine, he smiles.
    “But we’re ruined together. Two broken souls will never be whole but we can fly as one.” Kissing me slowly, my mind wanders.
    I have so many things that I need to figure out. So much revenge to be sought.
    It was all mine before. No one else could have touched the way I felt, but Drew does. He knows the reason I am the way I am, and he didn’t run from me, he embraced me.
    Knowing that I have someone on my side in this plot makes me feel, slightly. I know we aren’t capable of love but we can care.
    Letting Drew rule me in private, is something I’m not sure I want. I’m my own alpha, I don’t think he can be.

                
                                        Chapter 35
    Staying with Drew has been a nice reprieve from this hell we call life.
    Janey actually seems calmer when he’s around. Too bad we have to go back to our real lives now.
    Drew wasn’t happy that I took Janey back home, but she’s almost finished with school and I want to keep her routine as normal as possible.
    “Are you working tonight?” Janey grabs a muffin off the counter before looking up at me.
    “Yeah. I’ll be straight home after. Drew might come by to check on you so don’t be alarmed.” Janey’s lips curl into a grin.
    “He’s sweet, in a dark twisted kind of way.” I can’t help but laugh at that. Only she would pick up on that.
    “That he is.” Cleaning up the kitchen, I hug her before she leaves. After the little incident the other night, I highly doubt Jimmy will be back around here.
    My phone dings in the other room. Heading that way, I stop at my mom’s door.
    Shoving the door open, it all slams into me. The woman that was supposed to raise me, take care of me, is now gone.
    A piece of me regrets not spending more time with her. Maybe I could have helped her get off the drugs and stay clean.
    So many what if’s roam around in this head of mine these days.
    Looking at her old worn gown that lies on the bed should make any normal person cry, but not me. Maybe I’ve never been normal.
    Shaking my head, I pull the door closed. Closing the door to her room, is closing the door to a past that I’m ready to get over.
    I go into my room and grab the phone off the bed to see a text from Drew.
    “Bringing pizza for Janey. I’m waiting for you.”
    A smile creeps across my face. I don’t think I’ll ever understand why he wants to be near me even with as much as he tells me.
    “You know where my room is.”
    “I do. I have plans for you tonight.”
    Just that text alone sends shivers over my body.
    I’ve never known anyone like Drew. The way he ignites things within me mesmerizes me. He brings out things I never thought I