Pretty Poisoned Novel by Elle Mitchell

“Um, I think I’d rather just go back to my room,” I reply. “Tomorrow is going to be a big change for me, and I could use the quiet. I have a lot to think about.” “I understand. I’ll let them know anyway…in case you change your mind. Oh, one more thing, Teagan…” “What’s that?”…

“Teagan…” she scolds, shaking her head. “I don’t want to talk about Rancho San Flores. That’s fair, right?” “I think that’s fair, Jennifer,” my dad says. “Thank you.” I brush my long, dark hair behind my shoulders before I begin shoveling food into my mouth. “My god, Teagan,” my dad says, repulsion evident in his…

“I’m aces,” he says. “And you’re the baby.” “You’re my baby now,” I tell him. I look to the front as Declan climbs in, pulling the door closed behind him. And that’s when I finally notice the driver, catching a glint of the gold mask in the rearview mirror. One of my friends. Funny. He…

Oh my god…is he… He’s leaving me. He fucking left me. They fucking left me. They said they would never. I can’t move. I can’t breathe. I can’t think. All I can do is feel pain. Overwhelming, all-consuming agony. I’m dying. I’m suffocating as I watch the plane lift off, lights blinking in the distance,…

Rinse and repeat. And repeat. And repeat. Someone slides a tray with breakfast into my cell. That means they’ll start in on me again soon. They haven’t ever let me rest for this long. Even if they aren’t interrogating me, they leave me there in that room, hoping it’ll drive me insane. But I’ve been…

I watch as bullets tear through Luca in slow motion, and he sinks to the ground. I’m there, too. You can’t tell from the video that Declan’s speaking to me—you certainly can’t hear it on the video—but I can as clear as day in my head. I’ll never leave you, Teagan. Close your eyes and…

“It’s bad,” my dad says. “Oh yeah,” one of the security guards adds. “It’s worse.” “What is?” I ask. “What’s going on?” But we’re already at the doors now. And I see it—the masses of people lining the sidewalks and streets, police everywhere. Gods of Tomorrow songs blare from a nearby vehicle rigged with speakers…

“Not listening the first time,” he says. “You said you trusted me.” His hand comes down on me again. And again. And again. Each is harder than the one before, and each time, my pussy clenches. And when I don’t think I can take it anymore, he finally thrusts his cock inside of me. He…

And Eli left, too. And I know that hurt them both. “Good morning, Teagan,” Hazel says as they hurry past me. “She was mad at me, too,” Luca says once we’re inside our room. “About Heidi. She’ll get over it. She’s just…a gentle soul. She doesn’t understand why we all can’t just get along.” “So,…

“Officially? They’re going to announce tomorrow that the last two concerts have been canceled because Eli had to leave for a family emergency. Unofficially, Emily—that’s Heidi’s sister’s name, by the way—” Emily. She had a name. There’s that rock again in the pit of my stomach. I wish I could undo it; I wish none…