Page 62 of Blood Code

I popped another piece of popcorn into my mouth as I glanced up at the screens.

Ilya was kneading dough in the kitchen.

Nika was throwing a lamp at Kaz. Was that their foreplay? If so, how expensive was that?

I propped my feet on the desk and watched.

Severin was checking Svetlana’s math problem.

And my parents were making me want to pluck my eyes out or kill myself, whichever could come quicker.

For fuck’s sake. Why?

“What the fuck are you watching?” Neeve asked, disgust lacing her voice.

“Oh, I’m not really watching that.” I switched off that feed but left the others on.

I’d seen more than enough there.

“Xeniya, that was your parents fucking.”

“Yeah, I know,” I groaned.

“Full-blown penetrative fucking.”

“Oh, I know.” I rubbed the back of my head. “I’m going to have to poke my eyes out… or I could pour cleaning solution in them again.”

“That’s not funny.” Neeve crossed her arms and leaned on my desk, giving me a disapproving look.

“I know,” I sighed. “I have terrible, dark humor. Want some popcorn?”

I held up the bag.

“Why are you eating popcorn and watching your parents fuck?”

I shook my head. “That’s not what I’m doing.” I gestured toward my computer. “I’m forcing Damon to show himself and, in doing so, crossing my family members off the list of suspects.”

On the screens, everyone was far too occupied to be fighting my malware.

“None of them are Damon.”

Neeve’s gaze landed on Ilya, his arm muscles bulging as he kneaded dough, shirtless. Apparently, he'd taken off his shirt sometime in the last five minutes.

I rolled my eyes.

But Neeve kept watching him. “I wonder how skilled he’d be with his hands on other… things. Is he single?”

“Oh my God, no, no, no.” I shot to my feet and started pacing. “You are not going to fuck my twin brother. It’s enough that Kaz and Nika are already fucking… most likely.”

“Maybe your best friends just have a thing for your siblings.” She wiggled her nose.

“Neeve, you’re like my sister. That’s incest.”

Neeve held up her hands in surrender. “I’m just kidding.” But she bit her lip and kept ogling my brother.

Well, fuck.

I would need to keep an eye on that.