At Kevin's Mercy 2: Reclaimed

21. Teasing Kevin

I woke up in Kevin's arms.
This felt nice, it felt like how it should be, just peaceful.

"Morning baby."

Kevin yawned as he got up a bit leaning on this elbow.
He looked down at me as I stared up at him, still feeling a little drowsy.

"Morning Kevin."

But even if this felt like everything was back to normal there was still something bothering me.
Yesterday before I went to sleep I knew Kevin was going to see Maxwell and I knew he was very angry about everything that he had done to me.
I wasn't sure if I really wanted to know what Kevin did to get back at him, but not knowing somehow felt worse.

"K-kevin, can... can I ask you something?"

How was I going to put this so he's not going to be angry at me?
Last thing I want is for him to have a reason to punish me so soon after he saved me.

"You can ask me anything baby."

Kevin's eyes got that fixed stare he had when he already knew he wasn't going to like the question I wanted to ask.
His fingers played with a string of my hair while he waited for my question. 

"I... I just wanted to know what you did with Maxwell..."

I nervously asked, trying to avoid his piercing stare by looking at his bare chest.
He didn't answer right away, but I felt a small tug on my hair as his grip got tighter around the strand he played with.
Kevin was getting annoyed, he must be misunderstanding me.
I wasn't asking because I felt sorry for that creep, I wanted to know because knowing he's still in this house was giving me a uneasy feeling.
Like he could still somehow get to me again and do worse.

"It's just that... he's scary. I'm scared because he's still here, scared he'll hurt me again."

Feeling a little uneasy thanks to the sudden switch of his mood, I looked up when I heard a sigh above my head.
Kevin's face slowly relaxed, looking back at me with nothing but adoration in his eyes.

"He'll never be able to hurt you again, and he'll be gone by tonight."

His sweet smile had kind of an eerie edge to it, shocked I shoot up.
Please tell me he didn't... please don't turn out to be a murderer too. 
How can I trust him if he did something like that?

"You... you... you killed him?"

Kevin's eyes narrowed into a nasty angry scowl within seconds.
He pushed me back on the mattress instantly, leaning hard on my shoulders as he glared down at me with a clear intent to hurt me if my response didn't please him.

"What? You care if that bastard is alive or not?"

The venom was dripping from every word he spoke.

"N-no. That's n-not it."

I answered honestly but scared to death I got myself in trouble again.

"Just the thought you'd murder someone is... it's unsettling. It scares me."

Kevin suddenly chuckled while he laid back down and pulled me on top of him.
The whole air of threat was gone, like it was never there to begin with.
It's scary how quickly his mood can change sometimes. 

"I never killed anyone... yet"

He smirked as he stared back into my eyes, gently tucking the wandering strands of hair back behind my ears.

"Besides with what he did death's too good for him. He needs to suffer. Don't every let him cross your mind again, you only need to think of me remember? I love you and I will do anything to keep you safe in my arms."