The First Cut: A Dark Psychological Thriller (Gushers Series Book 1)

by Chuck Buda

  How could he convince Samantha to have sex with these people? She was so...missionary position. Now he was going to ask her to go reverse cowboy? It was insane.

  Holden chuckled. He pictured Samantha’s face when he told her what reverse cowboy was. She looked like he had just farted and waved it in her face. She was so pure. God, he loved her. But he needed to fuck. Like an animal.

  Holden decided he would go through with it. He had to. He needed to continue things with Rebecca. For now. And if he didn’t have to hide it then maybe it would all work out. Who knows? Maybe Samantha will get a kick out of it. Just because they didn’t talk about sex stuff doesn’t mean Samantha didn’t have her own fantasies and desires, right? She was fairly plain but maybe two cocks would be exciting to her. Or maybe Rebecca and Samantha. Holden felt his dick get hard under the desk.

  He shifted his gaze to the presentation on the computer screen. Holden focused on the lost work in front of him to get his mind off of the sex. He had a lot of thinking to do. He had to figure out how to make this work. But doing it at the office wasn’t good. Holden clicked through the presentation until he got to the last slide. The words staring back at him felt prophetic. Holden couldn’t look away from the two words on the last slide.

  The End.

  Chapter 15

  The backyard was lit with candles and red lights strung across the pergola over the hot tub. An eerie atmosphere lurked in between the shadows. Each of them commented on the mood lighting while Jordyn soaked it all in. She was happy everyone enjoyed her idea to accentuate the weekly meeting.

  Zoe waited for everyone to arrive and get in the hot tub before she made her entrance. Tonight, they would all watch her with entranced eyes as she stepped into the hot tub. Not Jordyn. Zoe knew Jordyn would be dressed for the occasion, or undressed as it were. But Zoe was prepared to take center stage.

  She needed to command their attention tonight. Their awe.

  As expected, the boys jumped into the hot tub as quickly as they walked into the backyard. Todd and Ryan made their usual jokes about the bubbles in the hot tub coming from their asses. Simple fart jokes and sexual innuendos was about all they were good for. Aiden silently climbed in. Todd and Ryan splashed him up as soon as he got in. Leah arrived shortly before Aiden but she didn’t get into the tub until the boys stopped playing around. Zoe realized Leah was smarter than she looked.

  Jordyn opened the sliding glass door and stepped onto the patio. She traipsed to one of the chairs and removed her robe. She seductively draped the robe over the chair and slowly turned to the tub. Her body was stunning. She wore a bikini, the red straps so thin and her breasts swelled out of the sides of her top. The thong bottom revealed perfect ass cheeks. Zoe noticed Jordyn was well-groomed because the bottom was so high cut, she would need to have a tiny landing strip or no hair at all down there. Zoe rolled her eyes.

  The guys stopped shouting and horsing around. The backyard fell into silence as Jordyn crept over the edge of the tub and took her time slithering down into the water. She smiled wide, clearly enjoying the attention. Even Leah was mesmerized by Jordyn’s beauty and sexuality.

  Zoe decided to step all over Jordyn’s moment. She dropped her robe and stood bathed in the crimson red lights. Every face in the hot tub locked onto her as she stood in place. Zoe didn’t move a muscle. She glowered at each of them, one by one. She slowly made her way to the tub, all eyes scouring her flawless figure.

  Zoe was naked. Her perfectly round tits perked to the night air. The long, silky legs glided beneath her shapely curves. Her black hair flowed upon her pale shoulders. The blood red lipstick and black eye make-up looked sinister in the special lighting. She stepped up to the edge of the tub. Her shaved bikini area, completely void of hair, glistened in the lighting, just inches from Aiden’s face. He swallowed a lump and couldn’t force his eyes from the sex which stared back at him.

  She noticed Jordyn’s expression turn from jealousy to something akin of desire. Jordyn’s body was built for sex. But Zoe’s was a work of art. Something sculptors would have worshiped through their creations.

  Zoe remained poised upon the edge of the tub so everyone could soak in the esoteric symbols painted on her tight tummy. The symbol of chaos, the mark of the beast, adorned her flesh. After a few more moments of rapt attention, Zoe sat down and allowed the hot water to caress her skin.

  “The meeting is now called to order.” She grinned around the tub.

  “Where’s Spencer? Don’t we need everyone to be here?” Todd stammered on his question.

  “He is close by. When we are ready, Spencer will join us.” She gazed at the shocked expressions around the group. Zoe was ecstatic everything was going according to plan. Her plan.

  Without waiting for any other questions or interruptions, Zoe started chanting. The vocalizations were soft at first, and built up to a volume which could be heard over the hum of the tub. Her eyes rolled back in their sockets, revealing only the whites. She lifted her arms, outstretched above the heads of Aiden and Todd on either side of her.

  The members exchanged glances as they tried to figure out what the strange words meant. A feeling of dread hovered and surrounded the cryptic ceremony.

  When Zoe reached the point in the prayer where the refrain repeated several times in a row, a dark cloaked figure emerged from the shadows of the yard. The black hooded robe covered the figure from head to toe. The hood was so deep that nobody could distinguish the face of the figure. The dark cloth dragged along the earth behind the figure as it approached the hot tub. A painted white hand emerged from the cloak and lowered the hood from the face.

  Spencer.

  He was painted completely white with large dark circles of black paint surrounding his eyes. Crimson red drippings fell from the black eye circles, flowing across his cheeks down to his chin. Spencer had shaved his head bald. The white paint covered his scalp, leaving him to appear as a deathly corpse or freshly uncovered skull.

  Spencer removed the cloak and stepped onto the edge of the basin. He, too, was naked. His entire body painted in white. Spencer’s scalp was not the only part of his body completely shaved. His member dangled over Zoe’s face, semi-engorged and without blemish or hair. Spencer removed a small vial from his hand and uncapped it. He poured the murky contents on the exposed shaft and the crimson liquid ran along it to the end of his penis. It dripped, slowly, from the tip of his manhood over Zoe’s opened mouth. She stuck her long tongue out and allowed the blood to drip from Spencer into her gaping lips.

  The group watched in stunned silence. Nobody had any idea what to expect and by the expressions upon their faces, they didn’t understand what ritual was taking place before them. All they could do was absorb it, try to make sense of it. The secret society they had signed up for had just become something far greater than they had anticipated.

  Zoe swallowed the blood until all of it had finished dripping into her mouth. She grinned at the others with a look which could only be described as pure evil. She grasped Spencer’s manhood and stuffed it deep into her mouth. She sucked every last drop of blood off his skin and then released the fully engorged member. Zoe sat back against the wall of the hot tub and glared at all the faces around her. Spencer stepped down and took his place at Zoe’s right hand. His eyes were dark, darker than usual. They never left Zoe’s face.

  Zoe had achieved her purpose for the night. She was on top to stay. And things would go exactly as she wanted.

  Chapter 16

  “Dude, what the fuck was that?” Todd looked horrified as he approached Spencer.

  Spencer half expected some sort of reaction out of the guys. He had to be secretive about the upcoming ritual. One, Zoe demanded secrecy. Second, Spencer knew the power of the ritual would be exponential in its effects if it were unexpected. That’s the way this shit worked according to his studies.

  Ryan glanced around the street nervously. Spencer looked around at the darkened houses. Most people were asleep or watching lat
e night television.

  “Relax. You got what you wanted didn’t you?”

  Todd furrowed his brow. “I never wanted blood and creepy ass shit, man.”

  Spencer smiled. “You wanted sex and nudity. You got one part tonight. The rest will be paid in full shortly. What’s the problem?”

  “Dude, look at you. The problem is you’ve lost your fucking mind.” Ryan grabbed Todd’s elbow to calm him down but Todd yanked his arm away from Ryan. “Get your fucking hands off me, man, or I’ll fucking flatten you.”

  Ryan raised his arms in mock surrender. He backed away a few inches.

  “You shaved your fucking head, man. And the paint and the blood. I don’t even know what the fuck is going on here.” Todd rubbed his hand through his hair.

  “Was your cock for real? Cause I gotta say, I’m impressed.” Ryan tried to lighten the mood. Both guys shot him a dirty look as Aiden approached them.

  “Look, this is going to be very good. For all of us. I have studied the occult practices of many different masters...”

  Todd cut Spencer off. “That freaky shit you always talk about is not cool, man. It’s different when you ramble on about black magic and heavy metal lyrics. But this is different. What if you...you...summon some sort of demon or something?”

  Spencer got closer to Todd. He met Todd’s eyes with a conviction which surged through his veins. He felt high from the ceremony and the powers demanded to be unleashed. “Then you better hope you are on my good side.”

  Todd shoved Spencer hard in the chest. “Are you fucking threatening me, asshole? I’ll fucking kill you!”

  Todd tried to go after Spencer. Ryan and Aiden jumped in between as the four boys shuffled in a near brawl. Ryan grabbed Todd around the neck and tugged him backwards into a headlock. Aiden didn’t have to restrain Spencer too much. Spencer enjoyed every second of it and he wanted to watch Todd lose his shit.

  “I’m cool. I’m cool.” Todd gave up struggling and Ryan let go of his neck. Ryan patted Todd’s rump and nodded at him. Todd tried to catch his breath as he paced back and forth.

  “Listen, man. I am in for the sex and the creepy shit. But if this goes too far, then I’m out. I’m not going to die for some fucked up fantasy.”

  “Nobody is going to die, Todd.” Spencer calmly stated his understanding of the secret society. “We’re just harnessing some powers that exist in the universe. They’re there for the taking. Why not use it for what we want?”

  “And what’s that, Spencer, huh? What will that power get you?”

  “Anything I want. Anything you want, Todd. Just have faith.” Spencer unlocked his car and tossed his macabre outfit inside.

  “Dude, where did that blood come from? Was it real?” Aiden glanced around nervously.

  Spencer shrugged. “I don’t know. Zoe gave it to me. She said it was real blood of a virgin. But you know Zoe. She’s all drama and shit. It was probably syrup with food coloring. Where would she get blood from anyway?”

  The boys looked at each other. Nobody could answer the question. Spencer’s reasoning appeared to satisfy everyone. The air cleared and they all stood around in awkward silence.

  “Todd, you’re my brother, man. I would never do anything to hurt you. You believe me, right?” Spencer held out his hand for Todd to shake. Todd stared at Spencer’s hand for a few moments and then shook it. The boys embraced without a word. They let go of each other.

  “Yeah. I know. I’m just a little freaked out, man.” Todd lowered his gaze to the ground. He was clearly uncomfortable admitting vulnerability of any kind.

  “It’s gonna be fun. Trust me.” Spencer patted Todd’s shoulder and dipped himself into his car. Before he shut the door, he glanced over his shoulder at the group. “Wait until you’re fucking Jordyn’s tight ass. Then tell me this shit isn’t cool.” He grinned and slammed his door. The engine kicked over and Spencer pulled away from the curb with a mild screech of tires.

  Todd stared after the car as it diminished into the shadows.

  Ryan told the guys he had to drive Zoe home so he was going to wait a few more minutes for her to leave Jordyn’s yard. Aiden walked Leah across the street before walking the few blocks home to his own house. Ryan got Todd’s mind back in the game by rehashing how hot Jordyn looked in her bikini. And they both had been amazed by Zoe’s figure. They knew she was in phenomenal shape but to see her without clothes and in the special atmosphere had given them quite something to think about. Ryan droned on about how he wanted to bang Zoe so bad and, of course, who didn’t want to tap Jordyn’s ass? She was a part of their little group for years but she had grown into a hot girl. Jordyn was built for men to enjoy.

  As Todd and Ryan rambled on about how excited they were to finally get sex whenever they wanted and from hot chicks like Zoe and Jordyn, Zoe listened with interest. She hid in the shadows behind the fence which reached out near the street. The boys were terrible at keeping their voices down. Zoe hated the fact they were so loud, fearing a neighbor would overhear the conversation through an open window. At least, she figured, she could listen in herself.

  Zoe felt emboldened by the evening ritual. The shock value had been off the charts. Spencer had performed flawlessly. Ryan was in her back pocket. Jordyn bought in, even though she looked a little pissed Zoe had taken away her thunder. But Zoe knew Jordyn was fired up for the sex and the secretive games. Todd might be an issue. She hoped Ryan’s masturbatory fantasies would conquer Todd’s fears. If Todd didn’t fall in line, then he would find himself on the wrong end of one of their future rituals. Zoe giggled to herself. Controlling others had always given her a great deal of satisfaction.

  The First Cut would be control on steroids.

  Zoe couldn’t wait to keep raising the bar each time they got together.

  Life had never been so much fun, she praised herself.

  Chapter 17

  Zoe was wet. She felt so turned on by the night’s gathering. And listening to Ryan champion the cause with Todd made her want to do something special for Ryan. He would learn the more he did to make her dreams come true, the more she would do to make Ryan’s dreams come true. As perverted as they may be.

  She egged on Ryan to drive faster. He argued with her that he didn’t want to get a ticket. He had already topped out at fifty miles per hour in a twenty-five zone. Cops in this area were known for handing out speeding tickets and other moving violations. There were quotas because the towns needed so much money for municipal services, even though taxes were exorbitant. Ryan relented and got the car up to seventy in the twenty-five. He howled out the driver’s window like a wolf baying at the moon. Zoe felt the thrills run down her legs, leaving goosebumps behind.

  Zoe wanted a drink to slake her thirst. After all the talking, and drinking the thickening blood from the vial, her mouth had become tacky and dry. She knew they would pass a 7-11 store on the way back to the neighborhood. She asked Ryan to pull in so she could get a drink. He looked relieved since he would be able to drive slower and avoid the wrath of the local police.

  Zoe strutted inside the store. She felt electric and full charged. She winked at the guy behind the counter. Zoe knew the guy probably popped a boner when she winked at him. He looked like a foreigner so she figured American women were considered gold to someone like him. She made her way to the glass doors lining the back wall. An overwhelming selection of waters and sodas filled the windows. She took her time picking out the right one. Zoe usually only drank water, afraid to add unnecessary calories to her body. Tonight, she would celebrate her crowning achievement with something of flavor.

  As Zoe looked over the choices, she glanced over her shoulder at the counter. The cashier was filling his memory banks with her curves. The wink must have had the effect she had guessed. And she noticed Ryan talking to a girl. A girl with a killer ass hanging out of her short shorts. She leaned into the driver’s window as Ryan talked her up. Zoe felt her anger spike.

  She grabbed a bottle of water and slam
med the glass door shut. Zoe stomped to the counter and placed the bottle down.

  “How much do I owe, Saddam?”

  “My name is Larry.”

  “Yeah. Mine too.” Zoe tapped her finger on the top of the bottle while Larry rang it up. He told her the price and she threw a five dollar bill at him and walked away. Zoe heard Larry remind her to wait for change. She didn’t have that kind of time.

  Zoe walked into the parking lot with a wide smile on her face. Ryan stiffened. He seemed to realize he had sparked her ire. He began stammering about how he used to know the girl from summer camp back in eighth grade. Gina, her name was. Shocker, Zoe thought.

  As Zoe got into the car, she leaned over and grinned at Gina. Ryan told Zoe she was just stopping in for cigarettes when he saw her. He tried to subtly shoo Gina to go away when Zoe saw a perfect opportunity.

  “Hey, Gina. Hot girl like you looking to party?”

  Ryan did a few double-takes like he couldn’t believe his ears. Gina smiled at Zoe and checked out her tits.

  “I’m always looking to party.”

  “Good. Go get your smokes and jump in here. We’ll go for a little ride. Find somewhere dark and quiet. So we can explore some fun.” Zoe winked and licked her upper lip with a seductive curl.

  Gina appeared to be into it. She rushed into the store to buy her cigarettes. Ryan stared at Zoe.

  “I’m sorry. I just said hello. Don’t be mad.” He sounded nervous. Scared even.

  “I’m not mad.” Zoe squeezed his swollen cock. She saw it when she got in the car. It felt like a brick it was so hard. Ryan quivered under her touch. “I want to fuck. Why not add another?”

  Ryan just about came in his pants when he heard Zoe’s plan. He swallowed several times and asked if he could have a sip of her water. Zoe hated to share anything with other people with her fear of germs. But she gladly handed him the bottled water. Ryan downed a huge gulp and passed it back to her. Zoe put the bottle to her lips while Ryan watched. She performed a mock blow job on the end of the bottle and then guzzled water, letting some of it splash down her chest. She enjoyed the newfound power she had.