“No need to be scared. Let daddy make you feel better!”
“Bella! Bella!”
I wake with a start, grasping at the body in front of me. I squeeze strong arms trying to root myself to the bed. If I don’t move, everything will be over sooner rather than later. He would get what he wants and leave me alone until tomorrow night. “Who… What?” I beg.
“Bella? Are you okay?” A man asks.
“Just do it and leave me alone!” I scream still in the middle of my nightmare.
“Do what? What am I doing? Bella, you have to wake up!” He yells.
As always, when I fall out of my nightmare, I feel catatonic. Glued to my bed. I can’t move my limbs no matter how hard I try. I try to kick off the blankets but my body won’t listen to me as I yell at my legs to follow my directions.
“Bella, baby. Wake up. You are okay!”
My eyes snap open, focusing on the gorgeous man’s floating head in front of me. I grip his shoulders to push him away for me to sit up and get some air. “What are you doing in here?” I ask embarrassed he caught me in a nightmare.
The thing about this nightmare is, I always wake up before I see his face. I don’t need to see his face in the dream because it’s always in my mind’s eye. It never fails.
“I heard you screaming in my room. What the fuck was that about?” He questions me with worry.
I shake my head. “I don’t remember.” I’m a liar; how could I forget something like that? “Let me go,” I hiss and shake him off. Having him be nice to me is too much right now. I need to have some space since I was already dangerously close to letting him kiss me.
Beast shakes his head. His gorgeous hair flops from each side of his head while he stares at me. “All right. I’m not going to force you to do something you don’t want to do.”
I watch him slide off the bed walking towards the door. “Wait!” I cry not ready to be fully alone just yet. I’m a mess and I can’t help it. “Please don’t leave me alone just yet.”
He turns slowly looking at me with a smoldering look. “You want to tell me how a nice girl like you had a dad who became a rat?”
I shake my head. “Not particularly.”
Beast chuckles. “I do love your smart mouth.”
I can’t help it and crack a smile. “I love yours too.” I let the tension fill the air for a few seconds before moving over in the bed to let him in. I pat the bed trying to be seductive, my nightmare has been long forgotten. “Come sit with me.”
I can see his mind trying to process what I’m asking and if it’s a good idea. “Uh, are you sure? Guys like me don’t share beds with girls like you. We fuck in a bed and then leave the bed.”
I feel a stab in my chest. I’m just another piece of ass to him… well, I would be if we were having sex. He won’t even touch me!
“Please,” I ask him again.
“Fuck. What are you doin’ to me? Sittin’ in bed with a woman… Only if my brothers could see me now!”
I giggle. “You really are a comedian.”
His big body sits on the bed before swinging around so he’s sitting up next to me. He places a big hand on head and shakes me. “You know you shouldn’t get used to this.”
Even though I know he’s right, I can’t help but want this. I like the way he makes me feel. “I know.”
Beast takes a deep breath. “I don’t know what’s gonna happen to you or anything. But you need to be careful. Those guys will be quick to sell you on the market and once you’re gone, you’re gone. We won’t be able to find you.”
As he says the words, I feel a shift inside me. I know what he’s saying is right; that doesn’t mean I have to agree with it. “Yeah.” What more could I say?
“Bella, you don’t know how pissed people are because of what your dad did.”
“Are you mad at my dad, too?” I don’t really care if he’s mad at him. I know he’s a bad man who deserves whatever is coming to him. I don’t know if I would be as much of a target if they knew how my dad didn’t want me. Or care about me. By kidnapping me, that wouldn’t hurt him at all.
He nods his head. “Yeah. He sent a couple brothers to prison. Some of those brothers aren’t getting out in a long time. Your dad really fucked us all over in the community.”
