“I will.”
“Good girl,” he said, and for some reason those words made me melt.
“Stay, I’ll be right back,”hecontinued,before dropping the rope on the ground.
I stayed kneeling while he went into the foyer.There was the click of thefront doorunlocking, and then Sebastian marched back over to me.
“Good girl. Now I just needyou to stayquiet while I handle everything. The only word I should hear from you isasafeword if you need it.”
I remained silent while he picked up the leash again. Gravel crunched outside, and moments later muffled footsteps approached us.
Men with AK-40s marchedforward. Theystopped a few feet away from us with their guns trained on my face. My fingers further tightened on my neck, and I could feel my fingernails cutting in my skin. But I kept my hands in place as Sebastian had instructed.
“Clear,” one man yelled.“Target neutralized.”
The men stared down at me as more footsteps sounded behind them. Most of their faces were expressionless, but I noticed a few hints of amusement at my predicament. A warm feeling shot into my lower belly. Maybe, Sebastian had been right before. Having people witness my shameful state was turning me on. I hoped the grey sweatpants I was wearing wouldn’t give me away.
More men with AK-40s walked in, keeping their guns trained on me. I was almost flattered they thought they needed this many men to take me down. The men in the middle stepped aside, and Luca appeared. All fluttery feelingsinstantly disappeared.Lucaglanced between Sebastian and I, a cruel smile growing on his lips. I bit down on the flesh inside my cheek, attempting to keep my growing anger in check.
“It seems yourhobbycame in handy,” Lucasaidwhile stepping closer to Sebastian.
Chapter 27
Sebastian’sexpressionremained neutral, keeping his eyes firmly on his brother.
Luca’s eyes were less than neutral. A glimmer was rising in them as his eyes swept over the ropes around my wrists and ankles.
An odd feeling swam through me. Although I usually was swimming towards nightmares when Luca was around, I felt safe with Sebastian’s ropes around my wrists.
“We’ll handle the rest, Sebastian,” Luca said while steppingtowardsme.
I glared back up at him.God,Iwas sotempted to strangleLucawith the rope.
“No,” Sebastian said, his voice firm.
Luca’s eyebrows crinkled together.
“What?”Lucasaid, turning to face his brother.
“She’s not going with you.”
Luca stepped closer to his brother, and lowered his voice, “What are you talking about? We need to get all the information out of her.”
“Selene’s coming with me.” Sebastian said, hisgriptightening on the rope.
Luca’s eyebrows shot up, a look of understanding in his eyes.“Oh, you want to play with her some more.” He looked down at me, kneeling on the ground. My eyes were shooting daggers at him, but Isomehow kept silent.Lucaturned back to Sebastian, his voice softening.
“I’ll find you another plaything. We can’t take a chance of her trying to attack you again,” Luca said.
“No.”
Luca’s mouth tightened, and he turned towards his men.“I want everyone out except these men,” he said pointing at four men aiming a gun at my head.“If you hear any sort of gunshot, everyone come back in.”
The four men nodded, and the remaining men walked out of the house.
When the door clicked close, Luca spoke again, “You’re myUnderboss. You can’t act like that in front of the men.”
Sebastian silently stared down at his brother.
