“Of course I can, but where is the fun in that? I like when they fight me. You’re gonna fight me too, aren’t you? Or you going to take my cock willingly? Tell me, did you fight Ryder?”
At the mention of Ryder’s name, my heart squeezes in my chest as if an invisible hand clasps onto the beating organ behind my ribcage.
“Tell me!” he yells, spit flying and landing on my skin as the blade digs into the tender flesh above my belly button.
“No,” I whimper.
“No? Why? You liked him fucking you?” He pulls the blade away and looks at the blood coating it now. My blood, I realize.
“Yes,” I blurt out, not wanting to lie.
“You did,” he laughs, “of course, you did. You’re nothing but a whore, after all. That’s what Ryder likes, you know? Whores, like you. Surprisingly, they like him too. Everyone loves Ryder, the fucking golden boy who can’t do wrong.” Tucker talks with such venom in his voice, the hatred for Ryder can’t be missed.
“Why do you hate Ryder so much?” I ask, trying to keep him talking.
“Why? Because he has everything, and I have nothing. Everyone loves him. Everyone wants him. Even his fucking dog is loyal. You know what my dog did? Pissed on my boots.” Tucker laughs humorlessly. “It’s always Ryder, all about Ryder. What about me, huh?”
“I-I don’t know.” I shake my head, not knowing what I could say to calm him down.
“I’ll just have to take everything that’s his, starting with you. You should have just sucked my dick and taken the money when you had the chance. Now you’re going to get every hole in your body fucked, and you’re going to do it all for free.”
“Please, don’t,” I beg, but that just seems to egg him on further. I see his dark worn jeans bulging in the front, letting me know how aroused he is.
“Begging turns me on just as much.” He reaches for his zipper, and I squeeze my eyes shut.
Just when I lose all hope to get out of here, I hear a loud bang coming from the front of the building. My eyes fly open just in time to see Tucker get up and spin around. He reaches behind him to grab the gun tucked in his waistband, but before he can lift it in the air, five men storm into the room. Three of them are pointing their own guns at him.
“Drop it,” one guy orders. I recognize two of them from the bar. They are Ryder’s friends. Did he send them?
“Listen, Trick, this is all a misunderstanding,” Tucker tries to play it off. “She came to me. She got tired of Ryder and wants me to fuck her.”
Trick looks past him and down to where I’m lying on the mattress. All I can do is shake my head profusely, hoping he believes me.
“She doesn’t look like she is enjoying it much.” Trick tilts his head and raises an eyebrow.
“She likes to be tied up, you know how some whores are. They like it rough.”
“I don’t know what’s more disturbing; how easily you lie to our faces or what kind of sick fuck you are that you get off on shit like this,” someone else says.
“Look, guys…” Tucker takes a step toward his friends but is quickly cut off.
“Drop your fucking gun, or I’ll shoot your dick right off,” Trick warns, pointing his gun at Tucker’s crotch, who immediately lets his gun fall to the ground. It lands with a thud only feet away from me.
Trick and the guy next to him move closer while the other three block the exit. Tucker makes a feeble attempt to run, but he is swiftly stopped and shoved to the ground. I watch as he is hogtied with the rest of the cable ties on the ground.
Only when he is completely immobilized does Trick come and kneel next to me. That’s when I realize that my shirt and bra are open, and everyone can see my breasts. He pulls a knife from his boot, and my heart stops. He is going to kill me, after all.
Trick must see my thoughts written all over my face because he gives me a lopsided grin. “Calm down, just cutting your restraints,” he assures me. “Tucker won’t hurt you anymore, and the boss said not to harm you. Maddox and Ryder are on their way. So, just sit tight.”
He cuts through the cable ties around my wrist and ankles. As soon as my limbs are free, I sit up and pull my knees to my chest.
Looking up, I find five pairs of eyes watching me curiously. After a moment, they all look away and start talking between themselves. I should probably listen in to make sure they are really not going to hurt me, but I’m too consumed with what Trick just told me…
Ryder is coming.
Chapter 32
Ryder
