Chapter Sixteen
Awareness filteredthrough her head.She blinked awake, then winced as pain singed to life in her head.Kira touched the sore spot, as the memory of Hoff hitting her came into focus.Joe flashed in her thoughts and she hoped he wasn’t dead.Moving a bit sluggishly, she sat up and noticed she was on a stained mattress on the floor of ...where the hell was she?
“Don’t bother to run.I know these woods like the back of my hand.”
She swiveled around.Hoff sat on a chair, staring, with a gun pointed directly at her.Fear flashed through her, but she pushed it aside.She couldn’t afford to succumb to mind-numbing terror.
“Let me go, Hoff.”
He tsked.“Now, where would the fun be in that?Last time, you ratted me out to Lucifer, and he kicked me to the curb.Punished me so I’d never forget who betrayed me.My own fucking girlfriend!”
“Betrayedyou?”she snorted.“And I was never your girlfriend.I was your punching bag.Your maid.Your cook.Your sex slave.Your drunken means to an end.Any punishment you got, you deserved.”
He rushed over to her and with one hand squeezed her cheeks together so much she couldn’t close her mouth.Then he laughed and licked her mouth.It was horrible and almost made her gag.
“You were pretty hot when my buddies were fucking you.Do you remember that?Too bad our playtime was cut short.”She clawed at his hand, and he brought the barrel of the gun to her temple.“But here we are again, and I don’t know about you, but I’m ready to pick up where we left off.”
Cohesive thoughts dissolved, even though she knew she had to push it all down.He didn’t deserve any of her emotions, not even hate.
First chance I get, I’ll kill him.
The thought percolated, and she immediately came to terms with what she had to do.He had to be eliminated, or he’d just keep attacking her.This wasn’t about revenge anymore.This was about her survival.
“I belong to Saint and Sinner,” she snapped.“You touch me, you’ll die.”
Shock blossomed on his face.“Wait.My prudish ex-girlfriend is fucking two men at once?And I was punished for less than that!The hypocrisy is unbelievable!”
“Your punishment lies on your head, not mine.Do you really want the Sons of Sin to get a hold of you?You think the Bone Breakers are bad?All of them combined are nothing compared to my men.”
For a moment, fear entered his eyes and it made her feel so very good.Then it was gone, buried once more under his bluster.He raised his fist, so she retreated quickly, as far back as she could in the disgusting hovel she’d woken up in.There was filth everywhere, and it stank of rotten food and unwashed body odor.
“Why did you do it?”she asked.It was a question that had always been in the back of her mind.“Did you get off on watching those men hurt me?Humiliate me?”
He gave her the nastiest, most evil grin she’d ever seen.“Because it was powerful.”
From his pocket, he pulled out one dice.Just looking at it ran shivers down her spine.It was hard to maintain her bravery when she stared at the one, tiny thing that had derailed her whole life.
“Why don’t we play a little game?”
He didn’t know about the knife she carried.Although she would have to get a lot closer for her to use it.
“I’ve already played your game, Hoff.”A plan was forming, and she had to be careful not to give it away.
“Why don’t we play another?You roll that dice this time, and I can fuck you with a bunch of phallic-looking stuff lying around.Like that soda can over there.I think you’d enjoy it, baby.”
Kira took a deep breath.“Anything would be better than that puny dick you love so much.Why, it’s no bigger than my pinkie finger.”
She held up said digit then winked suggestively, and that was all it took.He charged at her, she yanked her knife out from its hiding spot, and by then it was too late.
