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We didn’t live in a bad area of town, but we were far from the good one. Until now I hadn’t really paid any thought to that, but when the door handle jiggled, it was all I could think about.
Couldn’t the person hear Fig?
Or did they know he wouldn’t be a problem because they had a weapon?
My stomach dropped just as the door swung open, a form barreling through. I couldn’t catch much more than a blur of color before Fig lunged.
His high pitched yelp of pain came not a second later when the intruder jerked sideways before shooting him with something. The scream ripped out of my throat as Fig slumped down, not a drop of blood on him.
The intruder spun to face me, the gun pointed in my direction now as he hissed. “Stop screaming, you stupid bitch, it’s just a tranquilizer. If you do what I say and behave yourself, I won’t hurt you, got it?”
I nodded, adrenaline rushing through me like a river in my veins as the man smiled. “Good.”
He looked normal, like any person I would run across at the store, and somehow that felt wrong. If he was out robbing people then he should look scarier, like something out of a nightmare.
The hysterical thought almost made me laugh before I swallowed it down and listened. He gestured deeper into the apartment.
“Lead me to where the jewelry is.”
Oh, this was bad. I paused, eyeing my room with open hesitation. “I don’t have jewelry, I work all the time and don’t go out much.”
He raised a disbelieving brow. “You’ve got to be kidding me. You got to have something?!”
I flinched at his volume, his tranquilizer gun still pointed at me.
It wouldn’t kill me like a bullet would, but did I really want to risk him doing something else to me while I was unconscious?
His teeth ground loud enough to be heard throughout the apartment as he hissed. “Show me that there’s nothing. You could be lying.”
I didn’t bother arguing with him over it; instead, I led him back into my room while praying it wasn’t a mistake.
He looked around the bare space with a scowl, “Open your dresser drawers..”
There really wasn’t. I didn’t go out and jewelry got in the way of my job. Still, I obeyed and showed him that. When he saw for himself that there was nothing–even after checking under my mattress–he snarled.
“Waste of my fucking time.” He raked a hand through sandy brown hair that hung limply, the oil in it clearly broadcasting how much he needed a shower. Now that he was closer I could see his expanded pupils too.
He was on something.
I guess that shouldn’t come as a surprise since he was obviously an amateur–hello, why break into a place with a dog in the less good side of town?–and I eyed him warily.
Then his attention snapped back to me, and I stiffened at the way his eyes trailed down my frame.
The disgusting spark of lust in his gaze told me what he was thinking even before he spoke. “Fine, I can at least get something out of this.”
He moved as if to undo his belt, but I didn’t let him get far. If I was going to be violated either way then it was worth at least trying to fight him. If he shot me with the tranq…oh well, at least I could say I fought him.
Jerking forward, I slammed into his side and knocked him off balance. We spun into the wall, his pained grunt sounding as I tried to reach for his gun. When my fingers closed around it, I yanked sideways, cringing at the scream that scraped against my ears like glass.
The snap of bone breaking almost made me lose my lunch but just like I wanted he dropped the gun, now cradling the finger that had been previously wrapped around the trigger. His other arm lashed out before I could back away, the elbow connecting with my eye and sending the gun sailing.
Distantly I heard it hit the wall, but I didn’t pay it any mind. I had my hands full with the man stalking toward me.
“I was going to be gentle before, but you just lost that right.” He spat, slamming his knee into my stomach and knocking the air out of me. I staggered back a step, only to be ripped forward when he fisted a hand into my hair.
Pain blazed across my scalp, leaching outward when his fist cracked across my jaw. Now my eye and mouth pulsed in sync, but he wasn’t done yet. Blows rained and it was all I could do to curl up, protecting most of my vital areas.
Everything ached now, black inching into my vision, but just before it took me completely I heard two familiar voices and running feet.
