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Pen
“Let me go, Frederico,” I bite out, trying to control the fear in my voice.
My fingers tighten around the bunch of keys in my hand, the teeth biting into my palm as the Bentley’s internal lights switch off and the central locking system flicks on.
Frederico’s lips press against my ear, and I bite down hard on the inside of my cheek. My nostrils flare as I smell the metallic scent of blood and feel the wet warmth of it as he presses his cheek against mine. “Hmm, I can see why those cocksuckers are so fucked in the head over you, Penelope. I bet you taste just as good as you smell.” His grip tightens around my waist, making it even harder for me to breathe. “Fuck, and the way you move… You’re fucking famous now. Over a million views of your dance, and here I am holding your life in my motherfucking hands,” he says, then licks me.
He fucking licks me.
“Fuck you, arsewipe,” I bite out through my teeth. I will not fucking scream. I refuse to give him the satisfaction. Instead, I concentrate on my Breakers and take comfort that they’re alive. That they’re here.
“Let her go!” Dax snarls as the four of them come to an abrupt stop a few feet away.
Frederico laughs and just grips me tighter. His fingers bite into my upper arm, bruising me as he presses the knife harder against my throat. I can feel the sharp sting of the knife’s edge as it slices into my skin.
“They’ll kill you,” I say through gritted teeth.
“That’s where you’re wrong, Penelope. These fuckers won’t kill me as long as this knife’s pressed against your pretty little throat… Do as I say and maybe you’ll survive the night.”
“Take your motherfucking hands off her now, cunt!” Xeno roars, Dax, Zayn and York flanking him. All three have the cold glint of their rage focused on Frederico, and it’s scary as fuck. They have death in their eyes and blood on their hands. Not one of them has come out of the fight at Rocks unscathed, even Dax has a rapidly swelling cheek, and all of them are covered in blood. It’s splattered across their clothes and skin, the savagery of what must’ve happened in Rocks reflected in the wildness within their eyes.
“Fuck you, prick. Me and Penelope here are gonna take a little ride in your Bentley,” Frederico counters, stepping sideways and dragging me with him.
“You aren’t going anywhere in my car, and you’re a fool if you think we’d let you take our girl,” Dax says, the vein in his forehead popping as he raises his gun and flicks off the safety.
“Don’t even think about it!” Frederico growls, pressing the knife tighter against my throat.
York takes a step closer, a baseball bat gripped in his hand and a crazed look in his eyes. A trickle of blood runs down my skin and this time I can’t help but let out a whimper of pain.
“There’s no way out of this, Frederico. There’s four of us and one of you. Drop the knife and we’ll let you go unharmed,” York negotiates, the calmness he displays is just a cover for the rage he’s feeling. I see it in the ticking of his jaw and the curl of his lip.
“You heard him. Let Pen go and we’ll forget this,” Zayn adds, lowering the bloody knife he’s holding to his side. I watch as crimson droplets slide from the blade’s edge.
Drip. Drip. Drip.
Xeno remains fiercely quiet, like a volcano on the verge of erupting, and I know it’s because the lie won’t fall as easily from his lips. He will kill Frederico the second he gets the chance.
“You really are fucked up over this piece of trash, ain’t ya?” Frederico sneers, his free hand reaching for the car door. He tries the handle, but it’s locked. If he’d paid any attention, he would’ve realised that already. “Unlock it, bitch!”
“No.”
“Unlock it right the fuck now or I will slide this knife across your throat so quickly your Breakers won’t have a chance in hell of saving you. Imagine how they’d feel when the life in your eyes fades away.”
My eyes fill with tears, but I blink them back, refusing to shed one for this bastard. I don’t want to give him what he wants, but I also don’t want my Breakers to witness my death. It will ruin them. They’ll be lost forever.
“Don’t!” Xeno snaps, fixing his gaze on me.
“Do it!” Frederico growls.
I press my thumb on the key fob. The car door unlocks.
“Good girl.”
“Fuck you,” I mutter, stiffening in his hold as Frederico bites my earlobe, then sucks it into his mouth.
Dax looks down the barrel of his gun. “You motherfucking bastard!”
