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Scarface laugh
ed, hard. “I like you Rae, more and more every minute that passes.”
“I can’t say the same,” I retorted, sizing him up and finding him lacking in every way.
He wasn’t thrilled with my obvious opinion and sneered, “I’d be careful Rae. Accidents can happen. I’m the only one you can trust right now, I wouldn’t be so quick to anger me.”
Akando laughed and pinched my ass before I scooted far away from him, “I’d listen to Bryce. He’s a killer.”
Dev laughed hard at his comment as Bryce – Scarface – seemed to get pissed.
“I’m not afraid of you, but you should be terrified of Pete,” I replied smugly, “he’s going to tear this place apart once he knows I’m gone.”
“Oh, he knows little Rae of sunshine, don’t you worry.” His finger brushed the side of my face. I turned my head, repulsed. “He’s coming, and that’s exactly what I want.”
How did he know about the ray of sunshine phrase? Only my dad or Pete ever mentioned it.
This was bad. I was in more danger than I thought.
I held my fear in check but only barely, “You should let me go. He’ll kill you for this.”
“What makes you think I’d let him live?”
I looked dead center in his eyes without blinking, my voice strong and confident, despite how terrified I was becoming, “Don’t fool yourself. Pete will end you and we both know it.”
For the first time his confidence slipped just a little, quickly replaced with anger as he grabbed my chin roughly forcing me to meet his cold stare, “If he’s going to kill me anyway, why shouldn’t I enjoy you a little first?”
The chill from his words froze my limbs and I stiffened, glaring at him in anger and defiance, “You can try.” Not really a threat but I’d fight to the death to keep their hands off me. I wasn’t going to be raped.
Fuck these assholes!
Bryce continued his perusal as we parked and the back doors of the van opened, searching my eyes as if trying to assess how big a risk he was willing to take. He pulled me out into some kind of warehouse and barked orders to the others. Without replying to my comments he seized my arm in his tight grasp and dragged me along the concrete floor of the warehouse and into a private office. The door was slammed shut behind us and the door locked before I could blink.
He turned to me, his voice low, and whispered one word, “Scream.”
Huh?
“For fuck’s sake, just scream.”
I blinked rapidly at his calm voice, the anger gone in an instant. He opened his mouth to say it again when I let out a bloodcurdling scream that echoed in the dark office and seemed to bounce off the walls. Outside the door I heard laughter, no doubt from Devlin, Akando, and a few of the others I saw gathering as we rushed past.
What the hell was happening?
I backed up as Bryce approached, but he lifted his hands in the air and paused when he noticed how freaked out I was becoming. “Stay back,” I warned.
“Listen, Rae,” he moved steadily forward as I darted behind one of the hard plastic chairs planted in front of a metal desk. This office needed remodeling, old as shit, smelling of mildew and completely gray from floor to ceiling. “I need to explain a few things, and if you can’t trust me it’s not going to work.”
“What’s not going to work?”
“Getting you out of here safe and unharmed and back to Edge where you belong.”
In total disbelief I sank into one of the chairs, staring up at him in surprise. “How? And why do you call him Edge?”
“I have to keep my voice low but before I say anything else you need to scream again.”
I frowned.
“Now,” he hissed.
